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[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] EVOme:
Ahhh, what is T-Force?
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] jwarrior319:
Does tforce absolutely need access to your account for unlock or just imei? I have a legacy OG sprint account with this T-Mobile device. Sprint CS just brick walls me but it sounds like tforce will do it no problem.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] BotsOne:
I said **** it and tried this, and it worked. Just thought I'd relay my experience. I contacted them through Twitter.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] SmileBigNow:
OP site is drunk, and their Customer support us even worse, so we gotta wait till they wake up and fix the site

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T-Mobile customer service via Twitter DM or Facebook DM
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] freddienuxx:
I tried today I thought I had him in the beginning of the convo lol. I said I'm a developer and I have to go out the country next week for a month. he didn't budge
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] zeusofyork:
Dude OnePlus customer support is straight dog ****. I wish when requesting "technical support" I actually got someone who knew what the **** they were talking about

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Call again, sometimes they're ****ty. I always got approved even I called 4ish EST.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] EVOme:
Thanks!! Going to try now.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] SmileBigNow:
Good luck
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] we_tu_lo:
the thing that is really annoying is we have to wait 7 days, to the nose, on getting the unlock code. even though OnePlus doesnt have their **** together. ****ing irritating.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] SmileBigNow:
Forget about the 7 days, before that we need to wait for them to figure out that the system is completely dead and doesn't accept the code, and their Support team is just coming up with non sense stupid accuses why it doesn't work rather then reporting it to the correct team
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] FizzyAps:
So true keeps telling mey unlock code is wrong

And just a fyi guys just call the corporate offices and they'll over ride anything to keep as a customer
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] jwarrior319:
Do you happen to know if they have access to sprint accounts?
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] zeusofyork:
Question... Can you cancel "sprint" and sign up with TMO and get new customer discounts ? ?
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] craznazn:
It worked I can barely believe it haha. My support guy was plenty nice but kept saying that device unlock is not allowed until the eligibility requirements are hit, and I just kept trying, saying I need it for work (I actually do, lol). It ended up working and his manager approved it.

For those curious, my device is on EIP, and my line and device are both less than a week old
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] highland180:
I had a great time with the guys at the local store on kickoff day (10/16). I already have the plan setup with them, bring some bagels and coffee on Sunday and get the phone unlocked. I suppose human engineering still works! :)
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] cammykool:
They can't do it in store.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] highland180:
He may just call on my behalf then. Since it was his idea for me to go there to have it done, I have a hunch he may want to root his 8T and I can be the guinea pig.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] craznazn:
I had to be pretty persistent. I was actually still in the 14-day return period, so maybe the threat of potentially returning the phone encouraged the manager to go for it? Whether you get someone who would unlock it for you seems to be luck of the draw really
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] cammykool:
Threaten to return it. Say you know it can be done. They just won't
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] Dr. Mario:
I got the SIM unlocking done today, and the phone is about three days old, and I plan on paying it off a bit early, so I was talking about the bootloader unlocking which I knew I will have to wait until I pay it off, and the T-Force representative gave me the get out of jail free card, now I have to extract the unlock token from the UEFI fastboot bootloader to obtain the bootloader unlocking token for my phone. It was quick and painless. I failed to get that for my OnePlus 6T - guess they have had to trust me first.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] sixisixsix:
Thank you for the help! Can you link me to said unlocking services? I'm thinking of just passing the cost off onto the seller and if they don't like that then I will just return it.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] hoodred:
Just google it :)

here are from google result

OnePlus 8 8T Plus 5G T-Mobile Unlock Service - Unlocker Plus

and from ebay

T-Mobile USA Network Unlock Service, With Unlock App, Samsung, Moto, Oneplus | eBay
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] ysfk7:
contacted TMo via Twiiter, 10 minutes and i'm now SIM unlocked. got the phone last week from tmo store. Financed.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] sixisixsix:
My issue is that i purchased my phone off of ebay so i dont think they will help unlock
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] ysfk7:
I told them i need the bootloader unlocked for app development. To unlock bootloader, i need sim unlock
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] twoxa:
Just ordered this one let's see how it goes.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] phillipmckinnish:
If I get my phone sim unlock through a third party will that make it to where I can unlock the bootloader. I tried calling T-Mobile and cannot get them to do it they said I have to wait a 180 days
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] hoodred:
As long as your sim is unlock (doesnt matter how you unlock it) you can request unlock bootloader token.

BTW try to call again the next day or try different reps. I spoke to Philippine tforce in the evening and she unlocked all my 3 8t phones which I received less than 5 days.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] cookiemonster79:
What did you say to make it happen that easy? Feel free to PM if you prefer.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] ysfk7:
I told them i need the bootloader to be unlocked for app development, this need the sim unlocked. Something like that.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] nv270:
Please let us know once the unlock is done. Cheers
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] Kameirus:
just sent you a PM
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] Blake__:
PMed @magnefica

Thanks
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] deyunta1991:
Can you pm me I tried to message you maybe it's not working but hopefully you can help thanks ☺️
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] notnola:
I just called TMobile via 611 and after a short discussion the rep swiftly unlocked my phone.

I explained that a temp unlock would be be adequate as I am a developer who frequently travels internationally, and was put a short hold. He came back in a few minutes and told me it was unlocked! The whole process took 10 minutes tops. Now I must wait the 7day period for my unlock.bin generation <3

NEVER has it been this easy for me :p

My OP7P unlock took me jumping through hoop and hoop, and lasted 4 days -__-

I hope everyone else has the same luck.

God speed
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] 954wrecker:
Sorry to ask but I'm having a hard time figuring out how to search the thread. Is it possible to unlock a metro pcs oneplus N10 5g? I can't switch over to metro if I can't unlock my phones bootloader. No good info in the N10 forums unfortunately. Thanks for any help in advance.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] twoxa:
Looks like UnlockerPlus is a bunch of clowns, not unlocked my phone and not responding to messages anymore. Beware.

Update they ended up refunding.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] tecknight:
Hi everyone.

I just picked up a T-Mobile OnePlus 8T + 5G through ebay.

I have since activated it on my Metro-by-TMobile SIM and it's working perfectly.

My question is:

How would I go about getting my bootloader unlocked ?
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] ink718:
DELETE
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] ink718:
If you dial '611' & tell them that your a developer & that you need the bootloader unlocked they should be able to help you. Good luck and let us know how it goes.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] tecknight:
Thanks my friend.

So they won't ask me any questions about the T-Mobile account that the phone was supposed to be on ?
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] ink718:
Na they shouldn't. It's your phone now, its active and your using it. Should be fine.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] tecknight:
Thanks, I appreciate it. Can't wait to unlock the bootloader and check out some different images
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] ink718:
OnePlus 8 5G UNLOCK & ROOT: https://xdaforums.com/t/guide-android-11-how-to-root-t-mobile-op8-5g.4228303/
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] ink718:
If anyone needs to SIM UNLOCK & OEM UNLOCK the bootoader: goto Settings> WiFi&Network> SIM&Network> Network Unlock. If anyone can help on how to get the token unlock code, it would help some. For PUK and other unlocks https://www.t-mobile.com/support/devices/android/oneplus-8 and then scroll down to Security. There you have option to unlock several things.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] HipHopAnonymous3:
Sent ya a dm a few weeks ago. Thanks dude
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] tecknight:
It's important to note that the quoted @magnefica post was made on December 27th.

Haven't seen a magnefica post since then.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] tecknight:
Note that a full unlock using the settings as mentioned above requires your phone be free from any contractual obligations.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] tecknight:
This thread requires that your bootloader be already unlocked
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] Ryano89:
I'm trying to catch up on the whole thread. I've got a temporary sim unlock for my T-Mobile 8t(couldn't get permanent), will I still be able to unlock bootloader as long as I get a code before it expires? The last time I did this with my 6t I didn't need to do all of this. I was just able to use MSM to convert to international and then bootloader unlock with having to deal with tmobile ugh
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] Ryano89:
I keep trying this and they keep shooting me down..my bad luck strikes again I guess 😂
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] ink718:
unlock token - OnePlus (United States) <--try that. Also go into Settings>Wifi&Network>SIM&Netowrk>Network Unock. Not sure if u have these settings in your 6t. But if u do, this is the first step to unlocking bootloader & get root. If you've had that phone for like a month or so, u should be good to unlock it.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] Ryano89:
Gave up on calling and twitter, so I contacted tmobile on facebook and they unlocked me in about 5 minutes lol
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] Dr. Mario:
Yep, T-Mobile OnePlus 6T basically unlocks the same way (except I unlocked SIM easily after converting it to international model - ain't looking back.)

I got my 8T unlocked immediately after having owned it past 40 days, less than 5 minutes via Twitter.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] Ryano89:
I'mm SIM unlocked, I haven't unlocked the bootloader yet though. I just wish that the method to convert to the international ROM was as easy as it was on my 6t. I'll probably screw it up if I decide to try lol
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] ..Cory..:
Hey, I remember seeing you in the 6t forums lol I'm stuck with sim lock and boot lock sadly. But I read on these 8t forums a bit and I read a lot about 5G issues on the international ROM so I've been content with staying unrooted for now. I do miss having the freedom of root though..
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] Joutcast78:
I told them oneplus needed them to unlock it to downgrade the OS from 11 to 10 due to battery drain. On oneplus 8
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] Benzter:
Yeah known this for a while after getting into it with a rep from T mobile about forced updates. She was telling me they don't force any kind of updates and was mad because I busted her out on her lie. She was a Tech manager there. I told her I managed to stop her updates and she was begging me to tell her how. She even told me she was going to call Samsung. This is features that should be out of the box. Its your phone and Samsung own the software not T-Mobile. Yeah she didn't like that. Some companies hire stupid people.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] CTH-EVO:
Allright. I accepted the 11 OTA and now my phone is dysfunctional -- I no longer have access to some of the options within the UI. I started a thread on the tmo's community forum asking how to rollback. To no avail; the convo devolved into an argument. As the responder was just an (uneducated) mannabe -- never even suggested that unlocking the phone would allow me to fix it.

So does anybody know if @magnefica is still accepting requests?

Does texting 611 actually wotk?

Thanks!
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] CTH-EVO:
I'm in!

I've tried a number of different options to accomplish it. So, as yet, I can't say for sure how.

But persistence pays off.

@magnefica if you had anything to do with it, THANK YOU!
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] Lz3807775t:
If you own the phone there's a forum here that does unlocking the SIM for ya , all you need is to give him your name and phone# in 24 to 36 hrs he will unlock it for you
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] kevinco1:
@magnefica I PM'd you
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] yygemmi770:
Is this only for one plus or any t-mobile phone?
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] ZeeLobby:
Welp, currently on this adventure, tried twitter, no luck, now trying facebook. Is the 40 day period mandatory?
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] Dr. Mario:
Yeah. I got my key after the 40+ days wait, I asked T-Mobile, and a representative gave me the SIM unlock without any fighting. Then go to OnePlus token webpage, it should tell you how to pull the UEFI bootloader keys to submit for token to unlock the phone. It could be a long wait though. Been through this with OnePlus 8T (I didn't do that for OnePlus 6T, I just went the easy way).
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] kevinco1:
In my experience T-Mobile wouldn't let me unlock the bootloader because I still have a year worth of payments left.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] Fenix21031:
I do what do you need from me
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] Ju5t3nC4s3:
If anyone is just wanting there bootloader unlocked , and still have sim locked. Try my tool. It will ungray the oem-unlock swith and then all u need to do is get your token from oneplus.

https://xdaforums.com/t/one-_tool-w...ader-unlock-enabler-engineer-decrypt.4378651/
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] easyrider77:
I have a quick question concerning unlocking bootloader on KB2007 variant phone. It's a unlocked tmobile/sprint from amazon, so my oem unlock toggle is not greyed out and I can toggle it on or off.

That being said according to reading, as I understand it with tmobile you need to unlock the sim then you will be able to oem unlock.

How does that work if my phone is already unlocked? Can I just fastboot oem unlock and proceed from there, or do I still need a sim unlock?
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] TheKnux:
You should be good to just unlock. Not sure though, you might have to get a token still.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] easyrider77:
Yeah, I forgot about that. Once I do that I should be able to unlock the bl.

One thing I did find out though is, I was told if I want to use different roms I will have to convert to global from T-Mobile to use the roms.,.......any clarification on this?
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] Rootk1t:
[GUIDE] Convert TMO to EU via MSM Tool, no SIM Unlock or Bootloader Unlock needed!

*** Use this at your very own risk. *** You will lose all data *** Backup your working modem and persist, just in case *** Read the entire post and follow the steps closely before asking for help. Post all error messages and steps you took...

xdaforums.com
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] darko454:
Hey did you buy your t-mobile oneplus 8T on one plus website?

Just wanted to make sure if it's true to wait 40 days?

Thanks
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] easyrider77:
No, I got it off Amazon.

Technically T-Mobile wants you to wait 40 days, but that mostly if your a newer customer. Cuustomers that have been with them for awhile not do much. I have had 4 different phones with them, but only a single line, just swapping the sim between the phones, and I have unlocked 2 of my phones and that was immediately after swapping phones, so said phone hadn't been in the network very long before I unlocked it.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] jabe78:
I bought mine from OnePlus online store. I absolutely had to wait 40 days, and still had to call and get them to initiate the process with Tmobiles "OEM team" and 3 days later I was able to unlock the SIM. Now comes the rediculous 7 days wait for the bootloader. I don't understand all the hoops they are making people jump thru anymore.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] pencin:
I finally got it to work after trying several different '8' models - I think the plain jane '8' worked.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] the_tilted_gamer:
Can you help me I don't have a T-Mobile account
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] jwarrior319:
Ya, T-Mobile is just gonna treat us sprint customers like ?? until we can migrate to a tmobile plan. They need tp make it possible to do while still on EIP
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] Dr. Mario:
I have been a customer for three years so far. No issues them so far. I went with EIP because I am keeping the phone after having paid it off, and I am already cleared to unlock the bootloader.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] Kamikaze_Hulk:
Called earlier today, held a great conversation with the woman, we talked for about 10 minutes, end of the call I have to have the phone for 40 days before they can do an unlock.... Just called back, waited on hold for 15 minutes, spoke to someone named "Sugar" very short and to the point, "I need the sim unlocked for my OnePlus 8T, no small talk no nothing, no upfront honesty, and BOOM... check your email in 3-5 minutes. Got the email, nothing was mentioned about this Device Unlock app was mentioned anywhere but I can't find the app on my phone either.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] stmims1124:
The unlock app is hidden this time around, in Settings/WiFi & Network/SIM & Network, then scroll down to the very bottom.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] stmims1124:
Sorry for the double post, could post the screenshot after I had already submitted in XDA Labs.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] jwarrior319:
Are you on a tmobile or sprint account?
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] FizzyAps:
Setting

Wifi & network

Sim

Advance
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] highland180:
If you got the 1/2 deal, check to make sure that paying off early does not void the deal
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
I'm so tired of tmobile being nazis about this and otas! I have every phone unlocked thanks to the social media team but this is incredibly stupid of them to tie the bootloader to the sim unlock.

#rantover
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] Dr. Mario:
I didn't get the 1/2 deal so it's not a big deal. I upgraded from the T-Mobile OnePlus 6T (which I unlocked a long ago via T-Mobile to International firmware version conversion) a few days ago.

I was just asking about the bootloader unlocking on the OnePlus 8T after having paid it off, however the T-Force representative decided to let me unlock the phone far earlier, as long as I pay the phone off which I obviously am planning to as I want to keep the OnePlus 8T especially after having paid it off. I already SIM unlocked the OnePlus 8T - I will unlock the UEFI bootloader when the TWRP and LineageOS 18 comes out for the OnePlus 8T.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] craznazn:
Has anyone gotten the OnePlus unlock page to work? Getting nowhere via support or the OP forums.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] highland180:
For me, I just want root to tamp down on all the surveillance that mobile computing has become. Funny how 50 year old UNIX is now considered as "a phone". I still use vi daily! :)
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] we_tu_lo:
Nope, still nothing on either device :(

Horrible, considering we need to wait another 7 days for the code after that.

Im hoping they can speed that code release up, considering the delay here
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] jwarrior319:
Does anyone know if its possible to flash the recovery/bootloader partition still without unlocking the bootloader? It was doable on previous OP devices. If that's possible there should be a way to enable oem unlock without aim unlock.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] we_tu_lo:
Yea. If you can flash international rom. Right now Noone knows bc we can't get the oneplus code.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] Mbektic:
Got this done, was actually pretty easy. Was just confident and friendly and joked around with my support guy. I do actually need it for work though too lol.

But that being said, any info on converting over to international firmware yet. didn't really see anything dedicated to it, and I don't want to brick my phone right now lol. Might have missed it though.

P.s. not sure if you can get a specific person but my dude was

Paul(12605532)
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] we_tu_lo:
Blame oneplus for delay on the conversion. Their unlock site work, still. Infuriating. We dont even know if those boot images work yet.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] craznazn:
Are you saying the unlock site worked for you? I'm still getting "please enter valid unlock code" error
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] Dr. Mario:
I got the same error message, I double checked everything to make sure it's correct.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] we_tu_lo:
Sorry for the confusion, no it still does not work.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
This is completely ridiculous that oneplus has had this problem twice now with the 8 and the 8t.

But, after attempting to deal with their customer service, it's expected as their type of quality
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] UniX1rm:
Yeah same thing, unfortunately the customer service don't know anything about this. I was emailing back and forth with them for a month with the 8 and they had no idea what I was talking about. It seems like they just get to syncing the database when they do. With the oneplus 8 it was almost two weeks after the phone's release. Quite annoying.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
Quite annoying is right. I was on the phone with them for my 7t for hours 4 days straight before giving up. I had to explain to them that the tmobile version does, in fact, exist. Worst customer service I have ever dealt with in my life
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] Sheradrax:
What kind of work do you do? Suggestions on what to say to help them swing in our favor? I miss having a rooted device. I came from the S10.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] KMHartford:
Also got the OP 8T+ 5g. Got T-force to unlock override. OnePlus token site says my unlock code is invalid. Hope they fix the glitch quickly. I do not want to wait for t-mobile for updates....
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] gerguter:
I was able to get mine unlocked as well. At first they were not going to do it but I asked about returning the new phone and keeping the old one since it was unlocked. After that they did a permanent unlock.
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] jwarrior319:
T-Mobile or sprint account?
[OnePlus 8T Guides, News, & Discussion] gerguter:
T-mobile