Unlock your Galaxy Note II

angryphoton · Dec 4, 2012

Just saw this post in XDA:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2014982

I tried it on my AT&T GN2 and it worked !!! I placed a T-Nobile microSIM after and I was able to make a call, no more network lock message!!

DO PROCEDURE AT YOUR OWN RISK!! READ CAREFULLY.

h1r0ll3r · Dec 4, 2012

Well, I just tried on my AT&T Note 2. Now I just need to hunt down a Tmob SIM card to see if this worked or not. Are you rooted or still running stock ROM?

angryphoton · Dec 4, 2012

h1r0ll3r said:
Well, I just tried on my AT&T Note 2. Now I just need to hunt down a Tmob SIM card to see if this worked or not. Are you rooted or still running stock ROM?

Stock, not rooted. I am not sure, but people with custom ROMS had trouble getting their phones unlocked. Rooted people were OK. You can order a prepaid microSIM from T-Mobile for $0.99 plus tax, got mine in 2 days, free ship.

h1r0ll3r · Dec 4, 2012

angryphoton said:
Stock, not rooted. I am not sure, but people with custom ROMS had trouble getting their phones unlocked. Rooted people were OK. You can order a prepaid microSIM from T-Mobile for $0.99 plus tax, got mine in 2 days, free ship.

Yeah, I read those with custom ROMs were having issue(s). Ordered a microSIM so we'll see how this goes

Actually have travel arrangements to Canada soon so this would be SUPER cool if this worked out for me.

lcneed · Dec 4, 2012

I did that too with my AT&T Note II. Not sure if it actually unlocked anything, but I will try it out sometime in the future when I come across someone who actually has T-mobile.

donziehl · Dec 4, 2012

This actually works ... Samsung Galaxy Notes 2 via T-Mobile

Thankz ... owe this guys a SAN MIGUEL BEER

Elantric · Dec 4, 2012

Doesn't "unlocking the AT&T Note 2 block future OTA updates from AT&T?

angryphoton · Dec 5, 2012

Elantric said:
Doesn't "unlocking the AT&T Note 2 block future OTA updates from AT&T?

No

h1r0ll3r · Dec 5, 2012

While I'm waiting for my microSIM to show up, is this a permanent unlock or is it more of a software unlock? Does this get "reset" whenever an OTA update is available or if the ROM is flashed?

colnago · Dec 5, 2012

When the phone is SIM unlocked, its permanent.

Prepaidguy9081 · Dec 7, 2012

h1r0ll3r said:
Yeah, I read those with custom ROMs were having issue(s). Ordered a microSIM so we'll see how this goes Actually have travel arrangements to Canada soon so this would be SUPER cool if this worked out for me.

Got my unlock code from tmobile. I was on exqizit rom. Poped in straight talk sim entered unlock code. No hitch.

Im glad theres a method out now. Getring tue code was as hard as trigonometry

Prepaidguy9081 · Dec 7, 2012

colnago said:
When the phone is SIM unlocked, its permanent.

Apn backup should be used for when you flash tho. So that you do not haft to manualy re enter your prepaid apn

h1r0ll3r · Dec 13, 2012

Well, I finally received my prepaid T-Mo SIM and.....IT WORKED! I was able to make a call from T-Mo's network and I wasn't prompted for any carrier code or anything like that. I'm on AT&T and using the stock ROM, not rooted

lcneed · Dec 13, 2012

h1r0ll3r said:
Well, I finally received my prepaid T-Mo SIM and.....IT WORKED! I was able to make a call from T-Mo's network and I wasn't prompted for any carrier code or anything like that. I'm on AT&T and using the stock ROM, not rooted

Good to know! I "think" I unlocked my AT&T, but I have nothing to try it out.

I don't even know why I follow the procedures to unlock it... I am not going anywhere.

h1r0ll3r · Dec 13, 2012

lcneed said:
Good to know! I "think" I unlocked my AT&T, but I have nothing to try it out. I don't even know why I follow the procedures to unlock it... I am not going anywhere.

Resale value my friend....resale value. The prepaid T-Mo SIM only costs $1 so you can order it online just to test it out. It comes preloaded with $3.36 credit on it (pretty weird arbitrary dollar amount but whatev) Or, you can walk into a T-Mobile store and see if you can "borrow" one of their SIMs to test out if the unlock worked for you.

lcneed · Dec 13, 2012

h1r0ll3r said:
Resale value my friend....resale value. The prepaid T-Mo SIM only costs $1 so you can order it online just to test it out. It comes preloaded with $3.36 credit on it (pretty weird arbitrary dollar amount but whatev) Or, you can walk into a T-Mobile store and see if you can "borrow" one of their SIMs to test out if the unlock worked for you.

Hehe I will try that when I decided to sell my Note II.... when Note IV comes out!

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