Unlocked, does what

[dlcpa]

I think I bought what was an unlocked AT&T Note 4 a year ago. When I found out it was unlocked, I thought I'd be able to get rid of bloatware from AT&T but I couldn't. The screen died and Samsung fixed it for me but I wonder if it's still unlocked. How do you know if a phone is unlocked and unlocked and rooted are completely different, correct?

 

[Aquila]

If you bought an Unlocked AT&T phone, that's referring to it being SIM unlocked, which means it can be used on more carriers than just AT&T.

The other subject is an unlocked bootloader, which is a separate thing from SIM unlocked and is also separate from being rooted.

 

[natehoy]

If Samsung just replaced the screen, then it should not have locked the phone (unless they actually replaced the phone itself).

The simplest way to tell is to insert a SIM from a carrier other than AT&T. If it doesn't pop up an unlock code request and simply works, then you are still unlocked.

 

[dlcpa]

gotcha, that bloatware is annoying but in not rooting the phone