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[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] JDMSteven:
Bought an N900A from ebay and tried to unlock from att, they said the device has a debt and cant unlock it. Should I buy a code or not?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Rukbat:
Contact the seller. The phone is probably IMEI-blocked for non-payment. If it isn't now, it will be. Get your money back or get the seller to pay the bill and send you a receipt.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Limeybastard:
Was thinking this one.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] lyrad12:
Im using my galaxy note 3 att here in asia, just rooted and use chainfires region lock away the it works like charm
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] ukic:
Does this trigger knox by any chance?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] lyrad12:
nope.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Limeybastard:
How do you know the phone was originally region locked? Of course it was Carrier locked, or did you just do it to kill two proverbial birds with one stone per se?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] vinnyj85:
So does chainfires app unlock it or jus region unlock and I have to sim unlock otherwise?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Limeybastard:
I think it does both if applicable. But if the region was not locked in the first place then what? Will it tell you something? I doubt it.. But I don't know..
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] lyrad12:
well at first place I thought that I'm gonna need a SIM unlock code separately after I use the app region lock away, and im not really sure if my att galaxy note 3 is region locked since I assumed because it is American version, I just give it a try and it work. no SIM unlock codes needed.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Limeybastard:
I don't believe USA versions are region locked

Sent from my SM-N900T
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Whoflungdu:
Yeah not to bad. It all depends on how much you plan on using the device when your over there.

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Where did you learn this ? Since your on a T-Mobile device do you even need to unlock it to use on EE ?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Limeybastard:
I learned it on here, USA N900(X) aint region locked just carrier locked. Already SP unlocked.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] kelvinzhou905:
unlock the phone

I think that you should buy an unlocked phone at mobile shops.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Whoflungdu:
I think that I got lucky with AT&T just giving me an unlock code then. Tho I did boot it up with the T-Mobile card in it first but I think I shouldn't be region locked since that sim was a US one aswel.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] yodan4:
thanks man, now I can trade my UNLOCKED note 3 for a tmobile one. Sick of this bootloader being locked!!!!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jmbneaf:
Works!

Ditto for me too! Thanks a ton!

Also, speed tests show no impact.

Knox not tripped (however I have that frozen with Titanium backup)

With my N900A, I was able to download data & make calls on a T-Mobile SIM

Returned back to my AT&T SIM, I did have to re-enter my APN settings though.

Thanks again!

~J
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] slidesear:
I just ran the app on my AT&T Note 3 (MI9 Firmware) and was able to make a call with my co-workers T-Mobile SIM. I am planning to go with Aio Wireless within the week. I'll post my results.

Thanks ChainFire! Money is coming your way!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] verendus:
I just called AT&T and asked for the unlock code. It took about a minute for her to come back with an unlock code. If your account is in good standing, they will give you the code. I bought my note 3 with 2 year agreement.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] tyiphius:
Which is usually the case but I called the day after and they couldn't give an unlock code for either one I had bought. So i went this route. Either way works!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Limeybastard:
Respectfully, are you saying ATT give out carrier unlock codes for phones that are still under subsidy?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] tyiphius:
I've gotten unlocks for phones that have been under contracts before. I just tell them that I'm going out the country for a couple weeks and they'll give me the code to unlock. IPhones and blackberries are a pain for getting unlocked via At&t.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Limeybastard:
Thanks. Good to know. For me I tried to get an iPhone unlock code. But they told me I had another 4 months until my 2 year Contract was up.

Sent from my SM-N900T
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] ukic:
Still works but the new phone must be at least 3 months old...
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Billmog:
I have a bell note 2 and unlocked it last year to use on the rogers network. I find that my my signal is weaker then it should be. And no signal in places my friends other rogers phones do. Wouldn't do that again. I may be wrong but still these are my observations. What do you guys thin, anyone else have a similar issue?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] verendus:
Yes. Believe it or not, they will unlock any phones as long as your account is in good standing. They normally make you wait for 90 days, but, if you have a long and good history with the company, they will do it even after a few days of release. I bought mine about 3 weeks ago.

The only exception to that rule, I believe, is iPhone.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Anon9mouz:
So is this just like using a real unlock code? Meaning once it's unlocked it's unlocked and nothing changes? ?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Limeybastard:
Correct. It removes the carrier sim lock from the phone so you could use a t mobile sim for example.

Sent from my SM-N900T
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] tyiphius:
I'm pretty sure (I have a horrible memory though) that when I soft bricked my phone and flashed the stock firmware back, the unlock was still present. So when you run it once, you'll be unlocked for good. I'll recheck whenever I soft brick it again :p
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Anon9mouz:
Lol only reason I ask att is being real shady with unlock codes now
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] wangshin248:
confirmed

it works with t-mobile sim !!!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] bootwala:
so you got an unlock code for note 4 on contract with AT&T?

Also....

I just got my Note 3 SM-N900A AT&T Version, I want to make sure that the phone will work with the sim from India since I am traveling for couple months. Do you think the phone will with foreign sims of India after UNROOTING and possibly using chainfire's regionlock away to sim unlock? or it will not work? Because I am confused and I don't have any sims yet to try it with to make sure if it will work with other carriers. Let me know ASAP brother.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] verendus:
Yes. I am in my first month of 2 year contract. As long as you are in good standing, and you tell them you will be traveling overseas, they will give you an unlock code. The only phone they will not unlock is iPhone of course.

Once it's unlocked, your phone is permanently free to use any sim from any carrier around the world.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] bravisha:
ATT unlocked my wife's iPhone only 5 months into contract. But I have been an long time AT&T customer so maybe that's why.I was genuinely traveling abroad and wanted to use a local SIM. A lot also depends on the person picking up your call too.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] verendus:
This may have been the case for me. I've been with AT&T for the last 12 years, and every time I call for unlock due to overseas travel, they did it without asking any question.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] bootwala:
So as per my HTC One, they denied to unlock my HTC One. So I upgraded to Note 3. I didn't realize upgrading my note 3 will start 2 year contract from date upgraded. I usually waited until contract is over to upgrade.. But that was my bad as I was using Nexus One for few years to finish up my contract but then I directly upgraded to HTC One. After 6 months in contract since I upgraded to HTC One, I was suprisingly able to upgrade my phone for only 200$ to note 3.

So after I upgraded to Note 3, they gave me unlock code for HTC One(After requesting second time). Now I don't want to call them right away;however, I still think they won't give me unlock code one month in Contract since I just upgraded. It would be nice if they did as per you guys saying... WIthin one month of upgrade and giving unlock code may not be AT&T's way of giving unlock code for traveling. But I will get down to this and try my best to get Unlock Code for my Note 3 N900A for travel reasons!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Aphang22:
Sim unlock

It worked on 2 Note 3 - so far, thanks!!! 2 of 2..... Woot Woot.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Aztecbeast:
Hey i also have a Note 3 from AT&T on T-mobiles network. one thing i am having issues with is Signal. I have 4G LTE no problem. but when i lose that it doesnt go to hspa+ or hspa, it goes straight to Edge. is this an APN setting I am not doing right or is this a radio issue?

Are you having any issues?

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cellphoneunlock<dot>net

Hey I have used this site to get many unlock codes. From iPhones to Note 2s so give it a shot. it is about 15 dollars though.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] clive48:
Hi

Thanks for this TIP.

I am buying a Samsnung Note 3 N900 (Non LTE model) on Amazon . It says International model - Unlocked. One dealer says it is N900UD.

Can u pls tel me if this model N900UD can be unlocked the way you did ?

I plan to buy in USA & use the phone outside USA.

SO Pl suggest whihc model I should buy on Amazon which has SIM Unlcok & Region unlock asap

Thanks
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] vinnyj85:
I need to know this also how do we turn on all radio bands
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] hoangps:
N900A OTA updated MJ5

Cant unlock with region lock away
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] FarelosDeBrilho:
Did not work for me :(

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 AT&T N900A

AUCUBMI9

When I insert my metropcs chip I get: "phone not allowed MM#6"

:crying:
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] vickcar13:
did you..??

hi... did you check your imei ?? i saw that "phone not allowed MM#6" on a s4 i337 at&t with 0/00 imei... i hope it won't be your issue.. but i think it is :(
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] FarelosDeBrilho:
What am I supposed to look for in the imei?

This is a new phone, my girlfriend renewed her contract in order to get it, it came with an inactivated sum which gives me a MM#2 warning and I wanted to use it with metropcs here in Miami.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] vickcar13:
Mm2 error is when your simcard is not active! I saw that before! Replace sim
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] bootwala:
So you are saying that this unlock method is not working? Can you post your firmware with any other updates done on your phone?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] FarelosDeBrilho:
Out of the box AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 3 N900A

Model :SAMSUNG-SM-N900A

Android Version: 4.3

Baseband: N900AUCUBMI9

Build: LSS15J.N900AUCUBMI9

I was thinking about buying an unlock code as an alternative but I don't know any reliable sources for that.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] bootwala:
Did she activate the phone with the sim it came with? I don't think it would work unless you activate the note 3.

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Have you tried cellunlocker .net website? I plan to do my unlock that way if this doesn't work. But I am still unsure if this chainfire app unlocks the AT&T Note 3

If anyone can confirm that, would be great!

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Have you tried cellunlocker .net website? I plan to do my unlock that way if this doesn't work. But I am still unsure if this chainfire app unlocks the AT&T Note 3

If anyone can confirm that, would be great!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] FarelosDeBrilho:
In the box there was a sim which gives me the MM#2

other than that her sim works fine in the note3 I popped her sim and had full functionality.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] bootwala:
I think I know what it is.. You need to call 611 from the phone to activate the new sim, I guess the sim you are trying to use that came with the phone needs to be activated with AT&T or whoever you have as your service provider.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] FarelosDeBrilho:
I dont really care for the sim that came with it I just want my sim from metropcs to work with the note3 and with that sim I get MM#6, with the AT&T sim I get MM#2, and with my girlfriends sim also AT&T it works fine.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] lyrad12:
I believed metropc is cdma network simcards and att phones only gsm, maybe that is why
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] FarelosDeBrilho:
metro also operates GMS I have an iphone 4 from at&t currently on metropcs.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] FarelosDeBrilho:
just tried cellunlocker.net the code cost me $30 and I still couldn't unlock the phone "unlock unsuccessful"
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] vickcar13:
I can confirm it.. It works.. The app works..
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] nymosis:
Just to clarify, the non AT&T sim card for this process has to be activated?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] hoangps:
OTA MJ5 failed with this method.

Compatible with MI9
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] kl13710:
I want to know if this works with the carriers of other countries(eg. softbank).

Did anyone test that?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] nymosis:
That's what I was wondering, and I was wondering if you can be in a different country and not on that network, because I'm going back to the USA and I'm bringing a British Sim card, and I was wondering if that would work.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] thaitung36:
is it permanent unlocked? after update or unrooted ?:confused::confused:
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] q2n:
So about to buy a SGN3 and should NOT buy AT&T model due to locked bootloader? Even with provider of my choice: No root, no enjoyment!

EDIT:

Sorry, new project and posted b4 researching. Definitely staying away from the AT&T version. Going with the Tmo. Now to see what's happening with ROMs...
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] 8aces76:
im new to the unlocking however i just had my att unlocked and wanna go tmobile if i root do i use att or tmobile.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] sosanyc:
I have a sgn3 from AT&T and used cellunlockers.net to unlock the device and it worked great. Tried a orange UK SIM and it's good.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] OmegaNemesis28:
Interesting.

Has anyone tried ATT to Rogers with this method
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] MikeMurphyST:
Should this method be working for a T-Mobile Note 3 (N900T) with a Straight Talk sim card?

I used the "easy" root on kingoapp.com since the root de la vega seemed over my head. It says that my phone was rooted properly. I then followed the steps with an unactivated t-mobile sim, installed and ran region lock away, chose reboot later, turned off, then put in the straight talk sim but I still get a sim error.

Do I need to re-root using the CF Auto Root? I downloaded the root checker app and it says that I have root access...
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] OmegaNemesis28:
Humm I thought the SIM needed to be activated first?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] MikeMurphyST:
I tried that too. I activated the T-Mobile sim and I get a "not registered on network" error when trying to make a call.

I contacted T-Mobile and it turns out that the phone I bought on eBay listed as new has a bad IMEI due to someone not paying for the phone in full. Looks like I'll have to appeal via eBay to get my money back since I can't use the phone.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] pham818:
I tried it with the mj5 firmware, it doesn't seem to be working?

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can i downgrade, unlock, then upgrade?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] pham818:
how long did it take to get the code?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] sosanyc:
About 1 hour.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] pham818:
hmm thats odd, its been about 6 hours now.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] hoangps:
No,downgrade = brick your phone.

Buy code to get unlock MJ5,only $28 :D
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] pham818:
DELETED
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] kcritton:
Dose this method work for ATT Samsung Note I717

I'm with ATT now, and I currently have a Samsung Galaxy Note I717,and I know this thread is meant for the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 but I want to know if this method works for this phone too. I wanna go to Metro because I want to cut phone bill to half. The rep said that I could use that phone but it needed to be unlock it first in order for me to use on Metro. Dose this method work for this particular device. Please help :good:
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Zugshad:
If you are out of contract with att just call them and tell them you are going to be going out of the country for a bit and need to unlock. Since plan is up and you don't owe on it they are supposed to do it. If under contract then not sure on the above but I believe that site he posted will for a price

Sent from my rooted Note 3
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] kcritton:
Re:
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] shaqqq:
Is it possible to get this phone unlocked if I'm not on contract from like those unlocking websites? Because I got this from Craigslist and I called AT&T and they said it's not ready for unlock from them
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] pham818:
You should try again, sometimes it takes more than one try.

If you can't, go to cellunlocker.net and get it done for $30. Got my code within 2 hours. (Expected wait time is 1-5 hours)
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] shaqqq:
Yea I tried twice but I will give it one more try.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] pham818:
goodluck
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] sc0tty8:
Doesn't work for me.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] ZeroCool11:
Hi people, i have a N900A with MJ5 Baseband... is there a way to downgrade to MI7, MJ1 or MJ3 firmwares??
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] sc0tty8:
No. Bootloader gets updated along the way.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Paulita1:
Thanks for sharing it's working.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] shaqqq:
If I do the unlock process could I take off root and go back to stock afterwards and it'll still be unlocked? Is it permanent unlocked? And will it work with the MJ5 update?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] blacknet101:
So I wannna be clear on this, I have an AT&T Note 3

I am switching to T-Mobile but I bought the phone from Amazon full retail price

so If i use this method, I can use my Note 3 on T-Mobile network? and LTE will also work?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] redalertlb:
OK so i tried this the first time and hit reboot because i didnt know that i was not supposed to and now its not working. Is it still possible to just delete the app and retry or do i need to like reset my phone and then download the app again?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] allisonmagic:
doesn't work. cannot unlock the n900A
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] redalertlb:
Well from what I figured it it does work just not on mj5 or higher so j just ended up paying $30 but everything works so far.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] tankxx:
Wahoo worked,thank you:)
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Taunya:
My question also same.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jhirshc:
does not work

I have a note 3 from at&t and have it rooted with kingo root I downloaded the region lockaway app I put in a tmobil sim and all and it is telling me that the sim is invalled
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] searcharound:
you can still root MJ5 with "kingo", but don't think "regionlockaway" will unlock for you to use difference carrier SIM :crying:
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] sc0tty8:
Yeah, same here. the region away does not wok on MJ5.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] neoman4426:
It says it worked for me. I don't have a SIM to test with so I can't be sure though.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] 440bro:
My understanding of region lock away does NOT unlock your phone. It unlocks your region for a phone that is already unlocked.

Example: your in the UK and bought an unlocked phone. The UK SIM works fine, but when your in the UK and insert an U.S. SIM it gives error. You need to be in the U.S. for it to unlock. But you don't want to send your phone to the U.S. to unlock the region, so you use "region unlock" to fix you up!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] neoman4426:
It isn't meant to do a SIM unlock, but has the unintended side effect that it can in at least some cases
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] searcharound:
I guess so, becuse Im able to SIM unlock and tested out with a T-MOBILE SIM.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] simsnet71:
Doesn't work on MJ5 blocked by AT&T

Doesn't work on the MJ5 newest firware
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] chadrick.7:
That sucks.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] thegendler:
this did not work for me. what could i be doing wrong? i have chainfire root away app downloaded from his thread. did the region unlock, turned off phone, put in tmobile sim, and got the sim unlock screen. dismissed it, and rebooted once more, nothing changed.

anyone else have this not work for them?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jacky37:
If you have mj5 then it's not gonna sim unlock it
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] resac:
Any Update For MJ5??

Anyoe Got unlocked there note 3 in firmaware MJ5 ....!!! Even in any site please mention..

Thanks in Advance!!:(
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] copualt3:
http://www.cellunlocker.net.. for 30$. Haven't tried itmyself, but I did unlock it on a tmobile note 3.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] kofpk:
can we downgrade the MJ5 to MI9 using the S4 method? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2595457
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] resac:
Thanks.. And Cellunlocker code unlocked my Note3
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Nerowoof:
just fyi

I just bought a tmobile note 3 and they activated the sim.

Took it home...unrooted. Paid for the the region lock app....ran it, said no to reboot then powered down. Took my old ATT SIM card, booted up, no code was required it just booted up as normal so it appears all ran fine.

AWESOME!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] friedice:
I unlocked mine through unlockunit.com . Received code within an hour. It was $35, but they refunded half for recording video of me unlocking and posting it on youtube. Took them almost a week to issue refund though, had to keep asking for it. It was pretty annoying.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Sashin:
Anyone figure out how to unlock MJ5 without paying yet?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] wisely1985:
Is it available for MJ5 fireware?

As the Title, I wanna know whether it is available for MJ5
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] 440bro:
It's available for free if your the original owner. Just call at&t and request it.

Otherwise you must pay for it.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jimmijam07:
Phone Not Allowed MM#6

I purchased a SM-900A (AT&T) that has a blacklisted IMEI and was able to get an unlock code via fastgsm|dot|com to use in Canada on Rogers.

I was able to successfully enter in the Defreeze code when I was prompted to upon booting up the device with my Rogers SIM inserted but am unable to make any calls and am getting a "Phone Not Allowed MM#6" error code.

I've tried various possible options mentioned here on XDA including Chainfire's "RegionLock Away" app, all to no avail.

Firmware is MI9 and stock AT&T version.

Any ideas or suggestions as to what else I may be able to try? Would perhaps loading the Rogers firmware help?

TIA
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] YrrchSebor:
have you tried checking the IMEI with Swappa here thru XDA? hopefully the IMEI did not get onto some sort of global blacklist.

http://swappa.com/esn

or maybe you could check it with Rogers somehow?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jimmijam07:
I did and it does show as blacklisted. I know Canadian carriers started using blacklists as of Oct 2013 and it does show as blacklisted in Canada also.

I never knew the blacklists of Canadian carriers include devices blacklisted by US carriers.

I guess in this case, I'll have to change the IMEI of the device. :/
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] thatg:
anyone know why? is there a way to downgrade or a work around?

has anyone here used a custom rom that allowed the region away to work???