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Last year I bought a Samsung Galaxy J5 phone from Samsung UK. This phone was a present for one member of my family in Venezuela. When I bought the phone I noticed the region lock sticker in the box and I thought that it would be straightforward to remove this region lock in Venezuela, so I did not bother to make the 5 minutes call as suggested in the sticker. Now my family member has recently told me that after a year the phone still has the region lock and it seems like there is no way to remove it. I have contacted Samsung Support UK a couple of times and they keep suggesting in making a call from Europe using a European SIM card. This option is just not feasible. Does anybody has an idea of how to remove this region lock away from Europe from this Samsung Galaxy J5 phone? Thanks in advance for your help.
Anonymous, 29 Aug 2017I want to ask if you inserted the sim while u are in the philippines right??I just did what you exactly elaborated here madam,i bouth j7 prime just last aug 28 2017 and i was xo disappointed not seeing the 'only for middle east and african region sim'..so i keep on searching,coz i wasnt able to use my roaming sim.. after a couple of weeks doing a research i saw what u did. i called my father n law yesterday for about 12 mins.. then just now sept 12 2017 @11pm i have read this and i just did thinking the 12 mins call to the philippines could still be valid... i took my sim and inserted in my J7prime.. and wapak! gotcha signal...i can use now my roaming sim with this phone.. unlike b4 asking a code to unlock and no cgnal..#thanks po
Wouldn't factory resetting the phone will make the phone unlock again?..
My new samsung A5 asking for PUK number since i try to put the wrong PIN number.
If i try to make a call to my country, would it help to unlocking the device again?
Somebody please help..thx in advance..
Rimas, 09 Jun 2017I bought a Samsung galaxy A5 2017 from Saudi Arabia to sri lanka. Now when I insert the sim ca... moreUse a working SIM in Saudi Arabia even when you are in Sri Lanka. The Saudi SIM should have Roaming Facility. Insert the Saudi SIM, dial a Sri Lankan number (known to you) be on a call for about 5 to 6. After that, remove the Saudi SIM and insert a local (Sri Lankan) SIM. Then the phone should work in local network operator's SIM without asking SIM network PIN.
Tin, 07 Jul 2017How can I make 5 minutes call when I'm already in Philippines?we have the same problem😔
Zaki, 11 Aug 2017My brother gifted Samsung J7 Prime and he start just check voice and call. afterward he switch... moreI just need to know my puk number
Kabayan, 29 Jul 2017Just sharing an experience on how to unlock the Samsung S8 bought in KSA with lock into Middle... moreI want to ask if you inserted the sim while u are in the philippines right??
Anonymous, 21 Aug 2017You mean, only local call not international call and it can works when you use in our country ... moretnx for the info...
AnonD-599420, 20 Oct 2016You are right. This is another way to do it. But if you forgot to put a local sim and make/ re... moreYou mean, only local call not international call and it can works when you use in our country specially in philippines
AnonD-692086, 15 Aug 2017Just recently bought Samsung S8+ in Saudi Arabia. I inserted my Philippines SIM and the phone ... moreThanks a lot...This refers to my case...Hope I got the apt solution to unlock my phone in India...
Hi, I bought a unlocked Samsung galaxy s7 in Croatia as mine was stolen and I didn't use it for calls/data etc (just used wifi) and the sticker which was on the box which said EU sim cards only was covered by another sticker so I didnt see and the people told me it would work in Australia. I got home and put my Australian sim card in and it says "sim network unlock pin." I put in some codes that the shop from croatia told me to try and they didnt work so now it says "sim network pin blocked. Enter sim network PUK" put in the PUK for my australian sim card which didn't work. Samsung croatia eventually sent me a "region unlocking code" which I put in and it didn't work. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get around this? Would rooting the phone get rid of the lock? Help would be very much appreciated because at the moment the only option I can think of is sending it all the way to my cousin in Germany so he can make a 5 minute phone call and then getting him to send it all the way back. And wouldn't factory resetting the phone mean you have to unlock it again? I have had to factory reset samsungs a few time because they randomly start restarting all the time. Never getting a samsung again after this. Its ridiculous
I bought a new galaxy grand prime plus from kuwait.written on its packing mideast and north african sim card only.can I use it in pakistan.
Kindly reply and clear my confusion.
Hi, I bought a samsung A7 - 2017 from ksa and I want to use it in usa, noting that I already used it in Tunisia and found no prob since it says middle east and north africa. Will I have a problem when using it with an american sim card ? Should I unlock it here before going ? If not what should I do ?
Mattthew, 11 Aug 2017I bought a Samsung A5 (2017) in the UK as a present for my Mother in law in Argentina. I opene... moreHey..unlocking a phone is completely free..and do not waste any money for that.For unlocking your phone you have to follow this steps
1 Go to samsung web site (not to your regional samsung.To the samsung site from where you brought the product)
2 Select the contact us option
3 Select Live chat with experts
4 Ask them what have to do (usually they will say to send an email with some essential data to their customer support agents)
5 After 2 or 3 days you will get a unlock code......
YO..YOOOO
Just recently bought Samsung S8+ in Saudi Arabia. I inserted my Philippines SIM and the phone won't recognize it. It was written in the phones manual that the phone is region locked and suggested what to do. And so I called someone from the Philippines for 5 minutes using a Saudi SIM. Then after the call, i inserted my Philippines SIM and it works!
I bought a Samsung A5 (2017) in the UK as a present for my Mother in law in Argentina. I opened the box and set up the phone in Argentina only to discover when I put a SIM in the phone that it locked. Samsung in Argentina are saying they are unable to help as the phone was bought through Amazon and not directly through Samsung. Is there any other way I can access a code to unlock the phone please?
My brother gifted Samsung J7 Prime and he start just check voice and call. afterward he switched off the phone. When he took it into India and put a SIM then its locked. Sir please help how to unlock my phone.
Willy , 04 Aug 2017I bought samsun galaxy grand prime in Saudi Arabia and am in Nigeria now my sim card in Nigeri... moreCall is not going
I bought samsun galaxy grand prime in Saudi Arabia and am in Nigeria now my sim card in Nigeria is not working inside the phone. Please help me out
Just sharing an experience on how to unlock the Samsung S8 bought in KSA with lock into Middle East and African Region (intended to use in the Philippines).
Here's how:
1. I used the prepaid sim card from Mobily KSA.
2. Spending around 6 minutes call to my hubby in the Philippines.
3. I removed the Mobily Sim card and replace with Smart Sim card from the Philippines and voila...it works!
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