Hi,
I have just bought an O2 mini s from ebay which only says its O2 sim lock.
However, I couldn't get it to connect to the network with my O2 sim, no signal at all.
I'm starting to think the phone IMEI is being block, but I'm not sure.
How can I know if the phone IMEI is being blocked from the network and not just sim lock.
Thanks
i'm not sure there is anyway, if it is blocked it means the phone is stolen and you should report whoever you bought it from to eBay and the police!
Just in case its a problem with your sim i would try running lokiwiz 0.2b on it as this will remove the sim and CID locks from the phone then if its still not working you need to contact the authorities
Lokiwiz is available in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=33796
Hi,
Have you checked that it is not on flight mode???
Just a suggestion, you never know it could be the simplest of thing!!!!
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Hello this is my first post.
Anyway I want to bid for a I-mate Pocket PC on ebay but the guy selling it says................. "#NOTE# That this pocket pc is blocked on Australian GSM networks. Though the phone handset is blocked, GPRS is still useable and all PDA functions work".
Will i be able to unblock the imate so i can use my vodafone sim and use it to call people.And also can some one tell me how can it be blocked in Australia?
Please this is urgant!!!
thnx for helping.
that device is not a wallaby device but a himalaya device so it's kinda in the wrong forum
i've never heard about a block where gprs still worked not sure how it could be
if it's just sim locked then read this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=24779
if it's imei locked which phones reported stolen are then not sure if there is anything you can do but if it's imai locked then gprs not work
Hello..
I last night put my phone onto "flight mode" so that i was not distrubed in the night if a text came through....
this morning i set it back to normal but the network reception reported NO SERVICE
when it had not come back this evening.... i put my sim in a different phone and used a different network's sim card in my pda.... NO SERVICE was reported for this as well but the sim that was placed in the other phone registered on o2 as soon as the phone was switched on
I've only just bought my MDA but off ebay... although it was new i am unable to contact the seller... please can anybody help??
email me to [email protected] or [email protected] if anybody can help
Thanks
MORE info re above
Hi again
In my frustration I have swapped sims again and this time put VODAFONE pay as you go sim in the MDA Magician above.... It found the network and i was able to ring/text from it.....
On putting the O2 Sim Back into the MDA it said NO SERVICE again.....
But using that very same sim in my nokia finds a network.....
The MDA is originally a TMOBILE one that has been unlocked...
ANY help on this would be very appreciated as I'm very annoyed that it's stopped working.
Thank you
Soft reset?
Although, I think taking your batter out and swapping sims may count as a soft reset.
Thanks for the reply - but again that did not solve it... besides to eliminate this i did a HARD RESET as well and re configured it....
I've even RE UNLOCKED it in case this was the problem
(its a T MOBILE PDA) with an O2 SIM IN...... I bought it in November time and unlocked it the same time... My O2 Sim has been working ok in it until the other night when i decided to put it in "flight mode"(so i wasn't disturbed at night)
Im suspecting that it anything to do with IMEI number vs SIM CARD number? Could this have been blocked somehow to that phone?
Its very confusing as it WORKS with VODA sim and DOESNT with O2 yet the SAME O2 sim works in my old nokia 6610.... aaarggghhhh!! LOL
If your MDA works with a Vodafone SIM, it certainly can't be blacklisted for all UK networks since it picks up Vodafone. Secondly, it sounds more like a SIM card issue relating strictly to the MDA. What happens when you try another O2 SIM card in the same MDA?
Make sure the O2 SIM hasn't been damaged in some way, if all fails you might want to take the MDA to T-Mobile to see if they can determine whether its IMEI has been blacklisted for certain networks. Otherwise a ROM upgrade may also help fix the problem.
Good Luck
My guess is that your magician is reported & listed as stolen. Probably not all providers are using the same list with blocked IMEI numbers. Which can explain that one sim works & the other doesn't though works in an other phone.
See if you can find a list for your country on the web. There are some references to such lists in this forum.
Regards, M
check which band your phone is using....
go Phone>Options>band> then select auto
Hi I'm new user of T-Mobile Wing. I found a thread on this forum that most of T-mobile wing don't have simlock. I get my sim card from era (polish carrier) and put inside wing. Then turned on and everything is working. It has found a service. But I still have some doubts. One is that the service name is T-mobile ( which is normal in my nokia using era because of roaming policy of my carrier) but I'm not sure if I leave USA the phone will work or not. I'm not sure how sim lock work here in USA. Should the phone report problem with other sim card when I turn it on? Or maybe it will stop working when I will come back to Poland.
From the other side when I put T-mobile sim card into my old nokia which is locked, the phone reported error "device is secured, please provide code" ( <- this is free translation from my polish)
I assume the same sittuation should appear in case of wing with era sim card, but it is my first pda and I don't know if in this case my assumptions are correct.
Thanks in advance for your answers.
yes its sim locked
you can get it unlocked so it does thru some companys try search in google.
So why right now when I put sim card from different carrier I'm able to use the phone and make calls??
yep. I've got wing registered in era without any unlocking.
huh. thats really strange. it may be some weird kind of roaming. update when you receive your phone bill? If it's kind of ridiculous, you know you need to sim unlock.
I believe that if you get a tmobile sim(prepaid or borrow one?) you can ask them to give you the simlock code and they will
hi guys, i really need help on this, i bought my x1 from ebay, it has a vodafone logo on the box and the phone. i already tried flashing the phone succefully to a generic one but when i insert my o2 sim card into the phone and choose the network, it says cannot register to network, please choose something else, and i am unable to call out or do anything else.
so i went and got an unlock code, restored the phone back to the vodafone rom, but when i put in the o2 sim card there's no prompt which asks for my unlock code, and still when i try to choose my network it say unable to register?
i really need help with this, i have all the flashing tools and roms files, and also an unlock code. can someone help me pleaseeeeee..........
If it's a vodafone uk one then it's already unlocked.
However it may have had it's IMEI blacklisted? ie if it was stolen etc..
Best thing might be to speak to o2 or VF and see if it is.
Have you tried another sim? does it recognise this one?
My bet goes to blacklisted IMEI. Sorry dude.
hey i'm just curious... if a phone's imei is blacklisted, that only makes the phone useless if you're using that service provider? like if it was blacklisted by voda, could i just pop a tmobile sim in?
ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, i just checked on the checkmend website. the phone is freaking blocked! the damn seller!
figurine said:
hey i'm just curious... if a phone's imei is blacklisted, that only makes the phone useless if you're using that service provider? like if it was blacklisted by voda, could i just pop a tmobile sim in?
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not as far as i'm aware , in the uk it goes on a central database
if you paid using paypal your purchase is protected... double protected if you paid by credit card first contact the seller, if you have no response file a complaint on ebay.
Cheers
Steve
Hello, i've been searching the forums for an answer to this question but with no luck.
I have two HTCs, A Blackstone and an Elf. Both are now running WM6.5 roms. The Blackstone is running one of Stonehenges. I'm unsure which one the Elf is running.
Both phones were originally on the Orange network in the UK and today I received a giffgaff sim which runs on the O2 network.
For both phones, they turn on fine, there is no message for an unrecognised sim or a request for an unlock code. Once in WM, the phone does not connect to the mobile or mobile web connections. If I try to access the phone settings I get the "Phone not ready. Try again in 15 seconds". This is always the case so I cannot access these.
So is my phone unlocked? Or maybe I've received a dud sim? Is there anyway I can check these purely in the software? Is there a registry setting I can read to see if the phone is Sim Unlocked? Does WM6.5 have the same "Enter Unlock Code" function as WM6.0?
Thank you for your help.
Check SIM on any unlocked "stupid" phone.
Check SIM on any unlocked smartphone.
In both cases it has to connect to the O2 network.
If it does not, SIM is not working correctly.
If it does, your phone(s) is(are) Orange locked.