How to know if my mobile is free

How to know if my mobile is free

¿How to know if my mobile is free? Having a free phone allows us to be able to use it with any operator, but we cannot always afford to pay the price of a free phone on our own and without any type of financing. Something common, although less and less is being done, is to take out a phone per operator, which will make us have a permanence and we will not be able to use the phone with a different operator ... unless we release it. But how do we know if our mobile is free or not?

In this post we will try to solve all your doubts, starting by telling you what you have to do to find out if you can use your mobile with a different operator than the one that provided it. If you can't, we will also teach you how to release it (more specifically, tell you where) and if we would lose the guarantee due to the fact of having released it.

How can I know if my mobile is free?

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If we want to find out how to know if my mobile is free or we can only use it with the operator through which we get it, we have these options:

The simplest way to know if our mobile is free is, as long as possible, to put a SIM card from a different operator to which you have provided us with the mobile. If the mobile works, our phone is free. If it does not work and we are sure that the SIM card works, our mobile is not free.

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There is another alternative method, which is using the brand's own code to find out. As examples of some of the best-known brands that use Android, you have the following:

Samsung

The Samsung code we have is: * # # 7465625

If the first option comes out “OFF”, Our phone is free. If it goes "ON", our phone is not free.

Sony

The code to open the secret menu of the phone is: * # * # * # * # 7378423

A screen will appear with several options from which we have to select "Service info" and then "Configuration"

Let's go to the end, where the section “Root Status”. If it says "Yes", it is released. "No" means it is not.

LG

Let's go to Settings / About phone /Software Information.

If the version in "Software Version" ends in "-EUR-XX”Is that it is free.

Huawei

If what you want is how to know if my mobile is free and is from the Huawei brand, the code of a Huawei phone is: * # * # * # * # 2846579

We access Project Menu / Network Settings /SIM Card lock state query.

IF it says «Sim card lock state NW_LOCKED»Is that it is not free.

Can the mobile be unlocked for free?

IMEI phone

Yes. As we explain later, if our mobile is no longer subject to permanence, we can call the operator and they will give us the unlock code for free and without opposing any type of resistance (in fact, Movistar does it with and without permanence) . In the worst case, we will have to do some paripé and tell them that the phone is to be used with a prepaid card or whatever comes to mind. It may also be that they try to sell us some type of contract, but this is something they do whenever we call or call a company of this type and we only have to insist that what they are trying to sell us does not interest us.

If the above is not an option, we can try applications like the one you have below. These applications They don't work miracles, but it seems to work in one out of every two cases, so we lose nothing by trying. What this application does is give us an unlock code that we will have to test to see if it works or not. If it doesn't work, we can always try the method that I provide later.

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Unlocking the Movistar mobile

As we read on the support page of Movistar, the blue operator «Free to all customers their Movistar mobile terminals that carry SIMLOCK. Now also to the client with permanence (associated with his terminal) ». If I have to be honest, the latter has surprised me and will make me review what is written in this post. To unlock a Movistar phone we will do the following:

  • We call 1004 and request the release code.
  • When they ask us for the IMEI of the terminal, we simply give it to them. In this post you have information that explains how to find out the IMEI of a phone.
    Finally, we enter the code that they have given us. As explained on their website, the code can be tested up to 10 times without blocking the equipment. After 10 attempts, the terminal hangs.

Unlock the mobile on Vodafone

Vodafone It also releases mobile phones for free but, unlike Movistar, it will only free mobile phones that are no longer subject to permanence. To request the unlock code for a Vodafone terminal, we will do the following:

  •  We access the My vodafone service from its website or directly from www.vodafone.es/mivodafone.
  •  Within the service, we will have to select the phone line that we want to release.
  •  Click on the tab My cellphone And yes and we select My cellphone.
  •  At the bottom of the page is the option to unlock the mobile. In this section, we enter the IMEI and an email address where we will receive the code. Within 48 hours they will send us the unlock code and the instructions to enter it on our mobile.
  • We enter the code and unlock it.

Unlock the mobile in Orange

How i'm not sure if Orange unlock the mobile for free, I will only say that they have a page available (available HERE) to request the unlocking of the terminal. We can also call 1470 (individuals) or 1471 (companies) and ask for the unlock code.

How do you unlock a mobile by IMEI?

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Unlock a mobile for IMEI It is always the same, no matter what brand our device is. Logically, the first step will be to know what the IMEI of the phone we want to unlock is and this is something that we can do in different ways:

  • The way that it will work on any mobile and that is why I say the first is that of the 06 code. To do this, we will follow these steps:
  1. We open the Telephone application.
  2. If we do not access it directly, we touch the option that will take us to the Keyboard, we type * # 06 #. The IMEI number will appear on the screen.
  3. To exit, we touch OK, Accept or the text that we put in our mobile model.
  • From phone settings. Another way to find the IMEI number is by looking for it in the phone's settings, in an information section where we will see the Android version and many other data from our terminal.
  • Looking in the box. Another easy way to find out the IMEI of your phone is by looking at the box. It is usually in the back, where the device model is, although we may have a phone whose box does not offer this type of information.

Now that we know what the IMEI of our terminal is, we have several options, but 2 are the most used and effective:

You can unlock a mobile in the link that we just left you
  • If our mobile is no longer subject to permanence, the best thing is call the operator and ask for the code to release it. This is something my brother did a few weeks ago, and in this case he did it to a mobile from 2008. We tell the operator what model of mobile we have and its IMEI and in seconds they will tell us the unlock code and instructions for introduce it.
  • If we cannot ask our operator for the code, Androidsis Colaborate with doctorSIM to offer you a fast and reliable service with which you can unlock practically any mobile phone. The only thing we will have to do is:
  1. Enter this website to free mobile
  2. Instead of telling the operator the IMEI, we will tell DoctorSIM.
  3. We process and pay for the unlocking service from your website.
  4. We wait to receive the code.
  5. We put a SIM card from another operator in our phone
  6. Finally, we enter the unlock code and accept.

You have already learned to how to know if my mobile is free And also, in case it is tied to your company, you have also seen how to release it completely for free or by using a third-party service.

Is the warranty lost for unlocking the mobile?

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The issue of guarantees is always tricky. If we have a mobile phone linked to a company, we can only release it in two options: when we still have permanence or when we no longer have it. If we no longer have permanence, the operator is obliged to give us the unlock code for free, so we would not lose the guarantee under any concept. In addition, if we no longer have a tenure and it was 24 months, we will no longer have a warranty period.

The problem can come if we release a mobile that is still subject to permanence. The operator would not like to know that we have released a "his" cell phone to use it with another company which, in fact, is why we released it, right? Legally, unlocking a mobile is not like Root it or change the ROM, that is, we do not make any software modification that could compromise its integrity, so the warranty should be maintained. Of course, as normal is to have to take it to the operator to repair it, it is best not to say anything that we have released it if they do not ask us, if not take it, start the procedures so that they carry out the repair and wait for to solve our problem.

Have you already found out if your mobile is free and you can use it with another operator? If you have any questions about how to know if a mobile is free or not, leave us a comment.


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  1.   Nacho Balaguera C. said

    Sequence does not work on Samsung

  2.   Luis said

    Sorry, but BY LAW (in Spain) all mobile phones that operators sell you have to come FREE AND IN CASE THEY COME BLOCKED, their release IS FREE. That until now they did not do it and some want to put on the medal that we are nice is something else, but operators like Galician R have always sold them free in compliance with current legislation.

    If you have any questions in this regard, search for FACUA in your favorite search engine and they will explain how the process is.

  3.   Mirel man said

    Be careful, the Bootloader has nothing to do with whether it is released, rooting it does not release it either. Change the rom either (if it is changed wrong, the imei can be lost) It is only released by company x imei or with a magic box

  4.   Ronald Leiva (Motursa) said

    the sequence for samsung is Muuuuuuuuuuuuy old, this was only used in phones from 2005 to later, this sequence does not work even in a Galaxy S1

  5.   savior said

    Very good, it is true, now there is a current law that obliges to sell the released mobile phones but those that were sold before that law are not, and the code works for me and I get the described menu and the companies if you do not deliver documentation like that mobile is yours, it is not released due to the risk that it may be stolen

  6.   Yolanda said

    What is the correct sequence for Samsung for an S5 ??? The one that is published does not work for me at all

  7.   Moy said

    So I know or not what they tell you here because when you see this and read the comments they resolve you because some say that I am not right and on the same page they tell you if you are liberated or not, they define to know whether to believe or not. please

  8.   Sergi Sr. Android said

    Because you can put another sim from another company

  9.   yazmine said

    Hey, the Samsung code does not work, there is no other way to know if it is released

  10.   gabriela said

    Hello, I want to know if a LG VS810PP cell phone can be released to use it with the Telcel company

  11.   Walter said

    and if it says in a huawei »SIM is unlocked, please be informed that!» ?? because I can not call or receive, but if I use 4g