Hi.
I just got my MDA Compact III, which is Sim-locked by the Dutch T-mobile.
1. I was wondering if anyone managed to Sim-unlock such a device, and how.
(I found some threads, but I'm not really sure anyone really succeeded)
2. Does SIM-unlocking remove guarantee/warranty (how do you call this in English...)?
Thanks for all help!
Hi,
You can unlock your device through imei-check.co.uk. This will cost you aprox. 20 euros.
The device will be sim-unlocked and cid-unlocked.
This will violate your warranty and there's no Dutch T-mobile rom available.
Regards,
Raymond
Hi Raymond,
Thanks for your reply!
Did you really have experienced any warranty problems after sim-unlocking? I heard that most of the time you can still use the repair-option included in the 2-year warranty.
Is the sim-lock again applied after a repair/firmware update? And could you use the sim-unlock tool from imei-check.co.uk again?
Greetings!
makebelieve said:
Hi Raymond,
Thanks for your reply!
Did you really have experienced any warranty problems after sim-unlocking? I heard that most of the time you can still use the repair-option included in the 2-year warranty.
Is the sim-lock again applied after a repair/firmware update? And could you use the sim-unlock tool from imei-check.co.uk again?
Greetings!
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If the IMEI number did not change, because they had to replace the mainboard of your phone or something, then there will be no problem to unlock your phone again if you still have the .unl file.
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Hi my question is is there a way to reinstall the simlock for t-mobile .nl
my mda is giving me problems keeps getting hard resets 3-4 times a week i have never had this problem with the rom i am using its been perfect for 7 months now
luckally i have a copy of the original t-mobile rom but i dont know a way to reinstall the simlock for the device.
The device is still under warrenty, But as you all probably know if you mess about with it the warranty voids.
I know for certian its not a software problem but definitly hardware related.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanx in advance.
I have never known the suppliers to check for simlock before replacing faulty phone.
hi there
i m not sure if this issue has been raised or not, i have just got new mda vario which has rom of 2.24 something...it look like it is latest one t mobile have so far...the problme is that rom is stoping use unlocking software lockwiz......everytime i perfrom unlock everything goes well just in the end you get message error copying some file call ITMnager due to Disk Write protected and phone reboots but no luck and it is still locked
can some one please help
thanx
If you actually bothered to read the threads you'd know that CID unlocking doesn't work with 2.x Roms. You need to downgrade or buy CID unlock from imeicheck (on the internet)
thnx
thnx man i just unlocked my mda vario here in the netherlands its verry difficult but with this program evverything works right thnx
I purchased the unlocker from imeicheck and I cannot downgrade or change my ROM from the tmobile 2.2 one!
sporkguy said:
I purchased the unlocker from imeicheck and I cannot downgrade or change my ROM from the tmobile 2.2 one!
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Why waste money on imeicheck? LokiWiz3a is available and works, better sponsor those guys
I did my Tmobile MDA vario with latest NL ROM yesterday - works great !
I bought my MDA Compact III from Austria...i asked the girl from t-mobile to unlock the phone as I am from Romania...and she deblocked it and i use it now with Orange Romania...i can use it with all the networks...but i have A HUGE PROBLEM i don't know a word in german so can someone help me change the ROM..the updater always gives me Error 244 Invalid Model Id
ROM-Version: 1.13.112.1 GER
ROM-Date:9/22/06
Modell-Nr.: ARTE110
hi there,
you need to cid-unlock your machine in order to be able to flash other compatible roms, i.e. an english rom like tmouk or dopod p800w from the wiki.
afaik, from my own experience imeicheck.co.uk will help you in a zip, though charge you for it. see: http://www.imei-check.co.uk/c3unlock.php
are the only ones that can help momentarrily. the board though is working on other hopefull solutions, though cant say when its successfully done!
p.s.: the deblocking done by the sales lady only allows you to use another provider/sim than the tmobile ones!!!
Thank you
how did you get the lady to unlock your phone?
do you have to pay anything?
regards
take from this!!!
http://member.htc.com/ruudownload/t-mobile/TMobileWM6Step1-TMA.aspx
Hi everyone.
I have an Orange SPV M700 with WM6, Tengo Free and Tom Tom v6. All working nicely, thanks to all the help on this forum!!
I have one last problem, i have ordered a t-mobile PAYG sim card so i need to unlock my phone for it to work.
I have read the big thread about the CID unlocker and seems some people have been having problems with it uncluding myslef.
Can anyway give me the download that will work or a link to it??? I just want to to able to use t-mobile sim in my phone, but don't want to give orange £20 for privelage.
Cheers a lot guys.
As far as I've been lead to believe once you've flashed the WM6 you should be sim unlocked. That may (assuming I'm correct) be why you've had problems CID unlocking after updating as you're already unlocked.
To upgrade to WM^ i used the three files at the top pf the related thread. Not sure if any of those CID unlocked. Tried a virgin mobiel sim in it and didn't work?
Some phones won't unlock the SIM even with CID Unlockers. HTC, O2 and Voda tend to be unlocked by default; Orange and T-Mobile phones are supplied SIM locked.
I've done the WM6/Radio update and my SPV M700 remains SIM locked to Orange.
I think the only effective way over this is to pay £20 to IMEICheck for a full SuperCID Unlock. Their service is superb if you are willing to pay the price!
Download this and follow the instructions (1 step really) ... http://pof.eslack.org/trinity-unlocker/
Mine is an Orange M700, was SIM and CID locked with original Orange ROM. Ran the above unlocker and could use any SIM on Orangae ROM. Then updated with WM6 and new radio ROM and the phone is still SIM unlocked and SuperCID unlocked. No need to pay any money for this simple thing.
kta said:
Download this and follow the instructions (1 step really) ... http://pof.eslack.org/trinity-unlocker/
Mine is and Orange M700, was SIM and CID locked with original Orange ROM. Ran the above unlocker and could use any SIM on Orangae ROM. Then updated with WM6 and new radio ROM and the phone is still SIM unlocked and CID unlocked. No need to pay an money for this simple thing.
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Cool- I'd missed that one! Know he did one for the Hermes
One thing to watch if you are paranoid about Warranties, is that this version works by updating the Radio ROM, which technically is a warranty breach (though as most Orange Techs are so ignorant about these devices, they'd probably not know anyway!)
nice am goin to give it a try
Hi
Check the link on my signature - has SIM-unlocked my Orange UK SPV M700.
Andy
Hi there,
I already searched for similar problems and haven't found here, that's why I created this thread.
I'm in Japan using a X01ht pre-December 06 and missed to update the ROM shipped by Softbank at the end of last year. Now I need to use data connection and want to get the update but don't want to send my phone to Softbank, so anyone of you could send me the file to update or tell me another method? Another issue, my phone is SIM unlocked by Pof's unlocker but not CID unlocked, because I don't want to void the warranty at the moment. I intend to CID unlock it in the future when moving out of Japan, in this case, if I use SB's uptaded ROM it won't interfere, right?
Cheers,
GG
No need to CID unlock. Check it.
Ok, but where to get the ROM or ExtRom to get my data connection back? tks