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https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sams...Id=6530811
S23 for $399
S23+ for 499
S23U for $699
You can choose ATT or Verizon version. VZW one unlocks after 60 days even if you cancel the account. For ATT read below for instant unlock.
1. There are two timelines for the cancellation. If you cancel a line before 3 days it was active then the activation fee is waived. If you cancel it within 14 days from activation under buyers remorse then no bill is charged but activation fees need to be paid. The line activates on right when you place the order not the day you receive the phone on hand so you might have to pay the activation fee of $35.
2. You can use a tello number and port to ATT but you would have to make sure porting is successful by going to
https://www.att.com/portstatus/.
3. You can use SIM swap method method to unlock the device.
4. When you receive the phone activate it on ATT with the SIM provided. Make sure it shows up on myATT app/in the web so ATT knows and registers the IMEI in the network. Then put the SIM in another unlocked phone, reboot, make some calls and make sure this unlocked phone is now showing under the line in app/web portal.
5. Now go to ATT unlock portal
https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/ and then choose not an ATT customer and use the IMEI of s23 and submit an unlock request.
6.Confirm the unlock request email and receive the unlock code.
7. Only cancel the line after you have unlocked the phone.
Then after unlocking if you are feeling adventurous and want to flash the phone to an unlocked firmware to get rid of ATT bloat you can follow these steps. It's actually very easy to do with Odin.
1. There are many models of s23U but in US two models are imp. S918U is carrier locked version and S918U1 is the unlocked US version. The firmware for these versions are interchangeable so you can flash the ATT model with S918U1 firmware.
2. Download patched odin v3.14.1_3B_PatchedD.zip from
https://xdaforums.com/t/patched-o...1.3762572/ as regular odin does not allow flashing mismatched firmware.
3. Download the firmware from S918U1 XAA version from
https://samfrew.com/firmware/mode.../Desc/0/10 Extract as there will be multiple files.
4. Connect S23U to the windows PC. Make sure developer mode is turned on in the phone.
5 .Put s23u in download/recovery/odin mode. Power down. Press Volume up and down together and then press Volume up to go into recovery (a green screen would appear).
6. Start odin and then select different files for different categories and then start.
7, It should be now the US unlocked version.
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It may also take time to figure out why the order doesn't go through and/or it gets canceled, etc. In other words, don't make a friend or relative do it for you.
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It should be easy if he follows all the steps carefully. Its possible that it fails to unlock in which case he can return the device and cancel the line. He can also choose to keep the device, ATT policy says if the device is paid upfront you have to "wait" for 60 days before unlock request so you don't need an active line.
It may also take time to figure out why the order doesn't go through and/or it gets canceled, etc. In other words, don't make a friend or relative do it for you.
It may also take time to figure out why the order doesn't go through and/or it gets canceled, etc. In other words, don't make a friend or relative do it for you.
The not a customer of ATT is for doing the unlock request. I do these deals using my wife's ATT account by adding a line and then cancelling it after unlocking the phone.
Usually firmware updates have a little disclaimer that may make people not want to learn to do it. Sounds simple. But I can also give you a soldering iron an show you how simple cutting wires an tinning them, wicking an applying it is. Does it mean you would want to do that? I've had some firmware updates fail but lucky somehow the devices still worked. Tho not how they were meant to exactly. An i thought flashing a device registers a mark in the system as modded? Why I stopped modding a decade ago was they lock you out of certain features. Like highly secure apps. Samsung in specific was the first one when they created Knox. Was Knox removed an I don't know? You'd have to look that up. If I recall last time I heard someone say you can set Knox counters back. But then someone said that it still showed.
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The unlock can be done instantly by following the steps I mentioned and that's the point of this deal, to avoid any activation fee and charges by unlocking and cancelling the line.
It may also take time to figure out why the order doesn't go through and/or it gets canceled, etc. In other words, don't make a friend or relative do it for you.
The credit check is soft not hard so should not affect your credit score. Besides an existing ATT customer adding a new line won't go through a credit check.