Unlocking the Verizon Galaxy S5?

[shustack]

Hi, just picked me up a brand new in the box galaxy S5 off Craig's. It was suppose to be for verizon as that what the seller told me an it was on the unopened sticker on the box. Turned it on with my verizon SIM card, can't make any calls. Says "not registered on network" so I check the imei number worried that the phone might have been black listed and it came back clean. Which I thought it would. Put it in the Verizon website, they cant find the device. Call customer service, was if no help. So I check the networks it's wcdma/gsm. And I only see AT&T and t mobile pop up. So I put a friends AT&T sim in phone works calls etc fine. So what can I do for this to work on my Verizon account? Does them unlocking codes you buy really work for 20-40 bucks? I seen when you enter the wrong sim it will appear on you screen. My sim in the phone doesn't say anything that's it's the wrongs sim. I'm lost. Spent hrs researching yesterday pretty lost on what to do. Any info is appreciated!

 

[the tall guy]

Re: Unlocking the Galaxy S5?

Hi, just picked me up a brand new in the box galaxy S5 off Craig's. It was suppose to be for verizon as that what the seller told me an it was on the unopened sticker on the box. Turned it on with my verizon SIM card, can't make any calls. Says "not registered on network" so I check the imei number worried that the phone might have been black listed and it came back clean. Which I thought it would. Put it in the Verizon website, they cant find the device. Call customer service, was if no help. So I check the networks it's wcdma/gsm. And I only see AT&T and t mobile pop up. So I put a friends AT&T sim in phone works calls etc fine. So what can I do for this to work on my Verizon account? Does them unlocking codes you buy really work for 20-40 bucks? I seen when you enter the wrong some it will appear on you screen. My sim in the phone doesn't say anything that's it's the wrongs sim. I'm lost. Spent hrs researching yesterday pretty lost on what to do. Any info is appreciated!

Hey, I had the same problem, but I'm from the UK - I swapped an older phone for the S5 and it was locked to a specific carrier, I used a website called cellunlocker.net to unlock the phone. They send you a code within a few hours and it worked first time. I found this website to be very useful

 

[IAmSixNine]

Re: Unlocking the Galaxy S5?

That wont help him. If its not a verizon phone then verizon will not accept it on their network.
Also if its a ATT unit or a GSM unit then it will not work with CDMA networks. DIfferent radios / protocols.

 

[shustack]

Re: Unlocking the Galaxy S5?

So I take it this phone isn't going to work at all with verizon? I'm hoping there is something I could do. =[

 

[IAmSixNine]

Re: Unlocking the Galaxy S5?

Unless its Verizon branded it will not work.
Verizon will not add ESNs to their network. So a Sprint phone might be compatible but they still wont add it.
If your unit is an international or ATT its a GSM unit, so it definitely will not work.

 

[shustack]

Re: Unlocking the Galaxy S5?

Ok thanks fellas. I'm contacting who I bought it off of. Returning the phone for my money back