HELP - SOS: 6230 SIM Blocked...!

Hi,

My younger cousin was playing with my 6230 and managed to get the phone to
ask him for the phone's PUK code...

so he continued to play with it and now when I start the phone, all I see is
a message saying: "SIM CARD BLOCKED"

WHAT SHOULD I DO ?

do I have to contact the retailer? or is there a code for releasing it??

Thanks in advance,
Mickey.

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also sprach Mickey <[email protected]> [2004.12.17.2125 +0100]:
> so he continued to play with it and now when I start the phone,
> all I see is a message saying: "SIM CARD BLOCKED"
>
> WHAT SHOULD I DO ?

Buy a new SIM card.

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"martin f krafft" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> also sprach Mickey <[email protected]> [2004.12.17.2125 +0100]:
>> so he continued to play with it and now when I start the phone,
>> all I see is a message saying: "SIM CARD BLOCKED"
>>
>> WHAT SHOULD I DO ?
>
> Buy a new SIM card.

It would be a lot more sensible to advise the OP to phone the network
operator & obtain the PUK code.

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<snip>

And what's all this rubbish about? Do you really need to have a sig this
long. The accepted standard is no more than 4 lines!

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> It would be a lot more sensible to advise the OP to phone the network
> operator & obtain the PUK code.

"My younger cousin was playing with my 6230 and managed to get the phone to
ask him for the phone's PUK code...

so he continued to play with it and now when I start the phone, all I see is
a message saying: "SIM CARD BLOCKED""

If he's entered the PUK code wrong too many times, the SIM is gone,
completely.
New SIM time.

-mark

P A N I C !!




"Mickey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> My younger cousin was playing with my 6230 and managed to get the phone to
> ask him for the phone's PUK code...
>
> so he continued to play with it and now when I start the phone, all I see
is
> a message saying: "SIM CARD BLOCKED"
>
> WHAT SHOULD I DO ?
>
> do I have to contact the retailer? or is there a code for releasing it??
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Mickey.
>
>

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also sprach Richard Colton <[email protected]> [2004.12.17.2250 +0100]:
> It would be a lot more sensible to advise the OP to phone the
> network operator & obtain the PUK code.

If you can obtain the PUK from your network operator, I'd love to
know your network operator. Also, give me your cell number so that
I can keep you posted!

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martin f krafft wrote:
> also sprach Richard Colton <[email protected]>
> [2004.12.17.2250 +0100]:
>> It would be a lot more sensible to advise the OP to phone the
>> network operator & obtain the PUK code.
>
> If you can obtain the PUK from your network operator, I'd love to
> know your network operator.

Er.. Any of them..!

Where else can the PUK be obtained..??!!!

> Also, give me your cell number so that
> I can keep you posted!

Eh..?


Ivor

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also sprach Ivor Jones <[email protected]> [2004.12.18.0405 +0100]:
> Er.. Any of them..!
>
> Where else can the PUK be obtained..??!!!

It's bound to a SIM card. It's the proof that you are the owner of
a SIM card. If an operator hands you the PUK for an existing SIM
card, he is violating the privacy agreement.

It would be like calling up your town hall and asking them to send
you your birth certificate.

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martin f krafft wrote:
> also sprach Ivor Jones <[email protected]> [2004.12.18.0405
> +0100]:
>> Er.. Any of them..!
>>
>> Where else can the PUK be obtained..??!!!
>
> It's bound to a SIM card. It's the proof that you are the owner of
> a SIM card. If an operator hands you the PUK for an existing SIM
> card, he is violating the privacy agreement.
>
> It would be like calling up your town hall and asking them to send
> you your birth certificate.

What a load of b******s. Where do *you* get the PUK from then..?!

Ivor

"martin f krafft" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> also sprach Mickey <[email protected]> [2004.12.17.2125 +0100]:
> > so he continued to play with it and now when I start the phone,
> > all I see is a message saying: "SIM CARD BLOCKED"
> >
> > WHAT SHOULD I DO ?
>
> Buy a new SIM card.

And get the money back from the little sod who was mucking about with your
phone, unless you had said he could use it, in which case let it be a lesson
to you not to let anyone borrow your phone.

:-)

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Brian

"martin f krafft" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> also sprach Richard Colton <[email protected]>
> [2004.12.17.2250 +0100]:
>> It would be a lot more sensible to advise the OP to phone the
>> network operator & obtain the PUK code.
>
> If you can obtain the PUK from your network operator, I'd love to
> know your network operator.

All of the network operators in the UK will supply the PUK codes on request
to the registered account holder.

> Also, give me your cell number so that
> I can keep you posted!

Yeah, right!

BTW, your sig is still borked.

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"martin f krafft" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> also sprach Ivor Jones <[email protected]> [2004.12.18.0405
> +0100]:
>> Er.. Any of them..!
>>
>> Where else can the PUK be obtained..??!!!
>
> It's bound to a SIM card.

Yes, that part's right.

> It's the proof that you are the owner of
> a SIM card. If an operator hands you the PUK for an existing SIM
> card, he is violating the privacy agreement.

Eh? Don't be daft. The PUK code is a security code that you are entitled
to have access to. In the UK, at least one of the network operators
supplies the PUK with their SIM cards. How the hell can an operator
supplying a PUK code to the account holder be a breach of any privacy
greement?

> It would be like calling up your town hall and asking them to send
> you your birth certificate.

No, a more accurate analogy would be asking your credit card issuer to
supply you with the PIN code for your card so that you can actually use the
thing. PUK's (and PIN's) should only be supplied to the account holder.

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On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 05:23:49 +0100, martin f krafft
<[email protected]> wrote:

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>also sprach Ivor Jones <[email protected]> [2004.12.18.0405 +0100]:
>> Er.. Any of them..!
>>
>> Where else can the PUK be obtained..??!!!
>
>It's bound to a SIM card. It's the proof that you are the owner of
>a SIM card. If an operator hands you the PUK for an existing SIM
>card, he is violating the privacy agreement.
>
>It would be like calling up your town hall and asking them to send
>you your birth certificate.

I've been given a PUK by my service provider over the phone. They went
through a few procedures to confirm my identity and then read the PUK
out to me. Where's the problem with that?

Chris

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also sprach Ivor Jones <[email protected]> [2004.12.18.0932 +0100]:
> What a load of b******s. Where do *you* get the PUK from then..?!

In a sealed envelope upon purchase of the SIM card. One time only.
Just like my parents got my notary-authenticated birth certificate
when my birth was registered, one time only.

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also sprach Richard Colton <[email protected]> [2004.12.18.0950 +0100]:
> > It's the proof that you are the owner of a SIM card. If an
> > operator hands you the PUK for an existing SIM card, he is
> > violating the privacy agreement.
>
> Eh? Don't be daft. The PUK code is a security code that you are
> entitled to have access to.

Yeah, and you should have gotten it from your operator with the SIM
card, and it was assigned to the SIM card before a number had been
associated, a contract written, or even a provider known.

So I am sorry if you misunderstood. Of course you get the PUK code.
It's just a problem if you can call up and get it just like that.
Identify questions can be answered by anyone with knowledge about
the identity.

If the provider hands out the PUK over the phone, it's a sign of
their incompetence. It also suggests that they know the PUK, to
which they are not entitled.

I am basing all this on German, French, and Swiss networks. However,
it's mostly all Vodafone, Orange, and <barf>T-Mobile, and so I'd
assume they have the same policies all over the place.



also sprach Richard Colton <[email protected]> [2004.12.18.0946 +0100]:
> All of the network operators in the UK will supply the PUK codes
> on request to the registered account holder.

How do you prove that you are the account holder?

> BTW, your sig is still borked.

How so?

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