Mobile Phone (Cellphone) Unlocking

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?

 

The dodgy looking guy down the pub usually knows!
Sorry can't help any further

 

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.

 

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

 

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

 

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!

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!

 

Mail it down here, I'll get it done cheap for ya

 

Yeah cool, want my bank details too?

 

Well, only if you're offering

 

I just googled 'motorola unlock code' and got loads of hits, including

http://www.mobile-phones-uk.org.uk/unlock-codes.htm

and

http://www.cellphonehacks.com/viewforum.php?f=7

If you own the handset I'd say you can do what you like with it. I had an old motorola unlocked by some guy on a market stall, but if you can do it for free, go for it. I did buy some unlocking software for a nokia once off ebay, but it didn't work.

 

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