Mobile Phone (Cellphone) Unlocking

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by Wayne82, May 8, 2007.

  1. Wayne82

    Wayne82 Sergeant Major

    I dont know if i should or should not be posting this question here. If its not allowed please can one of you mods remove it.

    I was wondering if anyone knows of a free way to unlock a mobile phone. When you buy them they are usually locked onto a certain network. For example mine is a Motorola locked on Orange.

    I know there are hundreds of companies on the internet which do this at a cost. Its usually £5 to £25 for the code and then you need the wire. I have got a Bluetooth USB Adapter but no wire to link with my phone.

    I was wondering if any of you geeks have any experience with this? Or can help me out with any advice?

    I dont think its fair you should pay for a phone then pay to change networks, its a bit of a con really isnt it?
     
  2. Grumbles

    Grumbles Bamboozled Geek

    The dodgy looking guy down the pub usually knows! ;)
    Sorry can't help any further :)
     
  3. ComfortablyDumb

    ComfortablyDumb Private E-2

    I dont know if this is something you are interested in but..

    There is a man in Utah who posts on another forum that is just all about cell phones, I dont know if I am allowed to tell the name of the forum or his user name....But he can unlock anything Motorola, and all I did was mail him my phone and return postage, and he unlocked it for free. I am sure he would take donations if someone wanted but he didnt charge me. I was in a hurry so I paid for overnight delivery both ways and he unlocked it and put it back in the mail the same day he recieved it.
     
  4. mcadam

    mcadam Major Amnesia

    Sorry mate, the closest I can get is a fiver at a market.
     
  5. bigbazza

    bigbazza R.I.P. 14/12/2011 - Good Onya Geek

    Maybe do a google search with "make and model of phone" and "unlock" as Search criteria.
    Bound to turn up something. :major Bazza
     
  6. Wayne82

    Wayne82 Sergeant Major

    Im interested! Could you PM me that addy please? ;)

    Thanks McAdam, its £10 on the market here but to be honest I begrudge paying the indian guy on the market to do something so simple on something I have allready paid in full for! I know it sounds tightfisted, but, well, I AM! :D

    Thanks also Bazza, a google search brings up nothing but pay sites and dodgy forums that make little or no sense! I tried, got fed up with rooting, and thats how come I asked here! Thanks though matey! ;)
     
  7. mcadam

    mcadam Major Amnesia

    Mail it down here, I'll get it done cheap for ya ;)
     
  8. Wayne82

    Wayne82 Sergeant Major

    Yeah cool, want my bank details too? :D
     
  9. mcadam

    mcadam Major Amnesia

    Well, only if you're offering ;)
     
  10. canary_joe

    canary_joe Private E-2


    A fiver? Had to pay twenty notes at out local market and i'm not a million miles from you
     

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