[Solved] How to unlock a network-locked phone?

This Sunday my wife put her daughter's 2-month-old phone into the washing machine with the blanket. Of course, the washing machine finished washing and the phone was damned. My quick reaction, i.e. bathing the motherboard in the ultrasonic bath, did not do anything, it does not shine, but if I press it harder somewhere, you can hear vibration, the screen is obviously dead. This is not the case, because the disc is suitable for the trash and the screen, I would buy a phone with an allegro blocked by the network, but is there any of you who could unblock it? The motherboard for this phone is virtually unavailable or costs a lot and is not worth it. I feel sorry for my daughter because she did not enjoy it for a long time, the phone fell and the installments have to be repaid, unfortunately

DJF1 wrote:

I would buy an allegro phone blocked by the network

Are you looking for trouble?

I know that these calls are unpaid, but so what, after all, the network will report it to debt collection and then the court and bailiff. Nobody will look for the phone, I asked if it was possible to remove this lock

DJF1 wrote:

I know that these calls are unpaid, but so what, after all, the network will report it to debt collection and then the court and bailiff. Nobody will look for the phone, I asked if it was possible to remove this lock

It is not possible to remove this lock, at least if it is already activated. Phones are tightly integrated with Knox and even if you enter the correct unlock code, the device locks again after connecting to the Internet. These types of phones are only suitable for parts other than the entire motherboard.

OK thank you for your answer

Added after 5 [hours] 12 [minutes]:

I have one more question, if I buy with the information that it can be blocked or something can be done about it. The phone is still working and can be used with the fact that after starting it already displays such a message

Theoretically, you could unlock the bootloader and either upload another soft, without Knox (if anything is available), or get the Knox flag and keep the bootloader unlocked. Either way, you are losing some functionality and some applications will linger on the unlocked bootloader - mainly banking, but not only.

Are you able to do this? What would the cost be?

It is also worth adding that the phones are blocked after the imei in the transmitters, so you will not call anywhere, will not send a text message. Overall, the entire network is down.

DJF1 wrote:

Are you able to do this?

There is no guarantee for it, and the operators, in cooperation with Samsung, change something all the time, so unfortunately not.

br501 wrote:

It is also worth adding that the phones are blocked after the imei in the transmitters, so you will not call anywhere, will not send a text message. Overall, the entire network is down.

Yes, but only when it comes to other brands. Samsung, at least so far, do not block IMEI in such cases, because they do not have to, and the system is also designed in such a way that the device can be unlocked remotely, but if no WiFi network is saved and active, this is the only option (no reset data) is an inserted SIM card with data connection. By blocking the device by IMEI, this option is blocked.

blahfff wrote:

Yes, but only when it comes to other brands. Samsung, at least so far, do not block IMEI in such cases, because they do not have to, and the system is also designed in such a way that the device can be unlocked remotely, but if no WiFi network is saved and active, this is the only option (no reset data) is an inserted SIM card with data connection. By blocking the device by IMEI, this option is blocked

I have already had cases of blocking samsung after imei.

Hello, you are wrong, recently the police came to a customer who bought such a phone unaware that it is unpaid with the operator and the curiosity was that the Samsung could block it without any problem whether IMEI or the whole Knox and they did not do it, buy your daughter a new phone, do not combine it because it is not worth it.

After re-bathing the plate, first in the bath liquid and then again in isopropanol for 10 minutes, the phone came to life and works to this day