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USA sim card in irish phone

jman0war · 2014-12-16 16:14:26

If say, I bring my Samsung Galaxy Trend smartphone to USA with the intention of buying and using a sim card purchased there, must I unlock my phone before I arrive or can i do it while abroad? Anyone have experience / advice about doing this?

16-12-2014 4:14pm

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jman0war

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If say, I bring my Samsung Galaxy Trend smartphone to USA with the intention of buying and using a sim card purchased there, must I unlock my phone before I arrive or can i do it while abroad?

Anyone have experience / advice about doing this?

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#2 16-12-2014 4:15pm

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I'd have it done before you go, just incase there are any issues over there.

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#3 16-12-2014 7:38pm

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Unlocking the phone is a matter of putting in a code, once it asks for it to be unlocked.

Your phone may already be unlocked. But, the only way to know is to put in a sim from a different network than you are on. Any network. Then you know.

You can enter the unlock code here or in the US. It doesn't matter.

I've done it before.

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