I've trawled through the forums to get a definitive answer, but to no avail. I'm on Orange UK with the Kaiser, and I intend to move to Ireland next week (semi-permanent), and no company in Ireland is offering a decent phone.
I want to unlock my Kaiser, so I can use another company's sim. I am aware of imei-check, and I'm comfortable shelling out for a paid solution.
My questions are these:
1. will sim unlocking the phone be permanent,
2. is there any circumstance where it would be necessary ever to repeat the procedure?
3. Will the code generated by imei-check be a constant, that I could use again if necessary (same phone obviously)
4. What's the estimated lead time for a free solution?
Plaudits for the definitive answers!
hugorudd said:
I've trawled through the forums to get a definitive answer, but to no avail. I'm on Orange UK with the Kaiser, and I intend to move to Ireland next week (semi-permanent), and no company in Ireland is offering a decent phone.
I want to unlock my Kaiser, so I can use another company's sim. I am aware of imei-check, and I'm comfortable shelling out for a paid solution.
My questions are these:
1. will sim unlocking the phone be permanent,
2. is there any circumstance where it would be necessary ever to repeat the procedure?
3. Will the code generated by imei-check be a constant, that I could use again if necessary (same phone obviously)
4. What's the estimated lead time for a free solution?
Plaudits for the definitive answers!
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1.sim unlock is permanent
2.should only need to do it once
3.1 code for 1 handset
4.there probebley will be a free sim unlocker available soon but your best bet is to just ring orange and ask for a subisdy pin they will probebly charge you but it will defo work and not void your warenty as it is the network that has provided you with it
TY
Thanks for that. If there's a free unlocker by Sunday, then happy days. If not, I'll give imei-ckeck some hard earned. Life's a ***** lol.
As I promised, Plaudits to you for the answers, Yakleback
hugorudd said:
Thanks for that. If there's a free unlocker by Sunday, then happy days. If not, I'll give imei-ckeck some hard earned. Life's a ***** lol.
As I promised, Plaudits to you for the answers, Yakleback
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don't think that there will be something until sunday, cause the only known to me unlocker-project ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=355345 ) hasn't been started.
regarding posts at this board, imei-check works good with no problems,
otherwise you can call you net-operator and ask for a free unlock-code cause you leave the country for longer time and want to use a local sim in your phone. just use the search-function, some people does so with ATT and get a free code, perhaps it works
in the uk t-mobile charge £15 vodafone charge £20 and i know O2 charge but dont know how much so i asume orange would charge as well but probebly wont be more than £20
a free one doesn't appear to be on the verge from anyone here...it'll either just show up with a surprise, or announced and a lead time for deployment, which means sunday ain't looking good
Sunday...
Yeah, I was being facetious about Sunday. Looks like imei-check will be getting some cash tonight then...
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Hi,
I do not wish to flash my phone with Hardspl etc!
I wish to use the sim unlock entry code to open my phone, via the official route.
The cheapest I have found is £15 at:
http://www.fonesunlock.co.uk/unlocking/htc/unlock-code-for-htc-touch-diamond-mobile-phone.html
Does anybody know where I can get it cheaper?
Digiguide74 said:
Hi,
I do not wish to flash my phone with Hardspl etc!
I wish to use the sim unlock entry code to open my phone, via the official route.
The cheapest I have found is £15 at:
http://www.fonesunlock.co.uk/unlocking/htc/unlock-code-for-htc-touch-diamond-mobile-phone.html
Does anybody know where I can get it cheaper?
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htc-unlocks is only a tenner : http://diamond.htc-unlocks.com / http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=414835
Dave
DaveShaw said:
htc-unlocks is only a tenner : http://diamond.htc-unlocks.com / http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=414835
Dave
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Thanks for that Dave!
I was under the impression that the olinex unlock is based around reflashing my phone though!
I do not want to load any software and use my usb cable. I just want a sim unlock entry code.
Are you 100% sure this works the same way?
Digiguide74 said:
Thanks for that Dave!
I was under the impression that the olinex unlock is based around reflashing my phone though!
I do not want to load any software and use my usb cable. I just want a sim unlock entry code.
Are you 100% sure this works the same way?
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It works 100% in a different way. I didn't read your post properly, I missed the "code unlock only" part. Soz.
Dave
DaveShaw said:
It works 100% in a different way. I didn't read your post properly, I missed the "code unlock only" part. Soz.
Dave
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Many thanks anyway Dave.
Just found another site that unlocks for £2.99
http://www.instantunlockcodes.co.uk/
This one may be hard to beat!
Seems like a fair price! So I will try this one out and post my findings on whether it was any good.
Digiguide74 said:
Many thanks anyway Dave.
Just found another site that unlocks for £2.99
http://www.instantunlockcodes.co.uk/
This one may be hard to beat!
Seems like a fair price! So I will try this one out and post my findings on whether it was any good.
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Just read their T's & C's and am bit worried they may not actually get me the code for £2.99 as my mobile is not listed in their compatibility database.
Think I still prefer my original link!
As no cheaper price added by any XDA users decided to go with www.fonesunlock.co.uk
Price paid was £15.71 71 pence charge was for Paypal payment charge. As soon as I had paid for the unlock code, I received the code at the bottom of my invoice. Put an O2 sim into my Orange Diamond and entered the unlock code a couple of times and hey presto it was unlocked. Due to the speed and efficiency of this service I would highly recommend it those not wishing to flash their phones, but still wanting to use any sim.
Anyone else had any good/ bad experiences with sim unlock?
why would you not want to flash ur fone lol nice thread tho it was more like a blog lol
mancsoulja said:
why would you not want to flash ur fone lol nice thread tho it was more like a blog lol
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It did end up more like a blog!
I was hoping for a plethora of suggested sites to use!
Hopefully one at lower cost for an 8 digit number!
I cannot think of any reason why I should or would want to flash my phone.
Is there something in particular i am missing out on?
Hi All,
I recently bought a G1 off ebay...its locked to T-Mobile. I knew that when I bought it, however i have tried people who supply unlock codes and they cannot find the code for it!
Its really frustrating me! Is there not another way around this? Surely one of you can work something out I've seen you all do amazing things!!!
All the best,
//Serg
I had a few come backs with no unlock codes available from internet unlock suppliers as well. Then came across a site that did actually supply the service it offered -and unlock code was sent to my email address within 10 minutes.
If you do not get any postive - or quick fix answers, I will PM you tonight when I get home - I do not have the site details here at the office
Good luck
PM me as well..
Thanks!
great thanks that is much appreciated!
//serg
you can also buy codes off of ebay. i bought one and got it within hours and it worked perfectly! best of luck dude!
Can anyone recommend somewhere to unlock the X8 without having to take out a bank loan please?
Everywhere I have found so far costs a lot of money!
Any help appreciated! Thanks.
Komatoes said:
Can anyone recommend somewhere to unlock the X8 without having to take out a bank loan please?
Everywhere I have found so far costs a lot of money!
Any help appreciated! Thanks.
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If you can root it you can unlock too I think try to search in X10 forums not ahve big differences from x10 mini pro
Not every site does the X8 though even if they do the X10\mini. Maybe it's because it's a newer phone? $40 to unlock a phone is too much!
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If you can root it you can unlock too I think try to search in X10 forums not ahve big differences from x10 mini pro
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bitye are you sure you can unlock it if you root the system? my wild guess is that the network lock trigger must be somewhere within the system, or at least the system can access it, therefore it pops up. does anyone know where this file can be found and how to edit it?
i've been searching the hell out of forums and never found any info relating to that. please share
I had my X8 unlocked by http://www.htccode.com/, was unlocked within 10 mins of payment
what network was your phone locked to?
did they send you software to unlock your phone with or did you send imei and they sent you an unlock code to enter
my phone was origionally locked to o2 - UK
did they send you software to unlock your phone with or did you send imei and they sent you an unlock code to enter?
basically they send you the software for the phone, but they do remote session you for a min, was a bit dubious at first but all was good
i tried that through someone else but didnt work and said remote dongle server not working, were you given credits to unlock? if so do you know how many you had/used to unlock?
they dealt with the unlock remotely, I just sat and waited till it was completed
well its worth a go for the price.
but i do advise u wait till online supports online, it cost me $40.00 USD initially see here http://www.htccode.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=3160
were they online today when you did it then?
it isnt working for me but then i only paid 20$ because thats the link i had, do u reckon i need to pay another 20$ to have a total of 30 credits?
they were online the night i done it, sorry i should have said that sooner, erm i'd suggest messaging them regaurding that, i'm sure you would be able to get it unlocked with the additional $20 :\
anyone know what the hours are for the live support on htc code?
For anyone in the UK
$40.00 USD = £25.1969 GBP at time of posting...
£25.82 through paypal to be more precise.
Hehe I have no idea get it unlocked in the end?
yeah should have it unlocked tomorrow, they sent me all the remote software stuff and all the login details, i'll report back tomorrow.
Okay, so because I had a major brain fart I stupidly purchased an Xperia Z that is hard (counter) network locked to T-Mobile Austria.
Please do not waste time replying to this post if you don't know what this means.
I refuse to believe that all I can do is throw it away for scrap. But nowhere on this forum can I find a post from someone who successfully got a hard lock resolved by the phone manufacturer or the carrier, or anyone else for that matter.
I just spent 20 minutes on the phone with Sony Mobile support here in Sweden and not even they could tell me if it can be done.
What if a poorly trained authorized dealer rep accidentally hard locks a phone when attempting to code unlock it for a customer? Does it go in the bin for recycling? I don't think so.
I am prepared to eat the cost of getting it unlocked. Surely someone must have done this?
Hi this has my head pickled
So I picked up this phone yesterday as mine broke
Its a decent phone I like it however I want too flash Havoc on too it,
Seems that the manufacturer has decided too stop giving out unlock codes for the boot loader
DC - unlocker is what I found my device is on the list of supported devices however its not in the list telling you how many credits you need too buy too unlock the bootloader which doesent exactly fill me with confidence..
Furthermore you can buy a 3 day license for DC unlocker which is like $50 dollars or something but obviously the above concerns me a little plus even if I was willing too take the chance I think 50 bucks for a 3 year old Phone that im gunna be using for only maybe a few months is a bit steep (Im a student)
So what im asking is this, Does anyone know of a better way or even better a free way of getting this damn code ? Tbh ive always begrudged paying for the privilage of modding a device ive already paid for however I accept reality
Or does anyone have a generator for the code perhaps I can paypal u for the code?
I dunno anyway here is my device details
Any help would be greatly apreciated..
There's a cheaper paid service that gives good result but I am unallowed to cite here due to XDA's forum policy. PM me for more info.
(@ moderators : it is okay to give that info in PM, isn't it ?)