hi everybody my name is christian and
welcome to another episode today i'm
going to show you how to get your phone
unlocked this will work for any brand
including samsung lg motorola huawei or
any other if you're new to the channel
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i'm gonna show you how to get your phone
unlocked first off it's important to
distinguish between a passcode unlock
and a network unlock the passcode unlock
is if you forgot the password or the
passcode of your phone and you cannot
access it again we will not cover that
in this video i have made multiple
videos in the past which i will add a
link in the description down below today
we're gonna focus on the network unlock
this video is gonna show you how to get
your phone sim card network unlocked to
use it with any carrier anywhere in the
world so if you travel or if you switch
providers you're going to simply be able
to insert a sim card and your phone will
be compatible with that sim card as long
as it's a gsm sim card there are
different ways to get a phone unlocked
you can take it to a phone shop you can
take it to your supplier or you can do
it yourself at home using this tool in
my opinion it's the best tool however
it's not free so we will have to pay
something but i'm going to show you the
way to unlock it and you can later
decide if you want to do it or not by
the way it is important to mention that
your phone must not be reported as lost
or stolen by the previous owner
otherwise the unlock will not work so
i'm going to grab my samsung galaxy feel
free to follow along with any brand so
grab your phone and the first thing
we're gonna have to do is to get the
imei number of the smartphone to do that
simply dial star
hash
zero six
hash as you will see the 15 digit number
will show up in the screen this number
is very important this is a unique
number sometimes it's also behind the
box or in the settings on your phone
based on this number we will unlock your
phone so now we're gonna switch screens
and we're gonna proceed to our website
i'm gonna include a link in the
description of this video so we're gonna
go to the website unlockriver.com
so the first thing is to select the
original carrier in which your phone is
locked to for example my phone is locked
to united states at d here's where i
bought it
then we're gonna select the brand select
your brand of the phone that you're
trying to unlock and then write down the
exact model in this case we're going to
be unlocking a samsung galaxy s21
as you can see in some cases you have
multiple services some are faster some
are a little bit slower and the price
will also depend on the delivery time
the next step is to write down your
original imei number here is where we're
gonna write down the 15 digit number we
got a few seconds ago
make sure it is 100 correct this is very
important
later you're gonna have to write down
your email because you're gonna be
notified in this email once your unlock
has been completed additionally you can
also request phone notifications to
update you on the current status of your
unlock but i'm gonna skip this step for
now and i'm gonna scroll down and as you
can see you will get the average
delivery time to get your phone unlocked
and the price the price and the delivery
time will always vary depending on your
phone's brand carrier and model keep in
mind that these are business days
meaning that weekends are not included
alright so we're gonna hit unlock now on
the following page you're gonna see a
screen that represents the summary of
your order here's where you can have a
deeper overview on how the unlock works
so make sure you read all the
information here make sure everything is
correct and make sure in fact that your
phone is actually not unlocked already
again this is exactly the same procedure
for any other brand now we're gonna
scroll down and at the bottom we're
gonna place the order and i'm gonna come
back once my order has been placed now
after placing your order you have to
wait until your phone gets remotely
unlocked like i said before the waiting
time will depend on your phone's carrier
brand and model but you will receive an
email notification once your unlock has
been successfully completed sometimes
the email might go to the spam folder so
just double check and make sure it is
not there so after you have received the
email notification that your phone has
been unlocked we are gonna activate it
and for that there are a few methods and
it is recommended not to leave a lot of
time between receiving the email and
activating the unlock alright so grab
your phone make sure you are connected
to wi-fi and we're gonna power up the
device and insert the sim card it can be
any gsm sim card ideally it should be
different than the original carrier just
to test if the unlock works for iphone
users you simply need to connect your
device to wi-fi or to your computer and
the unlock should be activated for
android users i'm going to show you
these two methods so when you power on
your device the first thing you're going
to see with the new sim card is this
message requiring an unlock code to
unlock the network of the phone so we're
gonna go ahead we're gonna insert the
code and then it's gonna be accepted and
that means that the phone was
successfully unlocked now if your phone
didn't require an unlock code it's
because of two things the first one is
that your phone might already be
unlocked or the second one is that you
have an unlock application pre-installed
on your phone so in many phones
especially in the united states all you
have to do is to open this application
request the unlock and activate it so
the unlock should work after you have
received the confirmation that your
phone has been successfully unlocked so
that's all for today guys this is how
you get any phone unlocked if you have
any questions please just leave them on
the comment section down below and i
will try to answer them as quick as
possible thank you so much my name is
christian and i'll see you on the next
one take care