Phone AT&T Locked after service by Samsung

I think you're right, Samsung replaced the PBA, contacting support they insist only AT&T can unlock it.

Hello @BeefBrisket,

Thank you for reaching out to us. We understand your concern about the device, let's get the help you need.

As the Ace's mentioned you will have to contact Samsung team to get it sorted.

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I've been in contact with Samsung and they insist only AT&T can unlock my phone.

I was told by AT&T support you cannot help me without an account. 
Literally everyone is sending me somewhere else, except Mint is still researching for me at least.

It is very unlikely that AT&t will be willing to unlock the phone. When I said contact Samsung, I meant to have them replace it with one that's not AT&t locked.

You are correct, AT&T is 100% unwilling to unlock the phone. When I contacted Samsung they said the phone shows up as AT&T and that they put the right board in.

You didn't purchase the phone from AT&T.  You don't have service with AT&T.  Why should AT&T be willing to unlock the phone?  AT&T has absolutely 0% skin in your game.

You sent Samsung either an unlocked phone, or a phone locked to Mint's MVNO partner T-Mobile and they sent you back one locked to AT&T. Samsung messed up.  Samsung needs to fix it.  Jump up and down on Samsung's forum and/or social media presence until they fix it.  You're not going to get anywhere with AT&T.  Maybe Samsung cares about BBB complaints... you could also try that.

You are correct, AT&T is 100% unwilling to unlock the phone. When I contacted Samsung they said the phone shows up as AT&T and that they put the right board in.

You bought from mint... Do you have purchase receipt?   

Send it to Samsung.  With proof of purchase that you purchased from mint they cannot deny that it is not an AT&T locked phone and they should fix it by replacing it with an unlocked device

Yeah, so I have a receipt that I bought the phone from Mint. Samsung says it IS, in fact an AT&T phone that I purchased from Mint. I know it WAS unlocked because I did have it registered to a Mint sim prior to sending it to Samsung for service. When Samsung repaired it, they replaced the PBA. Mint suspected maybe Samsung sent me back a different phone, but I've confirmed already this is not the case as the IMEI Mint has for my phone matches the phone I got back from Samsung. How I got an AT&T phone from Mint, I have no idea. Samsung called AT&T on my behalf and AT&T gave me an unlock code... that did not work. Now the phone has an additional lock on it. Since the only approach that has had any traction so far is through Samsung->AT&T I'll try again tomorrow.

Hi @BeefBrisket ,

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