How can you find which carrier a Samsung Galaxy S3 (GT-I9300) is locked to?

Question

I bought a S3 and it came locked to an unknown carrier. All the unlock services require the information of which carrier the phone is locked to give me an unlock code. So, how can I find that out?

Answer 1

Depending on where you are in the world, and which carrier you're with, your phone will have a unique model. You can find your phone's model number by going to Settings > About device and it'll be around the middle of the page.

North America

Carrier Model AT&T (US) SGH-I747

Bell Mobility (CAN) SGH-I747

Moblicity (CAN) SGH-T999

Rogers Wireless (CAN) SGH-I747

SaskTel (CAN) SGH-I747

Spring (US) SPH-L710

T-Mobile (US) SGH-T999

Telus Mobility (CAN) SGH-I747

U.S. Cellular (US) SCH-R530

Verizon (US) SGH-I535

Videotron (CAN SGH-T999

Wind Mobile (CAN) SGH-T999

Answer 2

Via techtrickz.com: you can type *#7465625# on the phone to obtain the lock status.

Type the code *#7465625# or *#SIMLOCK# on the keyboard of your phone. It’ll display various lock status information of your phone. This method should work on all other Samsung Android handsets.

They also suggest imei.info but the site seems to have limited functionality recently.