Did I make a mistake purchasing a locked at&t device? - Where can I get the unlock code

[vimukthi999]

they keep telling me its not in there inventory and that Nokia has the code and that they never lock there phones -_-

and this comes from the office of the president -_-

u phone never used with at&t sim?

 

[maclancer]

u phone never used with at&t sim?

Well in my case I bought a locked Lumia 1520 from eBay brand new. Never used with an AT&T Sim... I use H20 wireless and already tried contacting AT&T to unlock it but they can't. Only way is to go to an unlocking website service which I don't trust.... Which you would recommend and cheap?

 

[vimukthi999]

Well in my case I bought a locked Lumia 1520 from eBay brand new. Never used with an AT&T Sim... I use H20 wireless and already tried contacting AT&T to unlock it but they can't. Only way is to go to an unlocking website service which I don't trust.... Which you would recommend and cheap?

did u already tried sending a mail to president office?

 

[palandri]

Well in my case I bought a locked Lumia 1520 from eBay brand new. Never used with an AT&T Sim... I use H20 wireless and already tried contacting AT&T to unlock it but they can't. Only way is to go to an unlocking website service which I don't trust.... Which you would recommend and cheap?

There's one unlocking service in Malta that has been around many years and are reliable.

 

[tgp]

Preparing to be asked if I paid full price, question: how much is full price? I paid $ 150 for my lumia 920

The amount you pay doesn't matter. What matters to AT&T is if it's still under contract. If someone bought it off contract and then sold it to you for $5, AT&T doesn't care. They only care that it's paid for in full.

Which leads to another problem, when they ask me to show proof of that amount, which they will, then what do I do? I purchased the phone off of ebay, so as far as I can prove, I only paid $150

I got a 920 unlocked. I was asked for proof of purchase, and I simply replied that I bought it private and I have no proof (I bought it off Craigslist for $125.). I also said something like they should be able to tell by the IMEI whether or not it's under contract. In the same email I supplied the IMEI. I soon received a reply, like within an hour or so, with the unlock code! And it worked!

 

[Ukyo]

For the 1520, you might have to wait a while. The 1020 was only recently allowed to be unlocked. AT&T just seems to randomly locks down phones that prevent 3rd party unlocking.

 

[maclancer]

For the 1520, you might have to wait a while. The 1020 was only recently allowed to be unlocked. AT&T just seems to randomly locks down phones that prevent 3rd party unlocking.

True, we may need to wait until the end of this year to unlock it.

 

[88speed]

Thank you, TGP . Your reply was super helpful. I've emailed the Office of the President. I'll post what happens.

 

[pankaj981]

Can someone PM me the method as well? AT&T denied the unlock request for 2 different reasons which doesn't make sense, if after giving a call today it doesn't work then I have to try this trick...don't want to be stuck with this phone forever

 

[Ukyo]

Can someone PM me the method as well? AT&T denied the unlock request for 2 different reasons which doesn't make sense, if after giving a call today it doesn't work then I have to try this trick...don't want to be stuck with this phone forever

Since they allowed unlocks again, you may want to just pay for a unlock if AT&T is being a pain. Beats not being able to use the phone. That or just sell the phone.

 

[fitcious]

The seller for my phone is trying to unlock for me too...but if it doesn't go through I might have to resort to 3rd party unlocking. Any legit sites?

 

[pankaj981]

Since they allowed unlocks again, you may want to just pay for a unlock if AT&T is being a pain. Beats not being able to use the phone. That or just sell the phone.

The cheapest I have seen is 45 bucks from a legit enough site that I always use. The point I don't understand is the reason they gave twice when they tried to unlock, hence the pain

 

[pankaj981]

I ended up ordering the code online from Cheap & Free 100% Money Back Instant Unlock Code - index, will post the results once I receive a response from them

 

[blue1k]

Try www.mobileincanada.com
You can even check the imei to see if it is possible. I've never had a code that didn't work from them. My Rogers 1020 cost me $20 bucks and I'm pretty sure they can unlock the att model now

 

[russshoe]

Cell Phone Unlocking, Cell Phone Unlock - Unlock That Phone

 

[Matthew B1]

Did you get izik's instructions? I need to unlock my lumia 820 asap!!!

 

[thebcooper]

I'm trying out this:
SwiftUnlocks AT&T Nokia Lumia

Not as cheap as I would have liked, but looks like it is on the cheaper side of things around. Hopefully it comes through with a code, I have used them before for other phones (Lumia 900 and a Droid 3).

Late Edit
Seems they cannot unlock phones that are still on contract, so that's something to keep in mind. Could just be this service though.

 

[HereSense]

I unlocked my att iPhone 5s with Keys2iPhone. And the others I tried failed to unlock it. So it's a hit or miss now with At&t.

 

[izik770]

For everyone who tried to reach me on PM, i wasn't available. sorry. i will answer now regarding unlocking att lumia!

 

[PLGomez]

Hey, I've got a Lumia 830 from AT&T I'm trying to unlock. Were you able to unlock your phone?