Locked vs Unlocked

I have a Motorola V551 with Cingular that is unlocked. I just added a
V557 to my plan for my wife. I am assuming that the V557 will be
locked. Does that mean I can't use any SIM besides the one that came
in it? I was hoping to just swap SIMS so I could have the new phone.

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Hi Dick,

You can swap Cingular SIMS. You cannot, however, swap T-Mobile and
Cingular chips with the phone that you got for your wife. So you may
use the new phone

Sudhanshu

In article <[email protected]>,
Dick Hughes <[email protected]> wrote:
>I have a Motorola V551 with Cingular that is unlocked. I just added a
>V557 to my plan for my wife. I am assuming that the V557 will be
>locked. Does that mean I can't use any SIM besides the one that came
>in it? I was hoping to just swap SIMS so I could have the new phone.

The locking is with respect to the carrier and not the individual phone or
SIM. If the new V557 phone is locked to Cingular, then **any** Cingular
SIM will be accepted. If you try a SIM from another carrier (e.g.
T-Mobile) the phone will ask for a subsidy code when it powers up.

On 11 Apr 2006 09:46:44 -0700, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Hi Dick,
>
>You can swap Cingular SIMS. You cannot, however, swap T-Mobile and
>Cingular chips with the phone that you got for your wife. So you may
>use the new phone
>
>Sudhanshu

Thanks. My wife won't be happy to hear that. :-)

Dick

Having just unlocked 2 V557s from Cingular, they only require you to be
a customer in good standing for over 90 days, with no outstanding
balance, to request by email the codes and procedure to unlock the
phones. Then you can use any SIM card. We did it for use overseas.
My daughter did the same thing with T-mobile for another phone.
RAH wrote:
> On 11 Apr 2006 09:46:44 -0700, "[email protected]"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Hi Dick,
> >
> >You can swap Cingular SIMS. You cannot, however, swap T-Mobile and
> >Cingular chips with the phone that you got for your wife. So you may
> >use the new phone
> >
> >Sudhanshu
>
> Thanks. My wife won't be happy to hear that. :-)
>
> Dick

I have been a Cingular customer in good standing since 2001. I have
requested the unlock codes for my two Sony Ericsson z500a's and have
been told I'm "not eligible" to have my phones unlocked becuase they do
not do that for customers "under contract". Any ideas?
I want to unlock them to buy a foreign sim card for a trip to Italy in
May.

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

In <[email protected]> on 13 Apr 2006
06:59:16 -0700, [email protected] wrote:

>I have been a Cingular customer in good standing since 2001. I have
>requested the unlock codes for my two Sony Ericsson z500a's and have
>been told I'm "not eligible" to have my phones unlocked becuase they do
>not do that for customers "under contract". Any ideas?
>I want to unlock them to buy a foreign sim card for a trip to Italy in
>May.

Follow the Rule of Threes: When you don't get what you want on the first
call, call back at least two more times. In other words, keep trying.

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[email protected] wrote:
> I have been a Cingular customer in good standing since 2001. I have
> requested the unlock codes for my two Sony Ericsson z500a's and have
> been told I'm "not eligible" to have my phones unlocked becuase they do
> not do that for customers "under contract". Any ideas?
> I want to unlock them to buy a foreign sim card for a trip to Italy in
> May.

I made my request via email, and had no problem getting an unlock code from
Cingular for my v551. I said I was going to be travelling, and wanted the
unlock so I could use foreign SIMs. They added international roaming to my
account, and sent the code.

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

<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> [email protected] wrote:
>> I have been a Cingular customer in good standing since 2001. I have
>> requested the unlock codes for my two Sony Ericsson z500a's and have
>> been told I'm "not eligible" to have my phones unlocked becuase they do
>> not do that for customers "under contract". Any ideas?
>> I want to unlock them to buy a foreign sim card for a trip to Italy in
>> May.
>
> I made my request via email, and had no problem getting an unlock code
> from
> Cingular for my v551. I said I was going to be travelling, and wanted the
> unlock so I could use foreign SIMs. They added international roaming to
> my
> account, and sent the code.
>
> --
> ---
> Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5

I had a simular experence, I emailed them with the IEMI number of the phone.
I just asked for the unlock code. I didn't mention travelling out of the
country. Best I can remember it took about 5 working days. I was "under
contract" at the time.
...
bamp

Well I guess it must be the rule of three tries even for email. Here is the
response I got when I requested unlocking for foreign travel
Alan

"Thank you for contacting Cingular Wireless regarding unlock code for
your phone.

We understand your concern, however, it is the policy of Cingular
Wireless that we do not unlock equipment for the purposes of enabling
customers to use our equipment with other service providers. We apologize
for
any inconvenience this may cause.

We appreciate your understanding and valuable business with us.

Sincerely,
Kevin Kent W944"


<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> [email protected] wrote:
>> I have been a Cingular customer in good standing since 2001. I have
>> requested the unlock codes for my two Sony Ericsson z500a's and have
>> been told I'm "not eligible" to have my phones unlocked becuase they do
>> not do that for customers "under contract". Any ideas?
>> I want to unlock them to buy a foreign sim card for a trip to Italy in
>> May.
>
> I made my request via email, and had no problem getting an unlock code
> from
> Cingular for my v551. I said I was going to be travelling, and wanted the
> unlock so I could use foreign SIMs. They added international roaming to
> my
> account, and sent the code.
>
> --
> ---
> Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5

"exjd" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Well I guess it must be the rule of three tries even for email. Here is
> the response I got when I requested unlocking for foreign travel
> Alan
>
> "Thank you for contacting Cingular Wireless regarding unlock code for
> your phone.
>
> We understand your concern, however, it is the policy of Cingular
> Wireless that we do not unlock equipment for the purposes of enabling
> customers to use our equipment with other service providers. We apologize
> for
> any inconvenience this may cause.
>
> We appreciate your understanding and valuable business with us.
>
> Sincerely,
> Kevin Kent W944"

Try this email:
[email protected]

That's the address I used when I got my unlock code.
...
bamp

>
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> [email protected] wrote:
>>> I have been a Cingular customer in good standing since 2001. I have
>>> requested the unlock codes for my two Sony Ericsson z500a's and have
>>> been told I'm "not eligible" to have my phones unlocked becuase they do
>>> not do that for customers "under contract". Any ideas?
>>> I want to unlock them to buy a foreign sim card for a trip to Italy in
>>> May.
>>
>> I made my request via email, and had no problem getting an unlock code
>> from
>> Cingular for my v551. I said I was going to be travelling, and wanted
>> the
>> unlock so I could use foreign SIMs. They added international roaming to
>> my
>> account, and sent the code.
>>
>> --
>> ---
>> Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5
>
>

I travel internationally for a living. When I tried to get Cingular to
unlock my Motorola V220 last fall, the person on the phone said I'd
have to email a special address. When I emailed, as requested, I
received the same standardized reply, basically saying NO WAY. I have
been a customer in good standing for many years. I only wanted to be
able to use a sim card in the countries of Europe that I travel to. I
did get a Cingular rep at one of the Houston stores to refer me to a
mom and pop cell phone store who unlocked it for me for ten bucks.
bamp wrote:
> "exjd" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Well I guess it must be the rule of three tries even for email. Here is
> > the response I got when I requested unlocking for foreign travel
> > Alan
> >
> > "Thank you for contacting Cingular Wireless regarding unlock code for
> > your phone.
> >
> > We understand your concern, however, it is the policy of Cingular
> > Wireless that we do not unlock equipment for the purposes of enabling
> > customers to use our equipment with other service providers. We apologize
> > for
> > any inconvenience this may cause.
> >
> > We appreciate your understanding and valuable business with us.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Kevin Kent W944"
>
> Try this email:
> [email protected]
>
> That's the address I used when I got my unlock code.
> ..
> bamp
>
> >
> > <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> >> [email protected] wrote:
> >>> I have been a Cingular customer in good standing since 2001. I have
> >>> requested the unlock codes for my two Sony Ericsson z500a's and have
> >>> been told I'm "not eligible" to have my phones unlocked becuase they do
> >>> not do that for customers "under contract". Any ideas?
> >>> I want to unlock them to buy a foreign sim card for a trip to Italy in
> >>> May.
> >>
> >> I made my request via email, and had no problem getting an unlock code
> >> from
> >> Cingular for my v551. I said I was going to be travelling, and wanted
> >> the
> >> unlock so I could use foreign SIMs. They added international roaming to
> >> my
> >> account, and sent the code.
> >>
> >> --
> >> ---
> >> Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5
> >
> >