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  1. #1
    Bob Lambeau
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    Went to the local Phone store and the guy behind the counter said that if
    I want to unlock the moto v551 all I have to do is call CS and request
    that the phone be unlocked so I can go to Europe with the Phone. In turn
    Cingular calls MOTOrola and they (motorola) send an unlocking code to my
    phone and voila! the 551 is unlocked.

    Also the same guy said that when you sign up for a one or two year
    contract your minutes do rollover...UNTIL the term of your contract (one
    or two years)is up. Then, he said, your phone is reset back to "0" and you
    have to start over again.

    Is any of this true? I have no idea on the unlocking the phone part and
    what I've read of the user agrement leads me to believe your minutes roll
    over for a rolling calender year. That is to say, your minutes acumulate
    for the last 12 calender months but not before that.



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  2. #2
    Joshua Putnam
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    Re: IS this true... Cingular will unlock your Phone for free??

    In article <[email protected]>,
    [email protected]l says...

    > Is any of this true? I have no idea on the unlocking the phone part and
    > what I've read of the user agrement leads me to believe your minutes roll
    > over for a rolling calender year. That is to say, your minutes acumulate
    > for the last 12 calender months but not before that.


    Don't know about the unlocking, but my rollover minutes certainly
    didn't vanish at the end of my contract period.

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  3. #3
    John Navas
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    Re: IS this true... Cingular will unlock your Phone for free??

    [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]

    In <[email protected]> on Wed, 16 Nov 2005
    02:42:33 -0600, Bob Lambeau <[email protected]> wrote:

    >Went to the local Phone store and the guy behind the counter said that if
    >I want to unlock the moto v551 all I have to do is call CS and request
    >that the phone be unlocked so I can go to Europe with the Phone. In turn
    >Cingular calls MOTOrola and they (motorola) send an unlocking code to my
    >phone and voila! the 551 is unlocked.
    >
    >Also the same guy said that when you sign up for a one or two year
    >contract your minutes do rollover...UNTIL the term of your contract (one
    >or two years)is up. Then, he said, your phone is reset back to "0" and you
    >have to start over again.
    >
    >Is any of this true? I have no idea on the unlocking the phone part and
    >what I've read of the user agrement leads me to believe your minutes roll
    >over for a rolling calender year. That is to say, your minutes acumulate
    >for the last 12 calender months but not before that.


    Current actual Rollover terms
    <http://onlinestored.cingular.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ES_AUX_PLAN_TERMS.jsp>

    Rollover Minutes: Rollover Minutes accumulate and expire through 12
    rolling bill periods. Bill Period 1 (activation) unused Anytime
    Minutes will not carry over. Bill Period 2 unused Anytime Minutes
    will begin to carry over. Rollover Minutes accumulated starting with
    Bill Period 2 will expire each bill period as they reach a 12 bill
    period age. Rollover Minutes will also expire immediately upon
    default or if customer changes to a non-Rollover plan. Rollover
    Minutes are not redeemable for cash or credit and are not
    transferable. Night and Weekend and Mobile to Mobile minutes do not
    carry over.

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    Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
    John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>



  4. #4

    Re: IS this true... Cingular will unlock your Phone for free??

    Bob Lambeau <[email protected]> wrote:
    > Went to the local Phone store and the guy behind the counter said that if
    > I want to unlock the moto v551 all I have to do is call CS and request
    > that the phone be unlocked so I can go to Europe with the Phone. In turn
    > Cingular calls MOTOrola and they (motorola) send an unlocking code to my
    > phone and voila! the 551 is unlocked.


    You can go to Europe with a Cingualr calling plan. It is expensive,
    though, and a few minutes conversation with anyone would pay for unlocking
    the phone and getting a SIM from a street vendor.

    I requested an unlock code via email on the "contact us" web page.
    I received email about how that would violate my warranty, but a code would
    be coming soon via email. Yesterday, I received email that my EMEI had
    been submitted incorrectly, asking me to verify the proper one. I did
    that, and now I am waiting.

    So, it might depend on how much of a hurry you are in. I started this
    around Nov 6 or 7, got the first email Nov 8, and I might have been
    unlocked by now (16th) if someone hadn't fat-fingered my EMEI.

    A co-worker drove a few blocks from the office and paid $20 to have his
    Cingular phone unlocked right away.

    ---
    Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5




  5. #5
    Aaron
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    Re: IS this true... Cingular will unlock your Phone for free??


    "Bob Lambeau" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news[email protected]...
    > Went to the local Phone store and the guy behind the counter said that if
    > I want to unlock the moto v551 all I have to do is call CS and request
    > that the phone be unlocked so I can go to Europe with the Phone. In turn
    > Cingular calls MOTOrola and they (motorola) send an unlocking code to my
    > phone and voila! the 551 is unlocked.
    >
    > Also the same guy said that when you sign up for a one or two year
    > contract your minutes do rollover...UNTIL the term of your contract (one
    > or two years)is up. Then, he said, your phone is reset back to "0" and you
    > have to start over again.
    >
    > Is any of this true? I have no idea on the unlocking the phone part and
    > what I've read of the user agrement leads me to believe your minutes roll
    > over for a rolling calender year. That is to say, your minutes acumulate
    > for the last 12 calender months but not before that.




    you can try to see if cingular will send you the unlock code but most of the
    times they are too dumb and you will end up getting your PUK code and that
    wont unlock your phone. you will end up messing it up entering the wrong
    code in too many times if its not a motorola then you would need to send it
    in to get it flashed to unlock it.

    about the rollover, NO that is wrong.. thats not how it works..
    basically you cant have rollover from the same month twice.. so if you still
    have unused minutes in jan, the old jan rollover minutes expire and the new
    unused jan minutes get collected at the end.

    so basically your rollover will never get set to 0 and start over you just
    lose the few you had left from the month your in last year.





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