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Unlocking Cellphones
« on: October 12, 2009, 08:53:27 PM »
Does anyone know How do i unlock A t-mobile Motorola Razor V3 by myself or for a good price.
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Re: Unlocking Cellphones
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2009, 06:48:53 AM »
Is it still under contract or do u have a contract with and gsm phone company then just call the company
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Re: Unlocking Cellphones
« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2009, 08:57:25 AM »
it`s actually not under contracr it`s pre-paid phone.
Any ideas?
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Re: Unlocking Cellphones
« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2009, 09:03:45 AM »
Try calling tmobile and tell them u like their service but ur travelling overseas for a wk or something and want to use ur phone there and then continue with them when u come back it worked for me many times if it doesn't work with one rep try another pls let me know what happened 
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Re: Unlocking Cellphones
« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2009, 09:12:10 PM »
stick someone else's simcard in it, then call
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Re: Unlocking Cellphones
« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2009, 09:15:45 PM »
How do all these yiddelech do it and make a living from it? i wouldn`t mind knowing.
Is there a website about this?
My prob is i don`t own the phone just want to buy it.
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Re: Unlocking Cellphones
« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2009, 09:27:22 PM »
Giyf.
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Re: Unlocking Cellphones
« Reply #7 on: October 14, 2009, 04:22:21 AM »
Quote from: mancunian on October 13, 2009, 09:12:10 PM
stick someone else's simcard in it, then call

Not someone elses sim, but another provider, any operator is okay (even from another country), if you get to the regular screen (not stuck when starting), then you are okay.

When talking about a blackberry phone, you might need to UNlink with blackberry, via your provider.

If they don't want to (you are still on contract or whatever), then go to your operators site, and look for the roaming prices in different countries.

Most operators have partners in roughly 200 countries. Just pick a country which is NOT on the list, and tell them that you are traveling to that place (staying there for 3 month), so you will need to get a local providers blackberry service, or you aren't 'hooked on' any longer...
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Re: Unlocking Cellphones
« Reply #8 on: October 14, 2009, 08:03:16 AM »
Quote from: SuperFlyer on October 14, 2009, 04:22:21 AM
Not someone elses sim, but another provider, any operator is okay (even from another country), if you get to the regular screen (not stuck when starting), then you are okay.

When talking about a blackberry phone, you might need to UNlink with blackberry, via your provider.

If they don't want to (you are still on contract or whatever), then go to your operators site, and look for the roaming prices in different countries.

Most operators have partners in roughly 200 countries. Just pick a country which is NOT on the list, and tell them that you are traveling to that place (staying there for 3 month), so you will need to get a local providers blackberry service, or you aren't 'hooked on' any longer...
Quote from: SuperFlyer on October 14, 2009, 04:22:21 AM
Not someone elses sim, but another provider, any operator is okay (even from another country), if you get to the regular screen (not stuck when starting), then you are okay.

Actually he's probably right when he said someone else's sim if i understood correctly he meant someone that has a contract with tmobile in the above case so that way they will give him the unlock code
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Re: Unlocking Cellphones
« Reply #9 on: October 14, 2009, 08:06:49 AM »
Quote from: hocker on October 13, 2009, 09:15:45 PM
How do all these yiddelech do it and make a living from it? i wouldn`t mind knowing.
Is there a website about this?
My prob is i don`t own the phone just want to buy it.
                        well one way they do it is they buy the program and some cables which is pretty cheap and it figures out the code for u something like that so its an investment like any other
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Re: Unlocking Cellphones
« Reply #10 on: October 14, 2009, 08:25:50 AM »
What you are referring to, is called hard unlocking, and very very risky. Just a battery running flat while "flashing" the cell is enough to kill it.

Some phones (some nokias) allow soft unlocking, meaning unlocking with codes that you type into the handset. (also this is limited to some 5 tries).

the investment is not so small, as its not just one cable per brand....
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Re: Unlocking Cellphones
« Reply #11 on: October 14, 2009, 06:31:59 PM »
Quote from: eli1571 on October 14, 2009, 08:03:16 AM
Actually he's probably right when he said someone else's sim if i understood correctly he meant someone that has a contract with tmobile in the above case so that way they will give him the unlock code

yup

Quote from: SuperFlyer on October 14, 2009, 04:22:21 AM
Most operators have partners in roughly 200 countries. Just pick a country which is NOT on the list, and tell them that you are traveling to that place (staying there for 3 month), so you will need to get a local providers blackberry service, or you aren't 'hooked on' any longer...

so you could just cancel while your at it?!?!
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Re: Unlocking Cellphones
« Reply #12 on: October 15, 2009, 03:26:23 AM »
Quote from: mancunian on October 14, 2009, 06:31:59 PM
so you could just cancel while your at it?!?!

Yes, you could, but this UNlinking issue you only realize later, so it's not something you would be able to do in 1 shot.

You can usually check it out, by going to http://yourprovider.blackberry.com
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Re: Unlocking Cellphones
« Reply #13 on: October 18, 2009, 07:20:04 PM »
There a lot of resources on the web. Too much too list here start by looking at gsm hosting.com and mobile-files.com
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Re: Unlocking Cellphones
« Reply #14 on: October 18, 2009, 07:25:01 PM »
just pay the $20 - thats what i did with my razr
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