So, when you claim “unlocked”, is it true? It’s no doubt not locked to use only on the carrier - Verizon phones never have been.
But, Verizon phones normally have their bootloaders locked, meaning the firmware is locked from user modification. Furthermore, Samsung S7s worldwide are known to have locked bootloaders.
So, unless this one is somehow super special, it is a locked phone, and the claim is a lie.
Will this phone work on T-Mobile? Meaning I just want to insert my sim card and login to google.
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So, when you claim “unlocked”, is it true? It’s no doubt not locked to use only on the carrier - Verizon phones never have been.
But, Verizon phones normally have their bootloaders locked, meaning the firmware is locked from user modification. Furthermore, Samsung S7s worldwide are known to have locked bootloaders.
So, unless this one is somehow super special, it is a locked phone, and the claim is a lie.
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This is precisely what I was thinking.
Unless it’s rooted, it clearly states “Made for Verizon” - so you might be able to get it on Sprint, but to say it works on “most carriers”, I somehow doubt that.
I am now wary of Woot’s refurbished, unlocked phones. I just had to return an S6 that was sort of unlocked, but had also been rooted (or otherwise had its OS tampered with) so nothing would update, andit kept popping up incessant error messages.
Am I correct in thinking this won’t work for AT&T then?
Make sure you use a card with a return guarantee (such as with most Amex cards) so when this doesn’t work with your carrier you can still get your money back.
No, it will work with AT&T just fine.
Check it: http://willmyphonework.net/
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So, when you claim “unlocked”, is it true? It’s no doubt not locked to use only on the carrier - Verizon phones never have been.
But, Verizon phones normally have their bootloaders locked, meaning the firmware is locked from user modification. Furthermore, Samsung S7s worldwide are known to have locked bootloaders.
So, unless this one is somehow super special, it is a locked phone, and the claim is a lie.
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Tough crowd. What they mean (and what I believe everyone but geeks take them to mean) is that these phones are not locked to the carrier. And they aren’t.
From the vendor:
“Upon opening the box of the phone, the customer will see a manual that will explain exactly how to change the APN setting to the settings compatible to their network. The phone is not a plug and play for carriers other then Verizon. There are steps that need to be taken before using the phone on other carriers besides Verizon.”
I brought the S6 they offered last week and 3 phone stores (2 Sprint, 1 T-Mobile) could not get the APN to change. I worked on it for 3 days. Had to rerun the phone.
Even if (big IF) you can get it to work on a carrier other than VZW, you’re going to be stuck with VZW bloatware apps, and it’s highly doubtful you’ll be able to get any firmware or security updates.
would these work on a cricket system regardless of verizon or Att carrier