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Any info on how to unlock VM Samsung Galaxy S5

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Dec 27, 2015
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does anyone have any info on how to unlock A Virgin Mobile samsung gallaxy s5. I would like to take it over to another carrier which is cricket that uses unlocked gsm. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance

Update: Actually my phone seems to be CDMA and Cricket takes GSM. Im really not sure but is there any workaround for this. Thanks
 
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does anyone have any info on how to unlock A Virgin Mobile samsung gallaxy s5. I would like to take it over to another carrier which is cricket that uses unlocked gsm. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance
you already posted a very similar question, and I answered that question, you do not need to unlock the phone to change carriers. if it is truly a CDMA, it will never work on a GSM provider successfully.
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http://www.willmyphonework.net/
Update: Actually my phone seems to be CDMA and Cricket takes GSM. Im really not sure but is there any workaround for this. Thanks
No such animal exists to make this into a GSM-compatible phone,due to hardware limitations.

EDIT:
Your phone may be partially compatible with 2G/3G Bands,check w/Cricket Wireless for compatibility:
https://www.cricketwireless.com/cell-phones/bring-your-phone#other

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