Network Locked Device purchased in India!! Need Urgent Help :(

[aeferado]

I recently shifted from iOS to this amazing phone just a day back. I saw my friend having this phone and bought it the next day a few hours before my flight in India. I am now in Vietnam and tried inserting the sim card it went on to ask me for a Unlock Code. I removed the sim and put it back on my old phone, after finding out about the Network Lock by Samsung. My Question is can I have any alternative methods than the 5 minute call from the country purchased in ? I am not going back to India for another 6 months and would be so sad to see this phone not being my primary phone

Hope you amazing people out there can guide me on this.
Thanks for any help in advance.

 

[i.snehal.kiran]

I recently shifted from iOS to this amazing phone just a day back. I saw my friend having this phone and bought it the next day a few hours before my flight in India. I am now in Vietnam and tried inserting the sim card it went on to ask me for a Unlock Code. I removed the sim and put it back on my old phone, after finding out about the Network Lock by Samsung. My Question is can I have any alternative methods than the 5 minute call from the country purchased in ? I am not going back to India for another 6 months and would be so sad to see this phone not being my primary phone

Hope you amazing people out there can guide me on this.
Thanks for any help in advance.

i dont know if this help you or not

it is risky but you can try to flash vietnam firmware through odin
https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/126030/C900FDDU1AQB2_C900FOLB1AQB2_XEV/

this should work but do it on your own risk!!

 

[aeferado]

i dont know if this help you or not

it is risky but you can try to flash vietnam firmware through odin


this should work but do it on your own risk!!

Thank you for the Reply. I tried flashing (Good thing is half the bloatware is removed now) but still no luck with the network unlock. When I enter my local sim card it still asks for a Netowrk Unlock Code.

 

[RemoWilliams]

How about this suggestion: Order an Indian pre-paid sim card, one that also allows you to make international calls. Put that in your phone, and make a call for 5 minutes. If I remember correctly, the sticker on the box doesn't say that you actually have to make the 5-minute call in the country of purchase. It only says you need to make the call with a sim card of the country of purchase (I don't have the sticker anymore, so I could be wrong).