Looking to get a ZU, preferably the 6806 since I'm with AT&T, and I found one for sale from Canada, probably on their Bell Mobility network...
Does anyone know if this would this work here in the US?
Also, on a side note, anyone familiar with any issues purchasing from Canada via ebay... customs, duties, taxes, etc.?
Thanks in advance.
chinee1 said:
Looking to get a ZU, preferably the 6806 since I'm with AT&T, and I found one for sale from Canada, probably on their Bell Mobility network...
Does anyone know if this would this work here in the US?
Also, on a side note, anyone familiar with any issues purchasing from Canada via ebay... customs, duties, taxes, etc.?
Thanks in advance.
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The Bell phone will (might be unlocked) have a sim lock, and worse they are all bootloader locked so no easy root and no custom ROMs
blueether said:
The Bell phone will (might be unlocked) have a sim lock, and worse they are all bootloader locked so no easy root and no custom ROMs
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I hate being such a newbie...
- What does having a sim lock mean?
- I thought the Z ultra 6806's were sold as unlocked phones... has a different meaning?
- I'm not interested in customizing the the ROM, or rooting, or anything similar, (at least not yet) so this is not an issue for me.
Help?
having a sim lock means the phone will only work with the provider that sells the phone, in canada only bell is the exclusive dealer for the XZU, if you want to use this phone on any other network you will need to buy an unlock code. they go for about $30 and takes a day, you provide them with your IMEI and they will email you the code when its processed.
im in canada but since the phone is from bell and im on rogers i had to get the sim unlocked for it to work on my network.
if the phone for sale is a bell phone then no it isnt unlocked, the only other local place to buy it is from the sony store and those come sim unlocked, the only huge difference from the bell phone and sony store is that the bootloader is locked for bell, if you read the previous post that means its harder to root and we can not use custom roms ( personally for me its not a huge downfall since i like the oem roms more atm)
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LTE_networks at&t uses band 4 for lte so does bell and rogers ( i receive lte) so it should be fine.
the only thing you have to worry about to use the phone is spend an extra $30 for sim unlock.
if anything in my post is wrong feel free to correct everyone as im just trying to be helpful =)
caesu said:
having a sim lock means the phone will only work with the provider that sells the phone, in canada only bell is the exclusive dealer for the XZU, if you want to use this phone on any other network you will need to buy an unlock code. they go for about $30 and takes a day, you provide them with your IMEI and they will email you the code when its processed.
im in canada but since the phone is from bell and im on rogers i had to get the sim unlocked for it to work on my network.
if the phone for sale is a bell phone then no it isnt unlocked, the only other local place to buy it is from the sony store and those come sim unlocked, the only huge difference from the bell phone and sony store is that the bootloader is locked for bell, if you read the previous post that means its harder to root and we can not use custom roms ( personally for me its not a huge downfall since i like the oem roms more atm)
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LTE_networks at&t uses band 4 for lte so does bell and rogers ( i receive lte) so it should be fine.
the only thing you have to worry about to use the phone is spend an extra $30 for sim unlock.
if anything in my post is wrong feel free to correct everyone as im just trying to be helpful =)
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Thanks for the reply... the listing says the phone is unlocked, so I will have to make clear inquiries... if i decide to purchse this item.
Thanks again for you help.
I am new to the developers forum but I'm praying that someone will be able to help me out. I went and paid a guy to unlock my Sprint Note 3 so that I could use it with T-Mobile but when I took the phone to T-Mobile they said it can't be activated because it's still under contract with Sprint. Now the guy that unlocked the phone knew it was under contract when he unlocked it and didn't say anything about it being a problem. I would really like to just undo what was done to my phone and stay with Sprint if possible. Can anyone help me? Thanks in advance for any and all help
Try sprint prepaid
I recently bought a V10 via a friend in New York from ebay. The phone is locked to tmobile but i thought it can't be that hard to unlock for my UK EE sim,wrong.
I put in my sim and used the 'unlock' app,but it failed to work so i called tmobile in the U.S but was told they can only unlock the phone to the original purchaser!!!!!!! and it seems tmobile phones won't unlock with a code either.
Im tearing my hair out here. such a lovely phone and great camera,was so excited to get it and now im stuck.
Any help much appreciated.
if the phone exists in the t-mobile database(check here: http://www.t-mobile.com/verifyIMEI.aspx), then you should at least be able to use a paid service, which would force the device to be eligible to use the unlock app.
If your IMEI is eligible you can use this service from UnlockRadar:
https://www.unlockradar.com/service/t-mobile-usa-device-unlock-app-official-unlock
Read carefully the instructions.
Hi, I have been a longtime T-Mobile customer. I bought a used LG G5 H830 from a local electronics store when my previous T-Mobile phone broke.
I just want to carrier unlock the darn thing so I can use other sims traveling. T-Mobile says they can't do it unless it's a T-Mobile phone.
Services want more than the phone is even worth to unlock it online. There has to be a generic unlock code by now I would think.
It has a clean IME. Is there a way to find out what the original carrier may have been? Then I may be able to contact them to unlock it.
The store said possibly Metro PCS which is now T-Mobile.
Any help is greatly appreciated. I'm a poor student hence why I have this phone, but it is a great phone. Thanks
I purchased a Galaxy S21 (SM-G991U) which was sold by and is SIM-locked to T-Mobile. The IMEI is clean, and the phone is paid off.
I need a professional service to assist in unlocking the phone (and, yes, I can tether the phone to an Internet-connected Windows PC with a USB-C cable).
I have located a number of services via a Google search, and find that most are quite expensive. I am hoping that someone has an economical, trusted favorite.
Recommendations please.
Maybe I am missing something but T-mobile will unlock a phone on request if you've been a customer for 90 days. Are you not a customer? If not, is the seller still a T-mobile customer?
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Maybe I am missing something but T-mobile will unlock a phone on request if you've been a customer for 90 days. Are you not a customer? If not, is the seller still a T-mobile customer?
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Neither I nor the seller is a current T-Mo customer. The seller was eligible to have the phone unlocked before he got off of the T-Mo network, and failed to exercise that right. He tried to get them to unlock it after he left, but they won't do that.
Asking T-Mo to unlock the phone is not an option. It has already been explored.