ericsson t28 world (unlock) question

If you have been a customer for over 90 days, they shouldn't give you any
issues.

That's what the last CSR said, that I talked to, about 2 months ago anyway.
Ya never know but, didn't sound unbelievable. ;-)

Scotty

"Andy M --Tampa Bay--" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Last November, I called T-Mo to unlock a Nokia 3390 that was used by a
> former voicestream customer. In 2 days, they sent me an SMS with the
Unlock
> sode and procedure, and they also emailed it to me. They didn't even call
my
> friend (the former customer) to make sure if the phone was his. So its a
> wonder they are giving you a run around.
>
> james g. keegan jr. wrote:
> >> Joseph <[email protected]> wrote in
> >> news:[email protected]:
> >>
> >>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 00:48:32 GMT, "james g. keegan jr."
> >>> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> hello
> >>>>
> >>>> a friend has loaned me an old voicestream ericsson t28 world
> >>>> phone, less the cimm, for an upcoming trip to china. we thought
> >>>> all i needed to do was buy a cimm in china and i'd be on the air.
> >>>> but then, i wondered if the phone was locked by voicestream to
> >>>> prevent this occurence.
> >>>
> >>> If the T28W was originally on VoiceStream it will be locked. You'll
> >>> need to request the unlock code if you wish to use any SIM (not
> >>> CIMM) in it.
> >>
> >> thank you. i've discovered how hard it is to get the unlock code from
> >> voicestream since i am not the phone's original owner.
> >>
> >> i've received a number of suggestions. the best seems to be wait
> >> until i get to china and let the people i purchase the sim from
> >> unlock it, which i am told they will do gratis.
>
>

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"Lensman" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> "james g. keegan jr." <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Joseph <[email protected]> wrote in
>> news:[email protected]:

>> thank you. i've discovered how hard it is to get the unlock code from
>> voicestream since i am not the phone's original owner.
>>
>> i've received a number of suggestions. the best seems to be wait until
>> i get to china and let the people i purchase the sim from unlock it,
>> which i am told they will do gratis.
>>
> I have been to China 2 or 3 times and I have had the experience of
> trying to get a phone unlocked there. It did not happen for me.

this is intersting as several people have suggested this is the easiest route
for me to take.

> I URGE YOU to have your friend get the unlock code from T-Mobile. If he
> still a customer they will give it to him for free and not give him a
> hard time. All he has to do is give them the IMEI number, you can find
> it under the battery.

I have the IMEI number. I am nto sure if my friend is still a customer which
may be why they gave me the run-around.

"Andy M --Tampa Bay--" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:%[email protected]:

> Last November, I called T-Mo to unlock a Nokia 3390 that was used by a
> former voicestream customer. In 2 days, they sent me an SMS with the
> Unlock sode and procedure, and they also emailed it to me. They didn't
> even call my friend (the former customer) to make sure if the phone was
> his. So its a wonder they are giving you a run around.

well, they definately have not been helpful. i wish they would be.

"Scott Nelson" <[email protected]> wrote in news:_wYYb.24616$5W3.23504
@nwrddc02.gnilink.net:

> If you have been a customer for over 90 days, they shouldn't give you any
> issues.

i am not a customer. perhaps that is the crux of the problem. i am simply a
person to whom an old voicestream phone was given so that i could use it in
china.

james g. keegan jr. wrote:
>> "Scott Nelson" <[email protected]> wrote in
>> news:_wYYb.24616$5W3.23504 @nwrddc02.gnilink.net:
>>
>>> If you have been a customer for over 90 days, they shouldn't give
>>> you any issues.
>>
>> i am not a customer. perhaps that is the crux of the problem. i am
>> simply a person to whom an old voicestream phone was given so that i
>> could use it in china.

Maybe that's the problem. They might be suspect that the phone may have been
stolen. They could verify, with the IMEI of the phone, of its past owner and
so on etc...

I dunno how you can remotely unlock a T28. If you had a Nokia, you could
have used the DCT4 calc that figures out the unlock code.

On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 21:13:06 GMT, "james g. keegan jr."
<[email protected]> wrote:

>"Scott Nelson" <[email protected]> wrote in news:_wYYb.24616$5W3.23504
>@nwrddc02.gnilink.net:
>
>> If you have been a customer for over 90 days, they shouldn't give you any
>> issues.
>
>i am not a customer. perhaps that is the crux of the problem. i am simply a
>person to whom an old voicestream phone was given so that i could use it in
>china.

well, I'll tell you how I convinced PBMS to unlock a Ericsson phone.
I told them i was a roamer from Australia (which was semi true, I
still have a Optus number, and it has been cheaper for me to leave the
number in Australia), and I as I pointed out at the time, it was a
matter of unlocking the phone, or they weren't going to get the
roaming revenue from yours truly. It took them about 30 seconds to
make a decide that maybe unlocking the phone was a good idea.

Nitwit who sold it to me assured me it was unlocked...

"Andy M --Tampa Bay--" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> james g. keegan jr. wrote:
>>> "Scott Nelson" <[email protected]> wrote in
>>> news:_wYYb.24616$5W3.23504 @nwrddc02.gnilink.net:
>>>
>>>> If you have been a customer for over 90 days, they shouldn't give
>>>> you any issues.
>>>
>>> i am not a customer. perhaps that is the crux of the problem. i am
>>> simply a person to whom an old voicestream phone was given so that i
>>> could use it in china.
>
> Maybe that's the problem. They might be suspect that the phone may have
> been stolen. They could verify, with the IMEI of the phone, of its past
> owner and so on etc...
>
> I dunno how you can remotely unlock a T28. If you had a Nokia, you could
> have used the DCT4 calc that figures out the unlock code.


i offered to provide voicestream (t-mobile) the IMEI but they were definately
not helpful.