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nexus 4 - unlocked or not?
anyone know how i can tell if the nexus 4 i have sitting here is network unlocked without having to find a non-O2 SIM?
it's stock with android 4.4.3 |
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I dint have a N4 anymore to try this on but have a look at the info menu *#*#4636#*#*
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AFAIK they are all unlocked including the ones from O2
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AFAIK they are all unlocked including the ones from O2
well that's what the O2 shop said anyway. |
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I dint have a N4 anymore to try this on but have a look at the info menu *#*#4636#*#*
but where would it mention whether unlocked or not ? |
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nope.. the PAYG ones from O2 weren't unlocked.
well that's what the O2 shop said anyway. Can't you borrow a sim for 30 seconds and check ? |
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you can believe them if you want or look at every single google search result saying they unlocked.
as it's impossible to tell if it's an O2 PAYG device or not. Quote:
Can't you borrow a sim for 30 seconds and check ?
you've made two posts to this thread but contributed nothing in relation to the question that was asked. |
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According to this thread, none of them are locked, even o2 ones.
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1807060 |
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According to this thread, none of them are locked, even o2 ones.
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1807060 |
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again, doesn't answer the question i originally asked though.
Failing that maybe phone o2? |
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The Nexus 4 was never ever shipped locked on any network in the UK.
So it'll be unlocked. There is no way to test it without trying a different SIM. |
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well going by that link and a thread i looked at on XDA you can't tell without putting another sim card in.
Failing that maybe phone o2? |
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if you've read the thread here you'd see that i already stated that O2 said it was locked.
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Just actually read the thread properly.
Chenks, stop being so uptight, you've had the answer at least 4 times now. All Nexus 4's are unlocked, You can't see if a phone is unlocked without a different network SIM. |
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Just actually read the thread properly.
Chenks, stop being so uptight, you've had the answer at least 4 times now. All Nexus 4's are unlocked, You can't see if a phone is unlocked without a different network SIM. i got answers to questions i didn't ask. finbaar was the only person to offer a solution to the question i asked. the rest, including you, just gave responses that didn't answer the question. feel free to bow out of this thread if you feel it is too uptight for you. |
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oh, and after some investigation, there are many ways to work this out without using another sim.
there are tools that will tell you if the bootloader is unlocked or not. so i guess all you posters that said it's not possible should go away and educate themselves. |
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no i have have NOT had the answers.
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The Nexus 4 was never ever shipped locked on any network in the UK.
So it'll be unlocked. There is no way to test it without trying a different SIM. There is no way to test whether a Nexus 4 is unlocked. The only way to test it is to put a different network SIM card in. But like everyone has said, it's meaningless because the Nexus 4 you have is unlocked. Or is this not an answer you want to hear? Quote:
oh, and after some investigation, there are many ways to work this out without using another sim.
there are tools that will tell you if the bootloader is unlocked or not. so i guess all you posters that said it's not possible should go away and educate themselves. A bootloader being unlocked and a phone being network unlocked are completely different things. |
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oh, and after some investigation, there are many ways to work this out without using another sim.
there are tools that will tell you if the bootloader is unlocked or not. so i guess all you posters that said it's not possible should go away and educate themselves. ![]() So you going to cool down and say sorry?
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where's the ignore function on this forum, what an arrogant, abrasive ****
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Ouch Major fail there Chenks
![]() So you going to cool down and say sorry? ![]() |
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How old are you OP? You come across like a petulant 12 year old. Or is it just your time of the month...
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That's not the same thing.
A bootloader being unlocked and a phone being network unlocked are completely different things. and i've confirmed that the nexus 4 i have is indeed locked to O2. double confirmed when someone gave me a Three sim and it didn't work in the nexus 4. so all you folk that said every nexus 4 is always unlocked ![]()
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Do you really see that happening after being told multiple times the answer to information he was looking for rather then the question he was asking ?
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