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=====ALL Credits to Owl74 on XDA-Developers=====
http://forum.xda-developers.com/s...ostcount=1


This is confirmed by myself to work on the AT&T Galaxy S3 and AT&T Galaxy Note 2 ....and it is reported to work on ALL VARIANTS of GSM.

I am posting it publicly to give where credit is due, and to KILL the ebay profits, specifically ebay Item: 321033698090

Please do not profit off someone elses' idea and ebay this info like the Joker in the auction above

To unlock your Galaxy S3 OR NOTE 2:

Just dial the following keys *#197328640#

Main Menu > [1] UMTS > [1] Debug Screen > [8] Phone Control > [6] Network Lock > Options [3]Perso SHA256 OFF > (after choosing this option, wait about 30 seconds, then go back one step by pressing the Menu button then select Back, now you are in [6] Network Lock then choose [4] NW Lock NV Data INITIALLIZ ..... wait for a minute then reboot your phone... enjoy!!!

/standard disclaimer: I am not responsible if you don't follow directions and what you do with your phone...

*****Hit the Thanks button, you're welcome Smilie
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Last Edited by HermitDash April 3, 2014 at 04:55 PM
This will not work for Stock Android 4.3 or Higher and downgrading may cause a brick DONT DO IT.

Unlocking cellphones was recently made illegal because a certain mandate expired. Please take a few minutes to sign this petition so we can ensure consumer rights and our ability to use our phones on different carriers:
Petition to Make Unlocking Cell Phones Legal.
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/...l/1g9KhZG7
THIS PETITION IS CLOSED AND WAS SUCCESSFUL

The current way to root and unlock your ATT Galaxy S3 phone (along with others) can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/s...?t=2092244
Works awesomely, so good in fact, I donated to the dev. DYLAN

AT&T Users you can now update to Jelly Bean!!!

FOR THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE THE LAST OPTION MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE LATEST UPDATE FOR YOUR PHONE.

And if ATT give you unlock code and if it doesnt work, then you need to go back to 4.1.1 using Odin and then use the above options to unlock and then go back to 4.1.2.





FROM THE OP:

Those who are having trouble.

1) PLUG IN THE FOREIGN SIM CSED FIRST

2) BOOT up the phone with the different sim card, then it will ask for unlock code. CLICK DISMISS

3) Then perform the 6 step process in post #1

4) be sure to WAIT EXACTLY where it says wait 30 sec, and wait 1min then reboot

---I have better success with the foreign sim in FIRST and unlocking with the foreign sim inside the phone.


Frequently Asked Questions:
  • What is unlocking/what is its benefit?
Only thing unlocking your phone will do is allow you to pop in a different sim card and use that provider's service with your phone -Blacksoxing
  • Will unlocking my phone void my warranty?
It typically won't void your warranty (since some providers WILL unlock your phone for you if you're traveling internationally....)....and it won't help you get updates faster. -Blacksoxing
  • After unlocking the phone, data isn't working on the foreign network (e.g. if you have a T-Mobile phone, data is not working when you put in your AT&T SIM card), what do I need to do?
To get data to work on your FOREIGN SIM, you must change the APN setting. Google for your carrier's APN setting and change that. This is nothing related to unlocking the phone, rather its because you are literally on a different cell carrier and you need to modify the phone to access the correct data network. -OP - lillazyfats81
  • Will unlocking my phone affect my internet speeds?
It won't affect your internet speeds. -Blacksoxing
  • Which service providers does this work for? Does it work for Verizon/Sprint?
This works ONLY for GSM phones, i.e. phones on AT&T, T-Mobile, or most international carrier. This will NOT work on CDMA/TDMA phones, specifically phones from Verizon or Sprint. Some Verizon phones use SIM cards for 4G data, and it may be possible to use those phones with GSM networks, but I am not sure of that. -hallowmann
  • Does this mean I can use it outside the country without paying any extra service fees?
You have to pay for service no matter where you go, but if you go to another country, rather than being forced to use your AT&T SIM card with international roaming, you can buy a prepaid SIM card from the country you are traveling to. You would have to switch the SIM cards and then you can use your unlocked phone on the international service plan. -hallowmann
  • What does "GSM' mean in the original post?
GSM refers to use "Global System for Mobile communications". This is for mobile devices that use SIM cards for voice, specifically AT&T and T-Mobile devices in the US, and almost all devices every else in the world. -hallowmann
  • Does unlocking the phone mean that I am no longer under my contract? Will I still have to pay my service provider the monthly service fee? What about Early Termination Fee (ETF)?
Unlocking the phone deals ONLY with the phone, not with your service. You will still have the service and you will still either have to pay the monthly fees or pay the early termination fee, whether you have the phone or not. Again, unlocking the phone does NOTHING to the contract. The contract is for service, it has nothing to do with the phone. The phone is yours. You could sell the phone and you'd still have to pay your voice and data service. -hallowmann
  • Does this work on the Samsung Galaxy S2? Other GSM phones?
It doesn't work on the S2, but if bought the phone (or any GSM phone) from AT&T or T-Mobile and you've had your phone for something like 90 days or 6 months (not sure which) with service, you can call them up and say you are going overseas and need to unlock your phone for use there. They should give/email you the SIM unlock code for your phone, which you would need to put in when you insert another network's SIM into your phone. If they give you trouble, just keep pressing that you may go to areas that don't have their coverage and need other options. They should/will give it to you. -hallowmann[LIST]
  • Foreign sim Data plan is not working
Add APN settings as per new foreign sim provider.Prem (thanks to lillazyfats81



UPDATE:
It doesn't work with custom rom, at least for CM10 rom. you must restore the original rom to use the code.



No go on unused VZW GS3 (I know it's not GSM, still gave it a shot); Code didn't work (Stock ICS)
VZW GSM always works overseas, you don't even have to unlock it - http://forum.xda-developers.com/s...?t=1809314

To check if your phone is unlocked, press *#7465625#


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sarasd
12-01-2012 at 08:05 AM.
12-01-2012 at 08:05 AM.
Did anyone try it with S2?
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lejackyjack
12-01-2012 at 08:06 AM.
12-01-2012 at 08:06 AM.
Sweet! Unlocked my girls GS3 and my Note II, both on T-mo. Tested and confirmed with Vodafone Sim Card. Thank you OP!!! Saved me the hassle of calling T-mobile and asking them to do it. Plus it's more fun this way anyway Wink
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tooclose
12-01-2012 at 08:06 AM.
12-01-2012 at 08:06 AM.
Got this to work on the T-Mobile sgs3, popped in the AT&T sim card and i'm able to make calls. However the data does not work. Do I need to change the apn settings for the data to work with AT&T?
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hallowmann
12-01-2012 at 08:06 AM.
12-01-2012 at 08:06 AM.
Quote from Privatejoker :
Does this mean I can use it outside the coutry w/o paying for any extra service fees?
You have to pay for service no matter where you go, but if you go to another country, rather than being forced to use your AT&T SIM card, which will charge you international roaming, you can buy a prepaid SIM card from the country you are traveling to. You would have to switch the SIM cards and then you can use your unlocked phone on the international service plan.

Quote from scmarkh :
What does "GSM' mean in the original post? I have a Galaxy sII.
GSM refers to use "Global System for Mobile communications". This is for devices that use SIM cards, specifically AT&T and T-Mobile devices in the US, and almost all devices every else in the world.

As for the S2, this will not work on it, but if you look at the bottom of this post, I explain how you should be able to unlock your phone.

Quote from stanclave :
anyone, would it invalidate warranty?
Already answered, no.

Quote from aazath :
Can i purchase SIII from best buy now and try unlocking it ? Does this mean i don't have to wait for prices of unlocked phone to go down - Kindly guide
If you buy it with AT&T or T-Mobile, you could unlock it, but you would still be signed up for a 2-yr contract for the voice and data service.

Quote from aazath :
In my case, I will be traveling overseas next month and wondering if I can gift this to someone. Not sure if I have to pay early termination fee ($325) for AT&T even if the phone gets unlocked
Unlocking the phone deals ONLY with the phone, not with your service. You will still have the service and you will still either have to pay the monthly fees or pay the early termination fee, whether you have the phone or not. The phone is yours. You can give it to whoever you want, but if you want people to use it overseas, it will have to be unlocked and they will have to use their own SIM card. You will also need to remove and keep your AT&T SIM card to use in another phone (which you will have to get) or will have to cancel your AT&T service and pay the ETF.

Quote from khoi21 :
i have Tmobile S3 and it's doesn't work? so i guess its work only on AT&T
Make sure you are dialing with the first " * ".

Quote from myslick123 :
How does this work for those of us who got s3 , for .96c , by signing a 2yr contract? Unlock phone and get outa contract , keep the phone ?
Was that for AT&T or T-Mobile? Those are the only carriers this will work for. Unlocking the phone does NOTHING to the contract. The contract is for service, it has nothing to do with the phone. You could sell the phone and you'd still have to pay your voice and data service.

Unlocking the phone only makes it possible for you to use the phone on other GSM networks, i.e. AT&T, T-Mobile, Rogers, basically all international networks, provided you have a SIM card for those networks (either with a monthly service or prepaid system).

Your phone is yours, it has nothing to do with the service. You are still under contract to use the service for 2 yrs.

Quote from slvn :
does this work for s3 verizon? or only work for s3 att and tmobile. anyone has s3 verizon, tried the unlocked step from OP and confirmed it will work yet?
Quote from pen360guin :
I have a Verizon S3 and dialed the number but it told me to hang up and call 161. Any help?
Quote from mindaugasl :
So what happens if you unlock Sprint Galaxy S3, any benefit?
This works ONLY for GSM phones, i.e. phones on AT&T, T-Mobile, or most international carrier. This will NOT work on CDMA/TDMA phones, specifically phones from Verizon or Sprint.

"Unlocking" means SIM unlocking, and since those services don't use SIM cards, they are not involved. As far as I know, you can use CDMA phones on other CDMA networks, but you would have to register the ID and pay some sort of phone change fee (but I'm not completely sure of this).

Quote from theycallmemrdo :
do i need an att sim card? because i just called with the number code and it was unable to request it. i did not even go through any stepts
Quote from apevo8 :
I tried it on my galaxy note 2 with AT&T and got the same message.
Quote from hasassin :
same error
note 2 w att
Again, makes sure you are dialing with the " * " at the beginning of the number.

Quote from sarasd :
Did anyone try it with S2?
It doesn't work on the S2, but if you've had your phone for something like 90 days or 6 months (not sure which) with service on your GSM carrier, you can call them up and say you are going overseas and need to unlock your phone for use there. They should give you the SIM unlock code for your phone, which you would need to put in when you insert another network's SIM into your phone. If they try and say "you could use our service internationally" or something like that, just keep pressing that you may go to areas that don't have coverage and need other options. They should/will give it to you.

This goes with anyone who bought their phone from the service they are currently using. I've even heard of people doing this with the iPhone.

Quote from henucu :
so if my ATT S3 phone is already rooted, i need to restore it to stock ROM and then use this fix to unlock it? Can I re-root it after unlock? would I lose the unlock? i hate losing the root.
Yeah, you'd need to restore, then unlock, then root. It shouldn't be affected by rooting, as per other people's experience, but I haven't done it, so I can't say for sure.
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12-01-2012 at 08:08 AM.
12-01-2012 at 08:08 AM.
Quote from HighwayToHell :
Ok, just to make things clear..............is this "[4]RAT_FREE_SUPPORTING ON" the same as this "[4] NW Lock NV Data INITIALLIZ" ???
Anybody???
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ravipkumar
12-01-2012 at 08:08 AM.
12-01-2012 at 08:08 AM.
Quote from microkelvin :
no benefit of unlocking your shitty verizon/sprint phones man. If you guys went for cdma road, you should know better than this.

Anyway, who really went for att on this s3 & note 2 anyway? It's so expensive since beginning. These phones are mostly for data internet. It's not cheap on att data. How much do you guys pay when sign up for your att s3 plan?
$1 for S3 with $15/200MB Smilie
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ravipkumar
12-01-2012 at 08:12 AM.
12-01-2012 at 08:12 AM.
Quote from sarasd :
Did anyone try it with S2?
anybody on S2?
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hallowmann
12-01-2012 at 08:16 AM.
12-01-2012 at 08:16 AM.
Quote from ravipkumar :
anybody on S2?
See the bottom of my post above.

Quote from HighwayToHell :
Anybody???
My guess would be no, they are not the same, but I don't have the phones to test this out.
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12-01-2012 at 08:17 AM.
12-01-2012 at 08:17 AM.
Quote from ask_j :
I also got the same error, but then I realized that I forgot to dial * as the first number.
Thank you i did miss the * works for me repped
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TopDealsDigger
12-01-2012 at 08:17 AM.
12-01-2012 at 08:17 AM.
The procedure works on T-Mobile SG3:

PERSO_NV_INIT IS SUCCESSFUL. Need to pop in a different card from AT&T to test.
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pen360guin
12-01-2012 at 08:20 AM.
12-01-2012 at 08:20 AM.
Maybe a stupid question but my phone does have a slot for a SIM card, it has a Verizon SIM card in it. But I guess this is a CDMA card?
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henucu
12-01-2012 at 08:21 AM.
12-01-2012 at 08:21 AM.
Quote from microkelvin :
no benefit of unlocking your shitty verizon/sprint phones man. if you guys went for CDMA road, you should know better than this.

anyway, who really went for ATT on this S3 & Note 2 anyway? it's so expensive since beginning. these phones are mostly for data internet. it's not cheap on ATT data. how much do you guys pay when sign up for your ATT S3 plan?
not too expensive considering the rollover minutes and 23% discount from work(premier account). I pay $90 each month for two s3s on family plan. 2gig data each.
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12-01-2012 at 08:23 AM.
12-01-2012 at 08:23 AM.
Quote from hallowmann :
Yeah, you'd need to restore, then unlock, then root. It shouldn't be affected by rooting, as per other people's experience, but I haven't done it, so I can't say for sure.
why do i need to restore? rooting is not like using diff romz.
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hallowmann
12-01-2012 at 08:25 AM.
12-01-2012 at 08:25 AM.
Quote from pen360guin :
Maybe a stupid question but my phone does have a slot for a SIM card, it has a Verizon SIM card in it. But I guess this is a CDMA card?
SIM cards are not CDMA. CDMA refers to the voice service. Your SIM card is used exclusively for Verizon 4G wireless data, not for calling. It is possible that your phone may already work on GSM networks, if you were to swap SIMs with AT&T or T-Mobile, but I can't confirm this. You may even need some sort of soft hack to make this happen.

Quote from microkelvin :
why do i need to restore? rooting is not like using diff romz.
I have no idea man. I didn't write the code for the service menu (samsung) or for the unlock (xda-devs), so I don't know what this unlock entails. My guess would be that something in the rooting process changes the service menus or disables some of them. Have you tried it? Obviously, try the unlock before anything else, but what others have said is that they needed to restore their phones from the root, and then unlock them, but its possible they were using different roms and just referred to rooted as opposed to rooted & flashed.
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