What do I need to to in order to get the Nokia Lumia 1520 unlocked and working with my tmobile plan?
and will the phone work with Tmobile?
and will the phone work with Tmobile?
I am getting Ready to call ATT and get my unlocked, Since I have a Tmobile SIm, I let you know soon
ATT Denied me Unlock code, Said they no longer have access to unlock phones, and its all done now via Website,, said have to be ATT Customer or GOPhone
I tried the website when i put my IMEI # in said this phone can't be unlocked
I think that's a new policy change or something. I bought an AT&T tablet a few months ago and they required a plan. But I just called a local store here and they said I could buy any phone at full price and they wouldn't require a plan.
And back to the unlocking issue, that's something AT&T has been rather vague with when I've called them. It seems if it was bought from them directly and is active with their service, unlocking shouldn't be an issue. Inactive? Who knows. And when asked about phones purchased from other retailers, such as Microsoft, they aren't sure at all. And from a recent search I did on the topic, it sounds like it could be an issue with those phones not being in their database. So activating it with AT&T first could be a possible "work-around."
Either way, nothing is definitive with this stuff. Personally, I'm going to try to get it unlocked via phone and website out of the box. If no go, I'll probably sign up for GoPhone for a month, and see if that does it. Per a recent AT&T chat, they claim GoPhone plans are unlockable just as if it were on a normal contract plan. And worse case, StraightTalk says they allow locked or unlocked AT&T phones. Which would provide much better coverage than the limited T-Mobile LTE and H+ 1900 re-farmed areas. So there's that.
I am not sure if go phone will work. This is what I found about it:
Prepaid / GoPhones: Device has been active for at least 6 months.
I really want the phone but need it unlocked to work with tmobile?
Either way, nothing is definitive with this stuff. Personally, I'm going to try to get it unlocked via phone and website out of the box. If no go, I'll probably sign up for GoPhone for a month, and see if that does it. Per a recent AT&T chat, they claim GoPhone plans are unlockable just as if it were on a normal contract plan. And worse case, StraightTalk says they allow locked or unlocked AT&T phones. Which would provide much better coverage than the limited T-Mobile LTE and H+ 1900 re-farmed areas. So there's that.