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Not sure I understand the question. Care to elaborate more? I think you are asking if you can buy a used phone that the previous person did not fully pay for.... is that correct?
If yes then the answer is that it is possible, but you will not be able to use it until everything is paid for.
Not sure what puk code is. But if that is the case then the carrier most likely will blacklist the imei and you will have no choice but to get it resolved somehow by either paying it off yourself or contacting the previous owner to get the issue resolved.
There is no code or service on the net that will do this. Plus if there is a way, it is most likely illegal and can't be discussed here.
There is no code or service on the net that will do this. Plus if there is a way, it is most likely illegal and can't be discussed here.
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PUK code is the code you use to reset a SIM PIN if you have forgotten it. Nothing to do with the phone, except that the SIM must be in a phone to enter the code.
PAC is the code you use to request a phone number transfer between carriers (at least here - I don't know how that works in the States, which "boost" suggests might be where the question comes from).
For this there are 2 possible issues. If someone has paid off a contract (so they own the phone) and then sells it without unlocking from the original carrier then it's purely a technical problem of undoing the SIM lock. The original carrier can do that, but probably will only do it for the original owner (if they are still a customer). But in that case you may be able to unlock it unofficially.
The second problem is the one described above: the phone was sold before it was paid off and the owner then stopped paying the contract. In this case the contract has been broken and the carrier will blacklist the phone, and there is nothing you can do about that (in the UK where I am there is no way they'd remove the blacklisting for you).
PAC is the code you use to request a phone number transfer between carriers (at least here - I don't know how that works in the States, which "boost" suggests might be where the question comes from).
For this there are 2 possible issues. If someone has paid off a contract (so they own the phone) and then sells it without unlocking from the original carrier then it's purely a technical problem of undoing the SIM lock. The original carrier can do that, but probably will only do it for the original owner (if they are still a customer). But in that case you may be able to unlock it unofficially.
The second problem is the one described above: the phone was sold before it was paid off and the owner then stopped paying the contract. In this case the contract has been broken and the carrier will blacklist the phone, and there is nothing you can do about that (in the UK where I am there is no way they'd remove the blacklisting for you).