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Sim unlock !!

Called AA&T today and requested sim unlock code for upcoming trip abroad. I was told no problem, phone rep filled out a request on her end and said it would be emailed to me by Oct. 15th. I bought the Tilt yesterday outright, no upgrade or contract extension. Hope this is useful.

Any cost?

How much did you pay? I am looking to buy one straight up with no contract and ATT won't tell me how much it is! Some crap about how "they dont price the phone until it is out."

staulkor said:
How much did you pay? I am looking to buy one straight up with no contract and ATT won't tell me how much it is! Some crap about how "they dont price the phone until it is out."
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It's $550 with no contract.

$550.00 plus tax. It shows up on their consumer page now. I love this phone !!! Dumped the stock rom and went HTC. Much better !!!

Hmm...
For $550, I might just pay alittle more for real HTC Kaiser... They are arouind $670. By the way, My Tile is on the way, how does it look? AT&T website did not really showing the photo of it...

Penske MB said:
Hmm...
For $550, I might just pay alittle more for real HTC Kaiser... They are arouind $670. By the way, My Tile is on the way, how does it look? AT&T website did not really showing the photo of it...
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There is no cost to get an unlock code from AT&T for any of their phones. The only thing you do need is to have the international plan on your phone. The plan is an add-on service costing about $5-$10 per month and it does NOT require a contract.
So, call AT&T, tell them you will be travelling internationally soon, and ask them to add the int'l dial plan to your service. THen tell them, you will be there for a while and will use a local company SIM for a period of time which will require yo to get an unlock code for your phone. THey will give you one, which will unlock your phone FOR GOOD. Then, you can go online to the account mgr and remove the option from your service. You willonly be charged a pro-rated amount and your phone will still be unlocked forever.
I did this with my 8525 before I bought the unlocked Kaiser a month ago. And it took all of 10 minutes on the phone with AT&T Sales/Service to get it done. This is only for SIM unlock (which lets you use any SIM). It does not CID unlock which lets you flash a different ROM on it.

Buying HD7 in the UK

Hi,
I can only find prices for the phone with a contract on mobiles.co.uk but these do not include any data plans and It has to be with O2 who are terrible with the 500mb data limit.
Does anyone know any other place to buy the phone with a contract?

Handtec is a good place to start, but they're not listing it yet, not even on contract.

It will be available from O2 on contract and on P&Go for £379.

Do you think I will be able to use my O2 simplicity sim on the PAYG HD7? I presume it will be locked to O2 too!

Yes, the phone is locked to O2.

scently said:
It will be available from O2 on contract and on P&Go for £379.
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Do you have a list of the tariffs available at all?
tboy2000 said:
Do you think I will be able to use my O2 simplicity sim on the PAYG HD7? I presume it will be locked to O2 too!
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What about using a GiffGaff sim as they are O2 so the sim will work.
They are great if you want to use a lot of data. I think it's free Internet until the end of December - and that's totally unlimited unlike the pathetic O2 500mb which Is pointless with a cloud based Windows 7 phone.

scently said:
Yes, the phone is locked to O2.
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Any ideas how much O2 charge to officially unlock? I'm hoping there's no crappy O2 branding on the handset...

£15 pounds after 12 months on their network.

How about if you go PAYG - can you not just pay to get unlocked straight away?!

Tejstar said:
How about if you go PAYG - can you not just pay to get unlocked straight away?!
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After 12 months.

deffo my next phone, im already due an upgrade from the hd2. cant wait to see it in store

just checked on mobiles.co.uk and it seems that they have updated their shiz
http://www.mobiles.co.uk/o2-htc-hd7.html
Tariff You'll get:
O2 900
(24 months)
900 mins Any
Network Anytime + Unlimited Texts
Monthly:
£35.00
Free Gift Selection:
9 months 1/2 price
or £50 Auto Cashback
or Free PlayStation Move
Phone cost:
Free

really hoping the costs for hd7 are correct on mobiles.co.uk because when i bought my hd2 the tarrif was completely different from what it had said online

And no unlimited or capped data in the mobiles.co.uk tariff? Fail!

I am on the Simplicity SIM only 30 day contract. Last yeah when I brought my Hd2 Outright (£379), I then had it unlocked for free by O2. Took 6 weeks to get the code but it didn't cost a thing.
I expect the same for the HD7.

It is really disappointing that this phone is only available on O2 with no enough data in the plan. Worse is to buy it pay as go and locked!
Will wait for it to be released somewhere else like expansys

You could just buy it and find have it unlocked somehow.

I am on simplicity too and intend to buy the PAYG version at 379.00 but not after having a play with it in store.

So did you ask for the unlock code during purchase or after 6 weeks. And do they send it through text or email.

scently said:
So did you ask for the unlock code during purchase or after 6 weeks. And do they send it through text or email.
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Remember I am taslking about my HD2 last year. I ordered the unlock code the day after the phone arrived. It should have took 4 weeks for them to email it to me, but because it was over christmas it took longer.
I only needed the unlock code so I could use it whilst abroad on holiday.

FREE Unlock for O2UK contract customers

Thought you guys might like to know this, i did it for free on my hd2 from O2 uk.
Fill the form out and sazam free unlock code in afew days.
http://service.o2.co.uk/IQ/SRVS/CGI...0000002826929629,K=6494,Sxi=8,Case=obj(14790)

Are O2 unlocking them? I thought they werent due too exclusivity. Same with my Dell Streak, I had to use a Rebel SimCard

Sorry to spoil the fun but I just read on that page...
If you're a Pay Monthly customer then you can request for your handset to be unlocked at any time, free of charge. The only exception are handsets which are exclusive to O2
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And from all the press releases bombarded at us, we know that the HTC HD7 is (in the UK) an O2 Exclusive handset

It works. I filled out the form about an hour ago and just got the unlock code e-mailed to me. Tested with a Vodafone sim and it works.

My imei code is 17 digit but the form only accepts 15, What do I do.

Just use the first 15 digits.

Alright, thanks.

I just got my unlock code and all works

Has anyone tried this with a PAYG phone but selecting the word contract in the form instead?

tboy2000 said:
Has anyone tried this with a PAYG phone but selecting the word contract in the form instead?
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I got mine on pay as u go but just put my contract SIM in.

sutt359 said:
I got mine on pay as u go but just put my contract SIM in.
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No I didn't mean that. I meant has someone bought a PAYG HD7 then went to the O2 online form and pretend you bought a contract phone in order to try and cheat to see if they would still send an unlock code?

i also got a pay-n-go phone, but put my simplicity contract sim in

tboy2000 said:
No I didn't mean that. I meant has someone bought a PAYG HD7 then went to the O2 online form and pretend you bought a contract phone in order to try and cheat to see if they would still send an unlock code?
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Whatch this space and I'll report back. I have a 30-day simplicity plan =and brought my phone on PAYG (the new name for buying outright from O2). I have put my request in against my Simplicity mobile number, I am expecting them to honour it under Simplicity so will report back.

I would like to update from my previous post to say I've officially eaten my hat.
As information for others out there, I am on a Sim Only Simplicity price plan and bought my HD7 on PAYG. I filled out the form using my simplicity account information and lo and behold, the following day I got my unlock code. And yes, I tested it and it works.
I have no intention of moving away from O2 at the moment as I signed up during the unlimited data times before they added a cap as well as treating me well, but it's nice to know the option is there later down the line in case.

I guess you chose pay monthly in the choose account option right? I have been on simplicity for around 15 months now so I guess I qualify for unlock as I pay monthly too, even though on simplicity and even though a PAYG handset?

My understanding is that it is an european legal requirement that if you want to use it on another carrier you can (you bought it, you are allowed to use it as you see fit etc.).
However you are still bound to your contract...
Gordon.

I was thinking of getting this device and getting it on PAYG.
Personally I don't really think any other network can offer as good deal for PAYG anyway

How to get a HD7 Unlock code for Free - o2

Hey,
Here's my experience of how I got a free unlock code from o2.
If you order a HD7 from them on Pay&Go they wont give you the Unlock code, you can pay around £15 to buy one online, when I bought mine there wasn't a code avaliable for my IMEI.
Basically, you need to buy a Simplicity Monthly Sim. There's a deal they have £10, 1 month rolling contract. This is the one I went for, because I assumed I would have had to pay the first month.
Once you've done this, they will send you your new pay monthly number by E-Mail the same day. Use that number to fill out this form http://www.o2.co.uk/apps/help/help?qid=1&q1=2&route=unlocking&case=Hand
You will get an unlock code straight from o2, in my case I got it the next day.
Then.. when your new Simplicity sim arrives you need to phone o2 customer service. Much to my surprise you can cancel the contract under the 14 day return policy. They will charge you nothing the contract will be cancelled and you just throw out the sim.
The only charge to you is about a pound or so from phoning o2 Customer Service.

thanks for the tip

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[Q] Buying full price - possible sim unlock at the store?

Hello.
Is it possible the phone gets unlocked in a t-mob store if I pay full price for it?
Thanks.

Yes it you pay full price you can get it unlocked I have talked to a rep and is possible is your phone they have to unlock espclecially if you paid full price, tell them you're going out of the country.

Completely up to the store/rep you get. Most will not do it on the spot and will not sell it without a service plan (that you can later cancel). They try to stick to the stated policy of not unlocking phones until 40 days of service.
Individuals have gotten reps here and there to unlock it for them on the spot, but AFAIK those experiences are in the vast minority.
Most folks have just gone with a 3rd party unlocking service ($24-35) and then cancelled service.

What dawheat said
It's not standard procedure to allow for unlocks before 40 days of service even if you're going somewhere

Last year I got an S4 unlocked at the store (Had to pay full price + a $50 prepaid plan of some sort)
I'm not from the U.S so I needed it unlocked. Hopefully I can get a Note 4 in a few weeks as I'll be traveling to Atlanta.
Good luck to both of us! if you already did it, I'll apreciate if you tell me how it went