Has anyone used a 3rd party company to unlock their carrier locked device yet?
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so let's say i have an x10i and i want to unlock it... what do i do?
I think its the same thing as debranding the phone. Its a sticky at the top.
popimp315 said:
I think its the same thing as debranding the phone. Its a sticky at the top.
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Unlock and debranding are 2 different things.
Debranding is on the stickies - involves installing the custom or SE ROMs. So let's say you have a Rogers or AT&T phone, instead of using their firmware, you install the Global Generic firmware instead or one of the custom ROMs. After install, your phone is now debranded and is no longer a Rogers or AT&T phone (from the firmware).
Unlocking the phone is carrier related. That is where your phone can only use SIM cards from a specific carrier. You will need to get an unlock code from the carrier or some 3rd party.
Debranding a locked phone won't unlock the phone. Unless the devs have done something new...
So is there anyway to unlock the x10a? with out paying or calling at&t?
aaronhiep said:
So is there anyway to unlock the x10a? with out paying or calling at&t?
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Nope....never seen it yet.
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Unfortunately not, at the very least you'll have to call AT&T (or email them). If I remember correctly, by law, the US carriers are not allowed to deny you your request to unlock your phone provided you have met certain criteria, e.g. your bill is paid up to date, you had the phone for like 3 months or something, etc. But they can limit the number of unlock codes they provide within a certain period to prevent mass resellers of their retail phones, i.e. they don't want you buying 30 phones from them to sell it on e-bay unlocked. But as long as you meet those criteria, the unlock code is free.
So if you met the criteria, they should do it for you without too much hassle. They might give you some spiel of how they are not liable for any damage or whatever you do if you unlock your phone and put another carrier's SIM card in there but hey, in the end you'll have an unlocked phone...
So, SE decided to let people unlock the bootloader. How ever for peope like me with a branded / sim-locked phone it is not possible. Atleast as far as i know.
My qustions are:
Can it be unlocked with a sim-locked phone?
What are the downsides to paying for the sim-unlock service provided by various groups, davinci beeing one of them. Will my provider notice?
After a year when i get the pin from my service provider to unlock my phone, will i then be able to unlock my bootloader?
And lastoy, if removing the simlock is such a simple thing, how come there isnt a software so people can do it them selfs?
Thanks for any replies
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How can i sim unlock my mini without purchasing one of those unlock codes ?
if you bought your phone with contract after the finalization of the contract you can ask to the mobile company for a code to unlock it.
That is the problem, i bought the phone broken so I dont know to which carrier is it locked and i cant ask anyone to unlock it
Ok in the past I would unlock my phone, but what about this vodoo app for certain models of the galaxy s3 that unlocks the sim? What does that mean?
Also since unlocking a phone on AT&T...to the best of my knowledge, voids your warranty, is there a way to 'lock' your phone like you zero the number of times flashed?
zetsui said:
Ok in the past I would unlock my phone, but what about this vodoo app for certain models of the galaxy s3 that unlocks the sim? What does that mean?
Also since unlocking a phone on AT&T...to the best of my knowledge, voids your warranty, is there a way to 'lock' your phone like you zero the number of times flashed?
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It means the same thing. & Does it? That sounds very weird if true. I think there is a way either from the app or another method that relocks the phone.
What's the best software to unlock phones that are passcode locked, google locked, and how to unlock the sim best free or paid software I just want to learn.