What happen if you try to unlock your Samsung Galaxy S10 using the Free AT&T unlock portal and you get these message: "Looks like you haven’t paid off your device yet. Follow these steps to pay off your contract. Then wait 24 hours before you submit a new request."

In this video I will show you the alternatives you have if your device doesn't qualify for a Free AT&T unlock code.

If you insert a sim card from another carrier, different that AT&T to an AT&T locked phone you will get the following message:

Network lock
Enter network unlock code
Your phone isn't allowed to use this SIM card.

If AT&T doesn't provide you with an unlock code, you can try the Unlocking company website, they charge $20 for an unlock code to use on the Samsung Galaxy S10 SM-G973U (AT&T variant). if they can't find an unlock code for you, they will refund your money.

Lastly you can unlock your Samsung Galaxy S10 SM-G973U remotely. That means by giving access to a technician to access your computer in order to access the USB ports on your computer to access your phone and unlock your device by software. Usually the unlock is permanent no matter if you restore your phone, the only problem is that is also expensive (Around $80 to unlock the Samsung Galaxy S10 SM-G973U and you really need to trust the technician since they will require remote access to your computer in order to unlock your device.

It's always a good idea to do the math, in this case I paid $150 for the Samsung Galaxy S10 SM-G973U AT&T version on eBay, and it will cost me $80 to network unlock the device, at the end I will be paying $230 to have an unlock Samsung Galaxy S10, and the current market price for an Unlock Samsung Galaxy S10 is only $200, that's why I decided to return the device to the seller. If you can't return the device then it's a good idea to invest the extra money an have it unlocked.

Here is all the Software info for my Samsung Galaxy S10 SM-G973U

One UI version
2.1

Android version
10

Baseband version
G973USQS4DTG1

Kernel version
4.14.117-18725736
#2 Mon Jul 20 16:24:20 KST 2020

Build number
QP1A.190711.020.G973USQS4DTG1

Security Enhancements for Android status
Enforcing
SEPF_SM-G973U_10_0015
Mon Jul 20 16:24:37 2020

Knox version
Knox 3.4.1
Knox API level 30
TIMA 4.1.0
DualDAR 1.2.0

Service provider SW ver.
SAOMC_SM-G973U_OYN_ATT_QQ_0020
RF8N90XJ35Z
ATT/ATT/ATT

Security software version
MDF v3.1 Release 5
WLAN v1.0 Release 2
VPN PP-MOD v2.1 Release 3.0
ASKS v3.1 Release 20200120
ADP v3.0 Release 20191001
FIPS BoringSSL v1.4
FIPS SKC v2.0
FIPS SCrypto v2.4
SMR Aug-2020 Release 1

Android security path level
August 1, 2020

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