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- 04-20-2007, 03:14 PM #1JoeGuest
I am embarking on a path to swap a current Motorola phone purchased 2 years
ago from Cingular for a another Cingular-approved phone but purchased from a
difference source. In other words, I didn't want a new 2 year contract with
Cingular. The phone I'm leaning towards is a Nokia 2610.
Can someone point me to a how-to on swapping my sim card from the old to the
new? I've been told that I can't get unlock codes from Cingular but haven't
tried. A step by step guide would be helpful so I don't screw it up.
Bob
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- 04-20-2007, 04:03 PM #2John NavasGuest
Re: Newbie on phone unlocking
On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:14:01 GMT, "Joe" <[email protected]> wrote in
<[email protected]>:
>I am embarking on a path to swap a current Motorola phone purchased 2 years
>ago from Cingular for a another Cingular-approved phone but purchased from a
>difference source. In other words, I didn't want a new 2 year contract with
>Cingular. The phone I'm leaning towards is a Nokia 2610.
>
>Can someone point me to a how-to on swapping my sim card from the old to the
>new? I've been told that I can't get unlock codes from Cingular but haven't
>tried. A step by step guide would be helpful so I don't screw it up.
You _can_ get unlock codes from Cingular for a phone purchased from
Cingular -- just ask.
You'll need to buy an unlocked phone (or a phone locked to Cingular).
Don't buy a phone locked to some other carrier.
You can simply move your SIM from phone to phone. Store your phone
numbers on the SIM, and they'll be available on the new phone.
--
Best regards, FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS:
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>
- 04-20-2007, 04:39 PM #3Todd AllcockGuest
Re: Newbie on phone unlocking
At 20 Apr 2007 21:14:01 +0000 Joe wrote:
> I am embarking on a path to swap a current Motorola phone purchased
> 2 years ago from Cingular for a another Cingular-approved phone but
> purchased from a difference source. In other words, I didn't want
> a new 2 year contract with > Cingular. The phone I'm leaning towards
> is a Nokia 2610.
I assume the 2610 is unlocked? If not, you need to get itunlocked first,
either by a pay-per-code online unlocker, an online code calculator, or
by getting the code from the phone's original carrier. As a general
rule, one carrier cannot unlock another's phone. Some phones, like
TracFones, can't be unlocked.
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- 04-21-2007, 07:23 AM #4Joe DoeGuest
Re: Newbie on phone unlocking
Assume the phone is unlocked. I will likely purchase new from distributor
of unlocked phones.
"Todd Allcock" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> At 20 Apr 2007 21:14:01 +0000 Joe wrote:
>> I am embarking on a path to swap a current Motorola phone purchased
>> 2 years ago from Cingular for a another Cingular-approved phone but
>> purchased from a difference source. In other words, I didn't want
>> a new 2 year contract with > Cingular. The phone I'm leaning towards
>> is a Nokia 2610.
>
>
> I assume the 2610 is unlocked? If not, you need to get itunlocked first,
> either by a pay-per-code online unlocker, an online code calculator, or
> by getting the code from the phone's original carrier. As a general
> rule, one carrier cannot unlock another's phone. Some phones, like
> TracFones, can't be unlocked.
>
>
>
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>
- 04-21-2007, 09:17 AM #5SMSGuest
Re: Newbie on phone unlocking
Todd Allcock wrote:
> I assume the 2610 is unlocked? If not, you need to get itunlocked first,
> either by a pay-per-code online unlocker, an online code calculator, or
> by getting the code from the phone's original carrier. As a general
> rule, one carrier cannot unlock another's phone. Some phones, like
> TracFones, can't be unlocked.
I checked on "http://www.peters1.dk/unlock/nokia/online.php?sprog=en"
which is what I've used to unlock Nokia phones, and the 2610 is
apparently not unlockable by the online code generators using the IMEI.
See "http://www.unlockitnow.com/Nokia/" and it says that it requires
unlocking by the operator.
[Copied to alt.cellular.attws. Please post all alt.cellular.cingular
posts to alt.cellular.attws as well. The Cingular name is going away,
and alt.cellular.attws is the proper venue for posts regarding AT&T's
Wireless Service.]
- 04-21-2007, 09:19 AM #6SMSGuest
Re: Newbie on phone unlocking
(Sorry for double post in alt.cellular.cingular, I forgot to include
alt.cellular.attws as we are supposed to be doing).
Todd Allcock wrote:
> I assume the 2610 is unlocked? If not, you need to get itunlocked first,
> either by a pay-per-code online unlocker, an online code calculator, or
> by getting the code from the phone's original carrier. As a general
> rule, one carrier cannot unlock another's phone. Some phones, like
> TracFones, can't be unlocked.
I checked on "http://www.peters1.dk/unlock/nokia/online.php?sprog=en"
which is what I've used to unlock Nokia phones, and the 2610 is
apparently not unlockable by the online code generators using the IMEI.
See "http://www.unlockitnow.com/Nokia/" and it says that it requires
unlocking by the operator.
[Copied to alt.cellular.attws. Please post all alt.cellular.cingular
posts to alt.cellular.attws as well. The Cingular name is going away,
and alt.cellular.attws is the proper venue for posts regarding AT&T's
Wireless Service.]
- 04-22-2007, 12:47 PM #7John NavasGuest
Re: Newbie on phone unlocking
On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 08:17:46 -0700, SMS <[email protected]>
wrote in <[email protected]>:
>[Copied to alt.cellular.attws. Please post all alt.cellular.cingular
>posts to alt.cellular.attws as well. The Cingular name is going away,
>and alt.cellular.attws is the proper venue for posts regarding AT&T's
>Wireless Service.]
Please stop this rude crap, which only serves to trash attws with thread
fragments.
--
Best regards, FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS:
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>
- 04-22-2007, 08:32 PM #8swGuest
Re: Newbie on phone unlocking
In article <[email protected]>,
John Navas <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 08:17:46 -0700, SMS <[email protected]>
> wrote in <[email protected]>:
>
> >[Copied to alt.cellular.attws. Please post all alt.cellular.cingular
> >posts to alt.cellular.attws as well. The Cingular name is going away,
> >and alt.cellular.attws is the proper venue for posts regarding AT&T's
> >Wireless Service.]
>
> Please stop this rude crap, which only serves to trash attws with thread
> fragments.
Oh yeah! When are you going to stop posting your childish charter into
other group?
- 04-22-2007, 10:13 PM #9Todd AllcockGuest
Re: Newbie on phone unlocking
At 22 Apr 2007 20:27:32 -0700 SMS wrote:
> The gradual transition to alt.cellular.attws is just something that
> makes sense. The Cingular name is disappearing, so it makes no sense
> to continue to have a Usenet group for something that doesn't exist
> anymore.
Except that the Cingular-to-AT&T name transition is still in it's early
stages. Every ad I've seen so far is co-branded, and the stores still
say "Cingular" on the sign.
> It's similar to the transition from alt.cellular.gsm.carriers.
> voicestream to alt.cellular.t-mobile.
Not really- the T-Mobile namewas in use for several years before the T-Mo
group was in use.
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- 04-22-2007, 11:03 PM #10John NavasGuest
Re: Newbie on phone unlocking
On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 22:13:06 -0600, Todd Allcock
<[email protected]> wrote in
<[email protected]>:
>At 22 Apr 2007 20:27:32 -0700 SMS wrote:
>
>> The gradual transition to alt.cellular.attws is just something that
>> makes sense. The Cingular name is disappearing, so it makes no sense
>> to continue to have a Usenet group for something that doesn't exist
>> anymore.
>
>Except that the Cingular-to-AT&T name transition is still in it's early
>stages. Every ad I've seen so far is co-branded, and the stores still
>say "Cingular" on the sign.
Yep. He's just got a big personal grudge that gets in the way of simple
facts and common courtesy.
>> It's similar to the transition from alt.cellular.gsm.carriers.
>> voicestream to alt.cellular.t-mobile.
>
>Not really- the T-Mobile namewas in use for several years before the T-Mo
>group was in use.
Ditto.
--
Best regards, FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS:
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>
- 04-23-2007, 07:28 AM #11JoeGuest
Re: Newbie on phone unlocking
I'll be sure to follow this advice. As I indicated, I'm a newbie on this
group and I appreciate all of the proper netiquettte advice one can give.
Thanks.
When is the official transition?
>
> [Copied to alt.cellular.attws. Please post all alt.cellular.cingular posts
> to alt.cellular.attws as well. The Cingular name is going away, and
> alt.cellular.attws is the proper venue for posts regarding AT&T's Wireless
> Service.]
- 04-23-2007, 08:24 AM #12John NavasGuest
Re: Newbie on phone unlocking
That isn't good advice, and there is no official transition,
Steven just has big grudges against Cingular the company, because his
wife got poor coverage, and against me personally, fueled by envy,
because I keep setting the record straight on his bashing of GSM in
general and Cingular in particular, and because I created the Cingular
newsgroup and the Cingular FAQ. He's now doing his best to damage the
Cingular newsgroup, in part because of Cingular, in part because I
created it. It's all very childish.
Always consider the source before taking advice. Use the newsgroup
that's most appropriate to your needs, which is still (for now at least)
the Cingular newsgroup. And since cross-posting thread fragments to the
ATTWS newsgroup only serves to pointlessly damage it with noise, please
don't that.
On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:28:28 GMT, "Joe" <[email protected]> wrote in
<[email protected]>:
>I'll be sure to follow this advice. As I indicated, I'm a newbie on this
>group and I appreciate all of the proper netiquettte advice one can give.
>Thanks.
>
>When is the official transition?
>
>> [Copied to alt.cellular.attws. Please post all alt.cellular.cingular posts
>> to alt.cellular.attws as well. The Cingular name is going away, and
>> alt.cellular.attws is the proper venue for posts regarding AT&T's Wireless
>> Service.]
--
Best regards, FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS:
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>
- 04-23-2007, 08:43 AM #13SMSGuest
Re: Newbie on phone unlocking
Joe wrote:
> I'll be sure to follow this advice. As I indicated, I'm a newbie on this
> group and I appreciate all of the proper netiquettte advice one can give.
> Thanks.
>
> When is the official transition?
>
>> [Copied to alt.cellular.attws. Please post all alt.cellular.cingular posts
>> to alt.cellular.attws as well. The Cingular name is going away, and
>> alt.cellular.attws is the proper venue for posts regarding AT&T's Wireless
>> Service.]
Nothing is official here.
"AT&T has done a good job of reintroducing its brand. Cingular will take
a while to get rid of. They're at the middle of transition that just has
to be done, and it's like pulling off the Band-Aid--you just have to do
it," he says."
Here's the post where I suggested a transition schedule.
With the decision of AT&T to eliminate the Cingular branding in favor of
calling its wireless service "AT&T" it's time to phase out usage of the
alt.cellular.cingular Usenet group in favor of the alt.cellular.attws group.
I suggest the following transition strategy:
1. New threads should be posted to both alt.cellular.cingular and
alt.cellular.attws, until June 30th 2007.
2. Follow-up posts to threads that are only posted on
alt.cellular.cingular should add alt.cellular.attws, but keep
alt.cellular.cingular until June 30th 2007.
3. Beginning July 1st 2007, new threads should be posted only to
alt.cellular.attws.
4. Beginning July 1st 2007, follow-up posts to threads that are only
posted on alt.cellular.cingular, should remove alt.cellular.cingular,
and add alt.cellular.attws.
I think that this will work well. Look at how quickly
alt.cellular.t-mobile replaced alt.cellular.gsm.carriers.voicestream.
The latter group now has very, very, few postings.
- 04-23-2007, 10:40 AM #14SMSGuest
Re: Newbie on phone unlocking
Todd Allcock wrote:
> Not really- the T-Mobile namewas in use for several years before the T-Mo
> group was in use.
It was in use outside the U.S. for several years before the U.S. change
of Voicestream to T-Mobile, but not for that long in the U.S. before the
alt.cellular.t-mobile group was created.
- 04-23-2007, 11:19 AM #15John NavasGuest
Re: Newbie on phone unlocking
On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:40:58 -0700, SMS <[email protected]>
wrote in <[email protected]>:
>Todd Allcock wrote:
>
>> Not really- the T-Mobile namewas in use for several years before the T-Mo
>> group was in use.
>
>It was in use outside the U.S. for several years before the U.S. change
>of Voicestream to T-Mobile, but not for that long in the U.S. before the
>alt.cellular.t-mobile group was created.
Not true.
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Best regards, FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS:
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>
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