I recently acquired a T-Mobile Note 4 with the intention of "unlocking" it and moving it to my Straight Talk account. I'd previously owned a Sprint Note 3 and was unsuccessful at doing so. T-Mo told me what I'd need to do in order to get the unlock code, I jumped thru all of the hoops and they released the code to me (FINALLY). I purchased a Straight Talk SIM especially for the phone, had it activated and waited patiently for the dialog to pop up for me to enter this very special number that I'd worked so hard to get. It never popped up. I changed the APN settings and was able to eventually get the phone to work for calls, texts, MMS, internet, and all the goodies...still nothing about the unlock code. It's a day later and I am resigning myself to the fact that it isn't ever going to come up. Now I'm thinking...was this phone unlocked ALL ALONG? I bought it directly from T-Mo. Or is it something I didn't even need to go through because T-Mo phones work on Straight Talk anyway? Did I waste my money and my time even bothering to have T-Mo service for 40 days?? Am I just imagining that the phone is actually unlocked?
Also: other issue - my speeds are pretty rotten. Am I stuck with that?
Also: other issue - my speeds are pretty rotten. Am I stuck with that?