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04-10-2015, 04:00 PM | #1 |
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Looking for someone who works for T-Mobile?
I bought a used Sony phone on craigslist
dude advertised it as unlocked when I got back home, it turns out its still locked to tmobile I called tmobile, they said there is still money owed on the phone and that they could not unlock it till its paid so I asked them how much, and I will pay it they said we can't tell you that so I said well unless you tell me, you're very likely to NEVER get that money since the original owner sold the phone no go I texted the guy I bought it from, no response 7 days later can anyone who works for tmobile assist? I am willing to pay off the outstanding balance I already tried several of the online unlocking website none work for tmobile, as apparently tmobile removes the ability to enter an unlock code. and they have a built in app that does the unlocking but that app fails on my phone and said it does not meet the requirements... am I screwed? I didn't pay a lot for the phone but I really want to use it for a few months getting bored with my iphone 5s, and I don't like the iphone 6
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04-10-2015, 05:22 PM | #2 |
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Damn that sucks. Happened to me once too with T-Mobile also! Bought a phone from an employee, turns out he stole the phone. Cops contacted me about it and ended up confiscating the phone, and I was out what I paid for it too!!
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04-11-2015, 11:33 AM | #3 | |
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at least mine works as an ipod touch like device no calls, but all the apps work it's a really nice phone my brother always told sony makes the best android phones and based on what I have seen so far, it is
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04-11-2015, 11:35 PM | #6 |
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Send me a message with your phone's IMEI and model number. You can locate it behind the battery or better yet dial *#06# and a 15 digit number should pop up. I have over 10 years of cell phone repair/unlock experience and can more than likely help.
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04-12-2015, 08:33 AM | #7 | |
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It's locked by the carrier, so only the carrier can unlock it. Today's phones are very different than the older style that only needed an unlock code to be entered and they would become unlocked Try unlocking an iPhone at home
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04-12-2015, 11:21 AM | #9 |
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I just picked up a trac phone (spare) at CVS for $7. That's right, SEVEN DOLLARS. 130 minutes and it's good for the next six months.
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Sorry, 130 minutes won't work for me. 1 1/2 conference calls and I'm done. I'm at almost 10 times the allotted TracFone minutes, and I have 11 more days to go on this billing cycle.
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04-15-2015, 03:42 PM | #13 |
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Uh, yes you can? It's not super easy, but it's not really that hard. And "try unlocking an iPhone at home"? You do realize that people do that ALL the time, right?
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04-15-2015, 03:57 PM | #14 |
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Maybe you're just that good but if a carrier blocks the IMEI number it's mighty difficult. Unlocking a carrier is different than IMEI unblocking
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Yeah a bit confusing in the wording. The phone is blacklisted so it won't work on the current carrier. But will on a different carrier if it's carrier unlocked.
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He attempted to jailbreak and unlock to move to a different carrier however T-Mobile, Verizon and Sprint all refused to activate the phone. He contacted AT&T again and offered to pay off the balance or to see if there was something else that could be done and they refused. He went back to Gamestop and got another phone and found out that the phone had the same issue. He went back to Gamestop and got a refund and bought a phone elsewhere. What I could gather was that being "unlocked" vs IMEI blacklisted are two different things. YMMV |
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manufacturers have gotten a lot smarter and it's not as easy as it used to be I know because I unlocked many an iphone and all those solutions were half asses software unlock through jailbreak is not something I would do for my primary phone cuz if you have issues, you suddenly have a non functioning phone I prefer a regular , legal, legit unlock that NEVER has issues
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04-16-2015, 05:48 PM | #21 |
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He was trying to find out how much money is owed Weird that tmobile won't assit I'm trying to give them money
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04-25-2015, 04:13 AM | #22 |
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Did you get this issue resolved? I have an uncle that works at a T-Mobile as a Manager or Supervisor I can get you info on it and hopefully help out!
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