Unlocking phones

<[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> Paw-Paw wrote:
>>
>> On my Sony-Ericsson, I press <**< and it tells me on the Screen if
> it's
>> unlocked or not.
>>
>> That's simple, IMHO :-)
>
> I have a Z500a, when I do that if says "personalized with MNC3"
> what does this mean?
>
> Then, it goes to a screen with 4 choices:
> Network
> Network Subset
> SP
> Corporate
>
> All are unlocked except Network. What does this mean?
>
> Monica

I'm not sure what the MNC3 is, But, That means it's locked.

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On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 06:51:08 -0700, [email protected]lid wrote:

>I thought PCS was bastardized (proprietary) CDMA not GSM?
No. PCS refers to the frequencies and the FCC rules to regulate their use, not
to the modulation scheme (GSM/CDMA/TDMA/iDEN/AMPS/et cetera).

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On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 06:51:10 -0700, [email protected]lid wrote:

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>Of course, these days it's really irrelevant if the phone is Palm OS.
>You can just find an unlock program off the bin groups and unlock it
>immediately.

Really? I've been watching, and have not seen a program for unlocking the 650.
If you could refer to such a posting, I'd appreciate it.

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
wrote:

> On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 06:51:10 -0700, [email protected]lid
> wrote:
>
> <snip>
> >Of course, these days it's really irrelevant if the phone is Palm OS.
> >You can just find an unlock program off the bin groups and unlock it
> >immediately.
>
> Really? I've been watching, and have not seen a program for unlocking the
> 650.
> If you could refer to such a posting, I'd appreciate it.

They're still working on it at:

http://shadowmite.com/

"Joseph" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 06:51:08 -0700,
> [email protected]lid wrote:
>
> >I thought PCS was bastardized (proprietary) CDMA not GSM?
>
> Do you eat with that mouth?
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From the dictionary:

bas·tard·ize (bàs¹ter-dìz´) verb, transitive
bas·tard·ized, bas·tard·iz·ing, bas·tard·iz·es
To lower in quality or character; debase.

Chas.

My Cingular Nokia 6820 (purchased March 2005) was unlocked right out of the box. I've used in Australia w/ a local SIM card.