Hi peeps,
I'm from Holland and i bought myself a Samsung s8 active global gsm unlocked from a seller in the usa via ebay. However the phone is branded with at&t firmware and somehow it isn't possible for the phone to find a network here in Holland. When i search manually for a network, it finds the networks which are operating here, but when i try to register onto the network it says that it's impossible to register...
I hope someone can help me with this!
Greetings from Holland
Martin
i search your device and it say it only has 3 variants AT&T
T-Mobile
Sprint
also openline is the right keyword not "Debranding"
in my country openline usually cost $20 US dollar but i guess you can do it yourself by following guides from the internet ?
ineedroot69 said:
i search your device and it say it only has 3 variants AT&T
T-Mobile
Sprint
also openline is the right keyword not "Debranding"
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Well ok... thanks for your reply. Like i said, I'm from Holland, so pls excuse me for not knowing the correct terms. I searched the internet and found some pages in Dutch where i found the term branded phone and debranding, so i figured that is a universal term for it...
I happen to have a T-mobile subscription here in Holland. So it should be possible to use the phone with T-mobile firmware if there isn't a "unbranded" firmware version.
this guy has the same issue with you https://forums.att.com/t5/Samsung/Unlock-instructions-for-Galaxy-S8-Active/td-p/5850469
also this website is worth checking
https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/
Thanks for your answer. However, the top url doesn't work and i allready tried the bottom one... can't unlock myself via at&t because i don't have a at&t phone nr or account... never had. Can't create an account because they ask for a at&t phone nr which i don't have. I bought the phone on ebay and it was shipped to Holland.
Had contact multiple times with Samsung Europe and they said it would be no problem for me to use the phone here, but it seems that's not the case.
hmmn since most option require you to have at&t mobile# and account which you don't have the only option i see is contacting at&t FB page and say your case ( you just bought the phone on ebay and didn't know its network lock ) who know they might openline it without paying anything ??
ineedroot69 said:
hmmn since most option require you to have at&t mobile# and account which you don't have the only option i see is contacting at&t FB page and say your case ( you just bought the phone on ebay and didn't know its network lock ) who know they might openline it without paying anything
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Lol... who said I'm looking for a free option?
I just want the phone to work here... in Holland they stopped selling the active series after the s5 active. I really wanted to have a upgrade for my s5 active so i bought the s8 active because according to samsung it should work fine here in Holland...
well clearly it did not works ??
at&t has free chat support on there site https://www.att.com/support/contact-us/wireless
nvm it's a fvcking bot hahaha
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MartinV84 said:
Lol... who said I'm looking for a free option?
I just want the phone to work here... in Holland they stopped selling the active series after the s5 active. I really wanted to have a upgrade for my s5 active so i bought the s8 active because according to samsung it should work fine here in Holland...
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Is there someone who can help me with this? I can't find anything helpfull on the internet so far...
I really want my new phone to work here on the Dutch networks but it seems to me it's solely because of the at&t firmware that's stopping me from doing so. Is there any way to get rid of that firmware safely? Personally I'm not interested in the whole warranty thing because since i have this phone shipped to holland, i can't get any warranty with samsung Europe, so for any warranty i have to ship it back to America which i won't do because of the costs that will come with that.
Suggestions/tips are more then welcome!
Some progress
In addition to this subject... been in france with my 'new' phone and inserted my sim-card to see what would happen. Immediately it found a network and I could make calls and use 4g internet. Back in Holland it still works but the reception is poor. Been searching for the right apn settings, found alot of different suggestions and tried a bunch of them. So far so good. When I change something in the apn settings, 4g internet becomes very slow or is entirely gone. It seems I'm on to something here but I can't find out which are the best settings.
I hope someone has more understanding of this problem...
Flashing firmware
Ok so it now seems the at&t firmware is the problem. But is there a save way to flash T-mobile software to the galaxy s8 active? It has bootloader 4 on it
Greetings from Holland
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Hi All,
I need to unlock my AT&T HTC Titan for a trip out of the US and I called ATT and they told me I cant get a code until December NEXT year. I won't start a thread about how much that irritates me.
But I wanted to know if anyone has unlocked theirs using a 3rd party unlock service and if so, who did you use?
I tried a couple that do 'pre-lookups' and they told me they don't have it - now I am waiting for one that takes your money first and then refunds you if they cant do it.
Anyone unlocked their ATT Titan?
Unlocked mine with htcimeiunlock.com. Their "pre-unlock" told me they had it and after paying I had it within 10 minutes.
Does installing a custom ROM unlocks SIM?
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Hi All,
I need to unlock my AT&T HTC Titan for a trip out of the US and I called ATT and they told me I cant get a code until December NEXT year. I won't start a thread about how much that irritates me.
But I wanted to know if anyone has unlocked theirs using a 3rd party unlock service and if so, who did you use?
I tried a couple that do 'pre-lookups' and they told me they don't have it - now I am waiting for one that takes your money first and then refunds you if they cant do it.
Anyone unlocked their ATT Titan?
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mvadu said:
Does installing a custom ROM unlocks SIM?
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OK, so I got my unlock code from cellunlock.net with a 50% off coupon (android50)
No, flashing a rom will not unlock a phone.
Unlock for FREEEEE from At&t
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Hi All,
I need to unlock my AT&T HTC Titan for a trip out of the US and I called ATT and they told me I cant get a code until December NEXT year. I won't start a thread about how much that irritates me.
But I wanted to know if anyone has unlocked theirs using a 3rd party unlock service and if so, who did you use?
I tried a couple that do 'pre-lookups' and they told me they don't have it - now I am waiting for one that takes your money first and then refunds you if they cant do it.
Anyone unlocked their ATT Titan?
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If you've been an At&t customer for a reasonable amount of time, try logging in to attwireless.com,
click on "Wireless account: 29804xxxxxxx"
then scroll down to where you see a picture of your phone, click "My Phone/Device"
then you should see on the page "Unblock SIM card", Click that link and a popup should give you the unlock code. **Write down that code.**
When you get a Sim card for a different company and put it in your phone it will prompt you for that code. Enter it and you're forever unlocked, even if you update your Windows Phone software.
I have only had my Titan for 2 weeks after upgrading and I have this feature available to me already.
Hope that helps! Thanks At&t for being so great and finally giving out unlock codes!!
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PUK code and a SIM unlock code are 2 different things. PUK code WILL NOT not unlock the phone so you can use another carriers SIM
bought 1 from eBay for $6
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180766988477#ht_1139wt_1234
got the unlock code in < 5 mins
i used unlockingauthority .com to unlock my titan and i use it on t-mobile
Unlock code is permanent on your titan? Mine is ATT titan and unlock code works but I need to enter the unlock code in every bootup. What happens?
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exactly, mine ATT Titan will ask for network unlock code after every reboot... hmmm this is disgusting.
Sure you're not confusing "unlock codes?" There are a few different kinds.
Once you enter a subsidy unlock code, it should be permanent. On the other hand, SIM PIN codes, PUKs, etc. are something that has to be entered each time you boot (or in some cases, each time you turn the screen on).
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Any free way to do this? :/
Well, you can try to buy from the guy in the UK for 1.49 pounds on Ebay, or $2.44 USD. Not free, but it's cheap enough ... and it works for me (Titan II). The US sellers try to ask me $14-$20 for the same code. Don't buy from them.
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Bought an unlock from ebay, $2.76 and I got the unlock code in a few hours.
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Hi everyone!
Have anybody found solution of at&t lock on titan? I've bought unlock code from ebay but it works only until I reboot the phone. Some ideas?
Recently, I've bought three of HTC Titans from eBay. Seller told me that they all are unlocked. In fact, two of it was unlocked, third - not. If he unlocked two of it so thats mean that PERMANENT unlock are real. Specs of these 3 HTCs are the same (firmware, bootloader, etc)
Anyone got one on orange or tmobile ? If so is it locked?
Normaly when a new phone comes out at first they not locked but seeing as its just orange and tmobile....
Got it on T-Mobile last Friday - it's locked.
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Cheers dude, did u try the sg3 unlock on it?
juDGEY2k10 said:
Cheers dude, did u try the sg3 unlock on it?
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No not tried as I have no need to unlock it just yet. Not sure whether to keep it or sell it just yet...it's on sale on AVF at the mo.
How much u selling it for?
I got one on release day, Locked to T-Mobile, Managed to get an unlock code for it from mobileunlocked.co.uk saying that it was a Galaxy S3 on the registration form and its working fine with my Three SIM.
omg, 7 open apps. My i9300 can't even run 3 apps
nutterlh said:
I got one on release day, Locked to T-Mobile, Managed to get an unlock code for it from mobileunlocked.co.uk saying that it was a Galaxy S3 on the registration form and its working fine with my Three SIM.
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Thank you very much! Still waiting for my I9305 to be shipped, and it's probably going to be locked too. Going to travel in March 2013, so I'm glad to hear it can be unlocked already.
Had to cut my Three SIM down to micro sim size but thats no big deal when the outcome is such a good phone.
Where did you get the phone from in the UK?
also what speeds are you getting with 4G in the UK?
I got the phone from T-Mobile shop in manchester. The EE 4G service hasn't been rolled out nationwide yet so currently still just on 3G until the end of the month.
Will be great to see what the UK can get
juDGEY2k10 said:
How much u selling it for?
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£460 with Special Delivery
I just hope the speed increase will be worth the price increase
Thats to much for me mate can get a brand new one for £450
juDGEY2k10 said:
Thats to much for me mate can get a brand new one for £450
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Fair enough just noticed the PAYG price they have. I have 2 more days to return it if I decide not to keep it.
juDGEY2k10 said:
Thats to much for me mate can get a brand new one for £450
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Where at? If so I might upgrade and sell my S3
Problem now is can I use this on o2/giffgaff? (4G I mean)
orange pay as u go, its locked but can be unlocked if u pay for code, or wait till someone makes a hack here
juDGEY2k10 said:
orange pay as u go, its locked but can be unlocked if u pay for code, or wait till someone makes a hack here
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If I get it unlocked will I get 4G on o2?
hmm not sure whether to buy the orange 4g s3 and try and unlock it or wait until the soon to be released google nexus.
anybody bought one from orange and managed to unlock it?
Some unlock sites are not playing fair with time lines that are not as advertised. Reviews are deleted daily to hide the fact they do not have codes. However some other providers are crediting purchases if they do not have codes and ask for you to try back. Please give feedback so others do not get stuck fighting for refunds
Vangink said:
Some unlock sites are not playing fair with time lines that are not as advertised. Reviews are deleted daily to hide the fact they do not have codes. However some other providers are crediting purchases if they do not have codes and ask for you to try back. Please give feedback so others do not get stuck fighting for refunds
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i have ordered in cellunlock.net one month ago，they still no give me the unlock code,and i have sent some email to cancel my order,they didn't want to cancel order,no like what they have said,if want to cancel a order after 10business days ,can just sent them an email! i am so angry with them,even i can use my att lumia920 with a MR-SIM,but this not perfect to use
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Mr. Sim
xjqlfq said:
i have ordered in cellunlock.net one month ago，they still no give me the unlock code,and i have sent some email to cancel my order,they didn't want to cancel order,no like what they have said,if want to cancel a order after 10business days ,can just sent them an email! i am so angry with them,even i can use my att lumia920 with a MR-SIM,but this not perfect to use
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Hi there,
Does Mr. SIM allow Nokia Lumia 920 work with any network?
Where do you get Mr. SIM? I wanna try.
Thanks
Sophorth said:
Hi there,
Does Mr. SIM allow Nokia Lumia 920 work with any network?
Where do you get Mr. SIM? I wanna try.
Thanks
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i am in China,my sim card is produced before 2009,so it can deciphered,and writes the data into MR-sim,and use on att lumia920,you can find it on this link http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.10.125.7mnHJd&id=21940400572
you can try translate it by google if you cann't Read Chinese
http://www.cellunlock.net/Unlock_AT_T_Nokia_Lumia_920_p/unlockattn920.htm ==> they said that they had just bought code and unlocked their Lumia 920. Anyone else can check this news is true or not ?
Thanks all,
Ninomaxx said:
http://www.cellunlock.net/Unlock_AT_T_Nokia_Lumia_920_p/unlockattn920.htm ==> they said that they had just bought code and unlocked their Lumia 920. Anyone else can check this news is true or not ?
Thanks all,
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i place an order one month ago，they can't give me an unlock code，so i sent them some emails to get my money back,they refund my money after i give them a nev feedback! see the below:
CellUnlock.net ([email protected])
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We don't sell a service we cant deliver, we have unlocked a lot of these phones and they are very hard to unlock which is why they have delays with Nokia. We don't delete every review, we delete the ones that are left by immature clients and think they can use it to speak their anger, it's reviews, NOT A CHAT, and you don't need to send numerous email which is called spamming, we reply to all emails in the order we get them. If you spam you end up in spam making us not see your email. We don’t only have you to reply to unfortunately. This order is being canceled and refunded as you requested.
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I would not purchase cellunlock. i been waiting 3 months and struggling to get refund. Hold tight until positve reviews are made on this forum. I think every unlock provider has been tried.
anyone tried this site: .unlocksexpress .com??
Vangink said:
I would not purchase cellunlock. i been waiting 3 months and struggling to get refund. Hold tight until positve reviews are made on this forum. I think every unlock provider has been tried.
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Hi, currently I'm abroad (in India) and have bought myself an S6 edge (which I'm finding so cool right now only had it for a few hours)
My main question is I'm from the UK and eventually I will be going back in a few weeks and wanted to know will this S6 Edge work normally just as if I bought it from the UK with regards to the network signal strength, 4G signal etc and whether or not SIMs from EE(UK) O2(UK) etc will work?
It's completely unbranded and sim free however I am still not sure.
Model: G925I (can provide rest of base band if needed)
Also in the box this was also included
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So all I would need to do is be on a phone call for just over 5 minutes? ^
Also the Official Samsung store where I bought it from assured me that it will work in the UK/Europe.
Finally what kind of signs should I look for to know whether or not my device may be faulty as once I get to the UK I believe the warranty won't work there so being in india is my only chance to make sure I have a good working device before I head back.
Thank you very much for your time.
its pretty clearly written that to use the phone in other region u need to use an indian sim for atleast 5 minutes.
u need to talk to someone for 5mins over phone.
that's it.
the 925i model is an international version too
same model is released in Australia and Malaysia too.so u don't have to worry
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rpk12 said:
its pretty clearly written that to use the phone in other region u need to use an indian sim for atleast 5 minutes.
u need to talk to someone for 5mins over phone.
that's it.
the 925i model is an international version too
same model is released in Australia and Malaysia too.so u don't have to worry
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Once I've totaled 5 minutes of calling and had to factory reset my phone, would I have to do another call(s) for 5 minutes again?
Thanks for your time.
i don't think so.it's already done..i don't know you if you remember something in Nokia phones.when ever you put ur sim card an auto generated msg forwarded to nokia to let them know that phone is activated from now on.so samsung is using the same technique not by sms though
but just to be sure,u can make another call.
but just to be sure make a call to Samsung India and ask them.
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rpk12 said:
i don't think so.it's already done..i don't know you if you remember something in Nokia phones.when ever you put ur sim card an auto generated msg forwarded to nokia to let them know that phone is activated from now on.so samsung is using the same technique not by sms though
but just to be sure,u can make another call.
but just to be sure make a call to Samsung India and ask them.
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Ah okay thanks, I'll give them a call when I get the chance.
I'm considering the factory reset once i get to the UK to hopefully get rid of things like Google Maps Voice nav being in an indian accent (even though I've changed all voice/text options to English UK in the phone settings) and the Play Store showing paid apps price in rupees.
Hoping that with a factory reset I can setup and choose language options properly.
play store is set up based on region.if you go to UK then it will show in ur currency
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It doesn't
Play store does not automatically change currency when you are in a different country. But who cares this was 3 years ago. I'm on here to find a solution to the joke of the phone signal with Three in the UK. It's an American t-mobile s6 edge unlocked but then locked again 2 years later for no reason by stupid lock tMobile, manage to unlock it after 4 months of Bollocks. So American s6 edge now on three with the most crappiest phone signal possible. Basically it's 1 bar or no signal most of the time ?it's so bad it's funny apart from thinking why am I I paying for this. It's like the trains in UK. Paying stupid money for a service that India trains would be ashamed of. Anyways, anyone had this problem? Any solutions apart from smashing the phone and moving country? Cheers, Aloha ?
Hello,
I need some help guys, so i'm looking into purchasing a LG V10 & I asked the seller to send me the imei just to make sure it's not blacklisted with t-mobile. The phone is clean, only problem I had was, beside the model number it says DEMO on the box. The seller said he won it through LG. Can a demo phone be unlocked & used as a normal phone or does it need to be rooted?
Thanks
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Call T-Mobile directly and ask.
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I did & they weren't sure lol. Going to go to the store tomorrow and find out. Just wanted to check if someone else on here knew.
Demos don't carry warranty, and legally cannot be sold words from my business Rep.
Thanks for the info, does it still work as a regular phone or will it have to be rooted?
My business Rep says itll be fine,but can't be traded in/upgraded through tmo or warranty exchange.
Is the phone unused as a demo model? I sometimes see demo devices advertised for sale, and the ones that were on display in stores are always shown to have some severe screen burn-in from displaying the same graphics for so long. The also say that the demo mode needs to be deactivated, but I'm not sure how that's done.
farufas said:
Hello,
I need some help guys, so i'm looking into purchasing a LG V10 & I asked the seller to send me the imei just to make sure it's not blacklisted with t-mobile. The phone is clean, only problem I had was, beside the model number it says DEMO on the box. The seller said he won it through LG. Can a demo phone be unlocked & used as a normal phone or does it need to be rooted?
Thanks
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Imho it's a risk. My G4 also came up clean on swappa as DEMOUNIT. 4 months plus using it as normal, no issues. YMMV
Thanks, i have verified it with tmobile and they advised a week ago these units were won in a competition and one rep won it as well. So he advised all were demo units. Only issue in having now is to make sure it will unlock. Tmobile has the device unlock app now
farufas said:
I did & they weren't sure lol. Going to go to the store tomorrow and find out. Just wanted to check if someone else on here knew.
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I have a demo one and it it was unlocked already I unlocked boot loader myself and rooted it but it's fully functioning in metro pcs right now
I have a close friend that works for T-Mobile. He won an Experia Z3 at a Christmas party last year that was a demo same as that V10. As others have said, the phone will not be warrantied in any way but will function exactly as any other V10. You'll be able to unlock and root just like any retail model.
tanked89 said:
I have a demo one and it it was unlocked already I unlocked boot loader myself and rooted it but it's fully functioning in metro pcs right now
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Thanks for the info. How did you unlock it?
Thanks everyone, i bought the phone. Now just waiting for the unlock code
farufas said:
Thanks everyone, i bought the phone. Now just waiting for the unlock code
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With how to unlock boot loader unlock
SIM Unlocking
Does anyone have any advice to SIM unlock this phone? T-Mobile tells me it isn't a T-Mobile device...
Huh
So, what's the experience with the demo v10 been? I just bought one.....looks and seems brand new "won in a sales contest".
loganfarrell said:
Does anyone have any advice to SIM unlock this phone? T-Mobile tells me it isn't a T-Mobile device...
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DId you get any help on this @loganfarrell?
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DId you get any help on this @loganfarrell?
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Nope. What I have learned is that it is not treated as a T-Mobile phone and can't be unlocked. It isn't intended for commercial use but is fully functional as long as you have T-Mobile or a sister carrier.