Unlock Code

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> Merlin <[email protected]> wrote:
> > [email protected] wrote:
>
> > >What screen or prompt were you at when you entered the code, while the
> > >Cingular SIM was in place?
>
> > Phone was on, Cingular SIM in as normal.
>
> > Open phone. Punch in code. So the same, as if I were going to dial a
> > number to place a call.
>
> That didn't work for me.
> Oddly enough, I received a new unlock email message today. This is
> different from the one I received before.
>
> I still can't get it to work, though. It says to hold * to dial the
> initial "P", but that doesn't work. The first * is an *, no matter how
> long I hold it. The second * changes to a p, but that doesn't do
anything,
> as far as I can manage.
> *#06# shows the IMEI, but *#32# does nothing.
>
> A Google search shows some other people with the same problem. The
> solution seems to be to pay someone $20.
>
> Subject: SUBSIDY UNLOCK CODE REQUEST
> IMEI::My IMEI
> UNLOCK CODE::nnnnnnnn
> Motorola Subsidy Unlock Process
> 1. With Sim Removed or with Cingular Sim installed
> 2. Turn on handset
> 3. Enter P*#32#
> 4. Press OK
> 5. Enter the unlock code
> P can be entered by holding down the * key. (Shows as a box)
>
> With non-Cingular SIM installed
> 1. Turn on handset
> 2. Enter unlock code when prompted
> 3. Press OK
>
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> Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5
>

The Samsung unlocks with the carrier sim in it. Go figure

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Cliff <[email protected]> wrote:
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > Subject: SUBSIDY UNLOCK CODE REQUEST
> > IMEI::My IMEI
> > UNLOCK CODE::nnnnnnnn

> The Samsung unlocks with the carrier sim in it. Go figure

I suppose the important part is that Cingular will provide the code for
free, as opposed to paying someone to unlock it, but it may take a couple
of weeks. It also seems to cause International Roaming to be added to your
account features for that phone, when you make the request.


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

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In <[email protected]> on Thu, 1 Dec 2005 17:42:21 +0000 (UTC),
[email protected] wrote:

>Cliff <[email protected]> wrote:
>> <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> > Subject: SUBSIDY UNLOCK CODE REQUEST
>> > IMEI::My IMEI
>> > UNLOCK CODE::nnnnnnnn
>
>> The Samsung unlocks with the carrier sim in it. Go figure
>
>I suppose the important part is that Cingular will provide the code for
>free, as opposed to paying someone to unlock it, but it may take a couple
>of weeks. It also seems to cause International Roaming to be added to your
>account features for that phone, when you make the request.

Probably because that's the presumed valid reason for the unlock code.

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