Hello everyone,<p>I'm currently in Canada and I would like to bring my Galaxy S II (in 3-year contract with Bell Canada) with me to China. I had an online chat with a sales rep about what I need to do to have it working in China without paying for roaming. She told me that I need to unlock my phone for $75 in order to get rid of the International restrictions that comes with any new customer's plan. I thought a phone has to be unlocked in order to take foreign sim cards. However, from my understanding of the sales rep's explanation, I CAN use my phone with a foreign SIM card with no problem, but I need to pay roaming afterwards. So what do I have to actually unlock in order to have my phone working in China (with local a sim card) without having to pay roaming?<p>Thanks.
The information you have been told is incorrect. If you place a non-Bell SIM in your device, it will read Invalid SIM (try it with a friend's). If you unlock your device through Bell, it will cost you, but you can use it with any carrier's SIM card.. but you can also unlock it at various local cellphone repair shops for a < 75$ usually. Oh.. and be advised.. rooting is not the same as carrier unlocking.