does this need to be unlocked or does it work instantly?
363861
Works instantly. I have three different smart boxes and this is the best with one exception....no keyboard included. Picked up a mouse and keyboard from SAMs for about $24 and I am in heaven!
363862
When you first turn on your going to have to set up internet. Connection ect... after that you choose launchers then it takes you to home screen where you can go to the google play store and get apps. You'llhave to sign in to google acc. After that ssetup xbmc which can take a while after that you can pretty much watch whatever you want but i strongly suggest that you back up all data to a cloud or pc because box will freeze n crash
1974387
It's suppose to work instantly. I had to buy one from someone else on amazon and it works fine. The nice shop are scam artist.
1989369
Yes it works with sim card and its unlocked so you just have to put your sim in and it works right away.
1898276
No, it does not require a service provider to unlock the product. If you have a current provider you are happy with, the product should work fine. It was very simple for us.
1060490
Yes, I received my phone, put my SIM card and it worked immediately. FYI, I have TMobile.
2215972
For phones I know that unlocked and frequency are the issues.So it must be unlocked to gain access to the local phone servoce, and then it has to be tuned in to the local frequencies.Good luck.But i am saying that for this particular I do not know your answer.
2156751
It will work immediately after you plug in your SIM Card, what needs tweaking is the Data Plan as you will have to call your provider to get the data plan if you haven't gotten it or have the settings sent to you, however on my e71, it just automatically picked up Tmobile Internet which works great after activating it through T-mobile's help line.
1215632
I believe it is unlocked most likely for any provider you just have to insert the sim into the sim card slot in the back of the phone. But can I be honest with you? If you have 50 or even 100 dollars more I would suggest getting a well known phone like a nokia, nexus, samsung galaxy 4 or 5, or iPhone because at the moment I am having issues charging my THL W200s. At times it charges fine but other times it takes forever to charge or doesn't appear to be charging at all. Now keep in mind that I am using a different charger but I've seen this issue with the charger the phone comes with as well. Please take this information into consideration when deciding on what your everyday phone will be.
696609
I believe so. I bought mine unlocked due to past experience with locked products where I live.
190313
The device I received was fully unlocked. So, you probably can use it everywhere.
2004288
Mine came with a hand-written (on a small piece of white paper) Unlock Code. It was the first thing the phone asked for when turned on, and worked perfectly fine in seconds. Im from Chile.
659598
If it's preloaded then you would have to call to actually activate it it only takes a couple min
2247482
Yeah it was unlocked and i did not need to put in any code before it could work...right now i do not use it anymore but i sent it to relative overseas and it is still working properly since it is an inlocked phone...i hope this helps you out..
1254128
Well.. it works in the US but for you to unlock it so it can work in any other region..all you have to do is make a cumulative call of over 10 minutes on American soil. Then it will be unlocked automatically and will work in any other region
83633
The one I bought DID NOT COME UNLOCKED... I had to have it unlocked when I got it.
1085075
I don't think it's "instant", but within a minute I would guess. I have not tried it.
1755955
It has to work since is unlock phone it become international phone for anywhere connect