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- 11-16-2006, 01:07 PM #1micky muffinGuest
hello, does any one here know if its possible to unlock a t-mobile
sidekick? my daughter wants to buy one (e-bay) and use it here in
Ireland,
many thanks
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- 11-16-2006, 04:55 PM #2Patrick CasherGuest
Re: t-mobile sidekick
There is a procedure they sell it on Ebay. I bought it myself but didn't
need it when I purchased my Sidekick 2 on Ebay. Ask the seller if it's
locked before you buy it.
"micky muffin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> hello, does any one here know if its possible to unlock a t-mobile
> sidekick? my daughter wants to buy one (e-bay) and use it here in
> Ireland,
>
> many thanks
>
- 11-16-2006, 05:29 PM #3Steven J. SobolGuest
Re: t-mobile sidekick
In article <I%[email protected]>, Patrick Casher wrote:
> There is a procedure they sell it on Ebay
uhhh... Won't T-Mo unlock phones for you if you've been a customer long
enough? Does that policy extend to data devices too?
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- 11-17-2006, 08:50 AM #4Todd AllcockGuest
Re: t-mobile sidekick
At 16 Nov 2006 23:29:58 +0000 Steven J. Sobol wrote:
> In article <I%[email protected]>, Patrick
Casher wrote:
> > There is a procedure they sell it on Ebay
>
> uhhh... Won't T-Mo unlock phones for you if you've been a customer
long
> enough?
Yes, as long as you are still a customer. (You can't cancel and then
ask for the code.)
Does that policy extend to data devices too?
I'm not sure (as far as PC cards go,) but either way, the Sidekick's
considered a phone.
A bigger problem for the OP is the nature of the Sidekick itself.
Unlike a typical data-enabled phone that uses a "regular" cellular data
connection, the Sidekick only communicates with a special server set up
by "Danger," the device's manufacturer.
Unless the carrier in Ireland sells Sidekicks (generally known outside
the USA as "Danger Hiptops") and therefore sells the special Hiptop-
compatible data plan, the Sidekick will not be able to browse the web,
use e-mail, IM, or even act as a PDA, since the calendar and contacts,
etc., IIRC, are stored online at the Danger server.
Without the data plan the SK is a big ugly akward phone that can only
make calls and text.
That reliance on an "incompatible" server is why, (in addition to it's
kiddy-ness and the fact Paris Hilton had one!) I have never considered
owning a Sidekick.
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- 11-20-2006, 03:26 AM #5micky muffinGuest
Re: t-mobile sidekick
Todd Allcock wrote:
> At 16 Nov 2006 23:29:58 +0000 Steven J. Sobol wrote:
> > In article <I%[email protected]>, Patrick
> Casher wrote:
> > > There is a procedure they sell it on Ebay
> >
> > uhhh... Won't T-Mo unlock phones for you if you've been a customer
> long
> > enough?
>
> Yes, as long as you are still a customer. (You can't cancel and then
> ask for the code.)
> Does that policy extend to data devices too?
>
> I'm not sure (as far as PC cards go,) but either way, the Sidekick's
> considered a phone.
> A bigger problem for the OP is the nature of the Sidekick itself.
> Unlike a typical data-enabled phone that uses a "regular" cellular data
> connection, the Sidekick only communicates with a special server set up
> by "Danger," the device's manufacturer.
>
> Unless the carrier in Ireland sells Sidekicks (generally known outside
> the USA as "Danger Hiptops") and therefore sells the special Hiptop-
> compatible data plan, the Sidekick will not be able to browse the web,
> use e-mail, IM, or even act as a PDA, since the calendar and contacts,
> etc., IIRC, are stored online at the Danger server.
>
> Without the data plan the SK is a big ugly akward phone that can only
> make calls and text.
>
> That reliance on an "incompatible" server is why, (in addition to it's
> kiddy-ness and the fact Paris Hilton had one!) I have never considered
> owning a Sidekick.
>
>
>
> --
> Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
Ta very much for that, just showed the replies to my daughter and
finally convinced her to forget about getting the sidekick,
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