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Hey guys i'm in the process of trading an old iphone for a unlocked version of the Nexus 4 and I was wondering if there's any way i can tell if the phone is unlocked?
When you turn it on you'll see a padlock if it's unlocked...
EddyOS said:
When you turn it on you'll see a padlock if it's unlocked...
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Ok perfect, thank you!
The padlock shows you the state of the bootloader, which can be freely locked/unlocked and would have no bearing on whether or not you purchase this phone. So I assume you're actually asking about sim lock, which is also not an issue as all N4's are unlocked
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When you turn it on you'll see a padlock if it's unlocked...
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LOL. I don't think that's what he meant by unlocked.
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Yeah they're all unlocked, you can't buy a locked nexus 4 lol
scream4cheese said:
LOL. I don't think that's what he meant by unlocked.
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In which case the OP needs to clarify their question
igooner14 said:
Hey guys i'm in the process of trading an old iphone for a unlocked version of the Nexus 4 and I was wondering if there's any way i can tell if the phone is unlocked?
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All the Nexus 4 are unlocked. You're safe.
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I'm sorry guys I just looked at the original question I asked and didn't post it correctly, sorry about the confusion. I was referring to carrier lock, I had no idea at that all N4's came unlocked. Anyways sorry for the confusion thank you guys for clarifying that issue for me.
Another thing to keep in mind is that some phones maybe reported lost or stolen and therefore blocked from any network in the U.S
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crachel said:
[snip] So I assume you're actually asking about sim lock, which is also not an issue as all N4's are unlocked
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username8611 said:
Yeah they're all unlocked, you can't buy a locked nexus 4 lol
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lolbazor said:
All the Nexus 4 are unlocked. You're safe.
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Are we sure about this guys?
People were saying exactly the same thing about the Galaxy Nexus, but there were some sold that were SIM-locked. (It was a few European carriers that were selling them locked... think it was Orange, Vodafone and maybe another.)
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Are we sure about this guys?
People were saying exactly the same thing about the Galaxy Nexus, but there were some sold that were SIM-locked. (It was a few European carriers that were selling them locked... think it was Orange, Vodafone and maybe another.)
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All Nexus 4s are GSM unlocked. (I hope I'm not wrong. ) When you get the phone, pop in your Sim and see if you are able to make calls and such. You may have to do a reboot when you first pop in the Sim card.
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All Nexus 4s are GSM unlocked. (I hope I'm not wrong. ) When you get the phone, pop in your Sim and see if you are able to make calls and such. You may have to do a reboot when you first pop in the Sim card.
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As I said before: people were saying the same thing about GSM Galaxy Nexus devices. Then we found out that ones sold by certain carriers were locked. All I'm trying to say is that we can't be sure that any devices sold outside of the Google Play Store are all sold unlocked.
efrant is right; however, some carriers (mostly European) say that it is locked, but in fact, it is unlocked. Same for T-mobile USA Nexus's, some reps will tell you that it's locked, but really, it's unlocked
khanh1289 said:
efrant is right; however, some carriers (mostly European) say that it is locked, but in fact, it is unlocked. Same for T-mobile USA Nexus's, some reps will tell you that it's locked, but really, it's unlocked
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Yeah, but I'm not talking about clueless sales reps or customer service reps. If a device is sold outside of the Google Play Store, it could very well possibly (not probably) be SIM-locked to that carrier. Proof: here is a thread on how to unlock SIM-locked GSM Galaxy Nexus devices that people bought thinking they were unlocked.
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Yeah, but I'm not talking about clueless sales reps or customer service reps. If a device is sold outside of the Google Play Store, it could very well possibly (not probably) be SIM-locked to that carrier. Proof: here is a thread on how to unlock SIM-locked GSM Galaxy Nexus devices that people bought thinking they were unlocked.
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I'm fairly sure the ones sold in the UK are SIM unlocked. No carrier sells them in Germany, the ones from the couple of retailers are obviously unlocked.
Anyway, seeing that the good efrant is here: shouldn't flashing the stock image remove a (possible) SIM lock..?
Vangelis13 said:
I'm fairly sure the ones sold in the UK are SIM unlocked. No carrier sells them in Germany, the ones from the couple of retailers are obviously unlocked.
Anyway, seeing that the good efrant is here: shouldn't flashing the stock image remove a (possible) SIM lock..?
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Unfortunately no. The lock is stored on a partition not normally flashed by the user, and not included in the factory images from Google.
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so the announcement today said that the 4 major carrier would get the nexus 6 including at&t. now we all know at&t likes to have their bootloaders locked. my question is, do you think at&t would only sell this if google agreed to lock the bootloader on their variant or do you think at&t actually sells a phone that has an unlockable bootloader?
Its a nexus phone. Did Verizon lock the gnex boot loader? No. Att can't really cause its a nexus device
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Its a nexus phone. Did Verizon lock the gnex boot loader? No. Att can't really cause its a nexus device
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i didnt know verizon sold a google nex phone let alone know they couldnt lock the bootloader. hence my question. but if you are right about at&t then that gives me something to think about.
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i didnt know verizon sold a google nex phone let alone know they couldnt lock the bootloader. hence my question. but if you are right about at&t then that gives me something to think about.
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If AT&T sells this bootloader unlocked I might actually break my vow to never again buy another contract phone from them...after the Note3 debacle I've paid full price for everything since.
The real question is whether there will be carrier bloatware on the carrier Nexus devices.
NextNexus said:
The real question is whether there will be carrier bloatware on the carrier Nexus devices.
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That is easily fixed..... i wanna know about scarification of these devices.
AKA branding/Logos
JustusIV said:
That is easily fixed..... i wanna know about scarification of these devices.
AKA branding/Logos
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This^^^
I agree. I would be curious to know if ATT will somehow lock the bootloader. If not then i would buy from them... Otherwise i will buy on google play.
kennonk said:
If AT&T sells this bootloader unlocked I might actually break my vow to never again buy another contract phone from them...after the Note3 debacle I've paid full price for everything since.
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Fully Agree.
Yes the Verizon Gnex had an unlockable bootloader, but at the time most phones on AT&T also had unlockable bootloaders. The Galaxy nexus was before the carriers really started locking stuff down.
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I'm going to buy it from Google and use it on AT&T.
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I'm going to buy it from Google and use it on AT&T.
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Me too. I don't trust AT&T to not load it up with bloatware and a deathstar logo on top of a truly locked bootloader.
gtalum said:
Me too. I don't trust AT&T to not load it up with bloatware and a deathstar logo on top of a truly locked bootloader.
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I don't either, but you could always wait and see.
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Mark another ATT user down for a Play Store version. I needed something to replace my dying/ancient Nexus, and jumped to an One X+ from ATT not realizing it was scarred. Not making that mistake again. And, I'll be glad to have another Nexus in my hands.
--JamesT
I'm also ordering my shamu in pristine android vanilla condition straight from Google, don't trust the galactic empire at&t with his pernicious ways haha
I actually don't mind buying on contract, I doubt AT&T will do anything to it.
But I mean if it's the same phone across all carriers and the same as the play store edition, won't you just be able to replace any bootloader and anything else to function as if you bought it off contract and unlocked? The only thing I'm really concerned about is carrier lock when it comes to OTA updates.
I'm getting mine through Verizon but the discussion is the same.... will there be any difference between the Play Store and carrier versions. I think one of two scenarios will happen.
A. There's no difference, carriers will load them up with bloat. But who cares? If it's completely unlocked you will be easily able to root, wipe, rom, etc....
B. They lock the bootloaders. This would completely crush carrier sales. The majority of people interested in this phone are Android enthusiasts. Google knows that. Google also has to have good sales through the carriers at the new price point. So they likely would not agree to have a locked down Nexus 6 sold through carriers.
I am fairly confident the phones will be identical. This particular SoC, the 805, unlike all the other Qualcomm kits has discreet radio hardware not on the SoC. All of the 800/801 before it and the 808/810 after it have integrated radio hardware. I think this was an intentional agreement that Motorola/Google brokered with Qualcomm/Carriers. This way they can all sell one identical handset but the carriers will only push radio/modem updates to keep things working on their networks, but they will tell us that all software/OS updates will come from Google directly.
This ushers in a new paradigm in that for the first time we will have a truly unlocked device across all carriers and it is set up that way by design so carriers can control radio hardware and Motorola/Google can control the OS.
I'm 100% confident that google will not allow the carriers to modify the phones just like apple with the iPhone.
I plan on walking into my local at&t store to buy the phone, go home and plug it into my computer and type "fastboot OEM unlock"
cundiffr said:
I'm 100% confident that google will not allow the carriers to modify the phones just like apple with the iPhone.
I plan on walking into my local at&t store to buy the phone, go home and plug it into my computer and type "fastboot OEM unlock"
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I plan on walking into my local AT&T store and telling them, I pay you enough money in monthly service, and in no way am I signing a new contract or using the "next" plan to lease(pay a fee on top of $15 smartphone fee), so I'l give my money to Google
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PI1HJCS/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PI1G69K/
Click on "without a service plan" it will state they are carrier locked.
Cheetohz said:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PI1HJCS/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PI1G69K/
Click on "without a service plan" it will state they are carrier locked.
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No they aren't. There are multiple threads to confirm this. I have a Sprint Nexus 6 and it works on T-Mobile with no problem.
Not true. I have a "Sprint" N6 and popped in my AT&T sim and it works fine.
Has anyone been able to confirm this if purchased from Amazon?
derfnoslen said:
No they aren't. There are multiple threads to confirm this. I have a Sprint Nexus 6 and it works on T-Mobile with no problem.
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Purpleclad said:
Not true. I have a "Sprint" N6 and popped in my AT&T sim and it works fine.
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It depends on what batch you got. Only the initial Amazon batches were unlocked. The later Sprint Amazon batches are sim locked AFAIK.
Skripka said:
It depends on what batch you got. Only the initial Amazon batches were unlocked. The later Sprint Amazon batches are sim locked AFAIK.
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I got a Nexus 6 straight from Sprint, and I'm using my Verizon sim. The Verizon sim actually works better. I only have data with my sprint sim I can't send or receive texts or make or receive calls. I get a message cannot validate you account when trying to make a call. Everything works flawlessly with my Verizon sim.
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Not to sound like an advertisement but I got my att model from bestbuy sim locked and used Cellunlocker to unlock it.
as of this moment, onlty att locks the sim. people are speculating if verizon will also do this, but its only att at the moment.
Another nod for Sprint being unlocked. I just put my N6 that I got 2 days after it hit the Sprint shelf on Tmobile and it rings for incoming calls again. Sprint has network issues and I got tired of missing calls and having cust service always start out with "factory reset your phone." My note 3 had the same issue on Sprint. 15 mins for Tmob to setup the account and put the sim in. 0$ and a better plan price to boot.
simms22 said:
as of this moment, onlty att locks the sim. people are speculating if verizon will also do this, but its only att at the moment.
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my experience with Verizon's version of the Galaxy Nexus left a bad taste in my mouth. I will be very very hard pressed to ever buy a verizon branded phone ever again. they do get my money though. That I don't mind paying for because I have signal everywhere I go and the legacy unlimited data plan.
The carrier locks aren't really a big deal in any case. $20 and you can get it unlocked at any number of cell unlocking sites.
Would rather it not be locked at all, but isn't that big of a deal....
I just paid to get mine unlocked so I can sell my nexus. I really don't like it
konaman said:
I just paid to get mine unlocked so I can sell my nexus. I really don't like it
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What you don't like about it?
yellowman82 said:
What you don't like about it?
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Probably the paying part to need to unlock it.
As of today, if you are not under contract with the carrier that the phone is locked to, or owe them money due to an EIP, they have to unlock the phone.
http://www.tmonews.com/2015/02/new-carrier-phone-unlock-regulation-active-from-today/
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As of today, if you are not under contract with the carrier that the phone is locked to, or owe them money due to an EIP, they have to unlock the phone.
http://www.tmonews.com/2015/02/new-carrier-phone-unlock-regulation-active-from-today/
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The nexus was never locked to begin with unless you had a contract through AT&T, all other versions are unlocked from factory
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A2CKilla said:
The nexus was never locked to begin with unless you had a contract through AT&T, all other versions are unlocked from factory
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I'm not sure you read my post correctly, as that's what my post pertained to. Contracts, EIP, or if they bought the phone outright from AT&T etc.
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I'm not sure you read my post correctly, as that's what my post pertained to. Contracts, EIP, or if they bought the phone outright from AT&T etc.
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it's still wrong information, mine is with a contract through sprint, it's still fully unlocked, I can put any sim in and I'm good to go, t-mobile was the same way, at&t was the only one that did a lock and we still have yet to find out about verizon
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im looking to purchase an AT&T Nexus 6 from clist TODAY to use on Sprint. I got a sprint nano sim and was wondering if i can activate it. I heard you give sprint the IMEI number without the last digit or something. Has anyone done this? Anything i should know? im searching and googling and havent gotten a solid answer before i drive an hour to meet this guy. thanks in advance
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im looking to purchase an AT&T Nexus 6 from clist TODAY to use on Sprint. I got a sprint nano sim and was wondering if i can activate it. I heard you give sprint the IMEI number without the last digit or something. Has anyone done this? Anything i should know? im searching and googling and havent gotten a solid answer before i drive an hour to meet this guy. thanks in advance
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AT&T are the only ones that are carrier locked, unless it was purchased outright or paid off, I would really double check with whoever you're buying it from and have them meet you at a sprint store to actually check everything out before you commit
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I was asking a Japanese carrier about the gold nexus 6p and they told me it would be sim locked. I told them its not possible as Google doesn't allow it. But, can it be done outside of Google?
LRiley said:
I was asking a Japanese carrier about the gold nexus 6p and they told me it would be sim locked. I told them its not possible as Google doesn't allow it. But, can it be done outside of Google?
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The att nexus 6 was sim locked but could be unlocked easy with a code ..... It's up to carriers if they sell them ....Google won't sell them sim locked but you never know until you have the phone if it comes from a carrier
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LRiley said:
I was asking a Japanese carrier about the gold nexus 6p and they told me it would be sim locked. I told them its not possible as Google doesn't allow it. But, can it be done outside of Google?
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Yes.
LRiley said:
I was asking a Japanese carrier about the gold nexus 6p and they told me it would be sim locked. I told them its not possible as Google doesn't allow it. But, can it be done outside of Google?
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I was reading that about another phone, the telecos lock phones not Google,
From what I read,
In Japan there is no law or lack of laws to unlock the phone after the contract ends so your stuck with that carrier,I don't know if you can even pay them to unlock it
you don't want to get a phone in Japan if you plan to travel, a friend phone was simlocked and he had to buy another phone so we sold it as parts,
I am sure, someone will post a way to unlock this phone, if it is sim locked by any carrier. So far, every phone has a third party unlock solution.
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I was reading that about another phone, the telecos lock phones not Google,
From what I read,
In Japan there is no law or lack of laws to unlock the phone after the contract ends so your stuck with that carrier,I don't know if you can even pay them to unlock it
you don't want to get a phone in Japan if you plan to travel, a friend phone was simlocked and he had to buy another phone so we sold it as parts,
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That's how it used to be. Japan made it law where they have to unlock your phone if you ask. But, the companies get their cut because they make it so you have to use the phone with them for 180days before they do. Even then you can only cancel service with the phone companies in person. They do not allow you to cancel over the phone.
I can tell you for sure it can be,I'm writing this on an EE simlocked (for now) nexus 6p. I didn't think nexus would be, I've owned the last three, but it definitely can. However,mine cost £390 + £10 top up, and the unlock fee was £8.99, so it was still £41 cheaper than the play store for me.
If you're trying to buy the gold nexus it's available on the google play store right now and should be unlocked. CES huawei just announced it.
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Yep, I bought my Nexus 6P at Softbank in Japan, and it is simlocked (tried a French SIM card, no success).
The guy at Softbank told me the company hasn't agreed to allow customers to unlock their phones after 6 months (as Docomo has been doing for long, and AU announced they would recently).
Even when that happens, it might only be for a selection of devices, most probably released after they say so...!
I hope a way to unlock it will show up some day (so far, I haven't found anything)...
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Yep, I bought my Nexus 6P at Softbank in Japan, and it is simlocked (tried a French SIM card, no success).
The guy at Softbank told me the company hasn't agreed to allow customers to unlock their phones after 6 months (as Docomo has been doing for long, and AU announced they would recently).
Even when that happens, it might only be for a selection of devices, most probably released after they say so...!
I hope a way to unlock it will show up some day (so far, I haven't found anything)...
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Here possibly?
Nexus 6P Unlocked can be used on all carriers. Will there be a Galaxy S7 Unlocked which follows? I will be sold if so...
You cant just buy a phone from a carrier and expect to flash an unlocked ROM on it. Partitions are different most of the time, etc...
My main concern is the speed of which updates are released. A carrier phone can take months longer than an unlocked phone. Yeah you can download custom ROMs here on XDA, but it's not the same and could have issues due to carrier kernel not being released.
Definitely a make or break deal for me at this point...
I really wished there was, but so far all of the carrier models have different bands, and I haven't heard of a US unlocked model that works for all of them.
I can't decide if it is worth the fight, or if I should just fall in line, and buy at&t's Fort Knox Edition.
They're a little more pricy (read +$200/300), but you can pre-order unlocked Qualcomm variants on eBay.
It's a hell of a markup, but if you're already paying $800 for a phone you're gonna use for the next couple years, may as well get one that's unlocked and will do what you want i.e. run AOSP, no?
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They're a little more pricy (read +$200/300), but you can pre-order unlocked Qualcomm variants on eBay.
It's a hell of a markup, but if you're already paying $800 for a phone you're gonna use for the next couple years, may as well get one that's unlocked and will do what you want i.e. run AOSP, no?
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I'm sorry, but there's no reason anyone should be paying more than $800 for an S7 Edge, even if it's unlocked.
geoff5093 said:
I'm sorry, but there's no reason anyone should be paying more than $800 for an S7 Edge, even if it's unlocked.
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Agreed, S7 Edge should be about $800 unlocked tops. Unfortunately there won't be unlocked phones until the actual release.
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I'm sorry, but there's no reason anyone should be paying more than $800 for an S7 Edge, even if it's unlocked.
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Different folks different strokes.
I paid $816 for mine. Still cheaper than signing contracts when said and done.
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Tidbits said:
Different folks different strokes.
I paid $816 for mine. Still cheaper than signing contracts when said and done.
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I meant before taxes
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What was the time between the Samsung s6 edge pre-order and when the unlocked international versions came out? Because my UK s6 edge is soooooooo much better than the AT&T US version I originally bought and returned. I definitely want to just skip to the UK unlocked version this time around... but, of course, I don't want to wait a long time.
I'm assuming the s7 rollout will be similar, so that will let us know when the unlocked Samsung s7 edges can be expected. (I was an iPhone person until recently, so I don't know my Samsung history).
Thanks in advance for any info.
(For anyone wondering, not only was there that US AT&T bloatware nonsense -- but they actually removed cool things Samsung had added and removed deals and freeware Samsung had added to the phone. Just crazy. Things would be mentioned in the manual and not be on the phone anywhere. And then of course the bad updates as well.)
im the guy waiting for S7edge with S820 and choosing Snapdragon is of course to get update faster and support by the custom rom community than Exynos version.
As one of a guy responded in Reddit chat is to start ordering UNLOCKED SIM Samsung S7 from ebay would be the easiest and fastest option... I am ouside of US and really don't want to wait indefinitely their not-sure-release-date Carrier Unlocked version. Below is the one that I am watching closely. As it said Pre-order, I am a bit afraid of the RISK of ordering a phone that cost >1000$ without seeing actual unlocked & S820 phone as they mention.
[EDIT: can't put links due to lower posts count] googled this eBay item number:281944393668
tmobile unlock or wait?
I'm in the same boat here, although my situation is a little unique. I'm on Tmobile right now but I'm going to move to Thailand this summer, so the phone needs to be unlocked. According to tmobile they'll unlock the phone after i'ts been on the network for 40 days (I'm planning on buying it upfront). Should I go that route or just wait until the unlocked version shows up on amazon and just buy that?
Cheers
(Also, does anyone know how long it took for the unlocked s6 to show up on amazon?)
40 days of service active if you actually on postpaid. If it is prepaid it's $100 worth of payments.
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All the carriers get the unlock code from Samsung... if you contact Samsung, T-Mobile users might not need to wait the 40 days. I just preordered the T-Mobile S7 Edge, and I'm with AT&T.
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All the carriers get the unlock code from Samsung... if you contact Samsung, T-Mobile users might not need to wait the 40 days. I just preordered the T-Mobile S7 Edge, and I'm with AT&T.
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Did you have to get a mobile plan with them? They told me at the store that is the only way
T-Mobile no longer use codes. They use a unlock app. There is no way so far to input any codes to date on the devices that have it preinstalled.
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Hey how do Samsung's devices do on Verizon?. Will there be less development for devices from Verizon? Are they locked down a lot more and harder to root? It he a deal breaker for me. Anyone have any idea ?
Would a Verizon phone work well on tmobile?
Yes but the bootloader will be locked down.
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Tapatalk won't let me modify...
Well the Verizon will work well in most cases on T-Mobile however Verizon phones will always have a locked down bootloader. So if you buy it be prepared to potentially never unlock it for a very long time.
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Yes but the bootloader will be locked down.
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Tapatalk won't let me modify...
Well the Verizon will work well in most cases on T-Mobile however Verizon phones will always have a locked down bootloader. So if you buy it be prepared to potentially never unlock it for a very long time.
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Thanks! So the best option would be Tmo?
If you want Wi-Fi calling , RCS, and VoLTE it's probably preferred. If you plan on rooting and custom Roms. Then T-Mobile is a good choice. T-Mobile for the past 4 years has always left it up to the manufacturer to either lock it or leave it. So far all but Sony have unlocked or unlockable bootloaders.
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