ive accidently locked my phone when i messed up with the pin code
not a single phone lock, its the lock that you see when you open Settings -> Phone, and you make "v" this square over there.
what do i do to unlock it?
please help me!
thanks in advance.
Very Easy
Call your provider and they will show you how to unlock it......I did this too a long time ago....as soon as you get through it should only take a few minutes...I promise....just tell them that you accidently locked your sim card and they will know what to do>>>.
Peace
Mike
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Hi,
I recently purchased a second hand MDA compact that was locked to T-mobile. After using the "all in one simlock tool" (from this site) I tried my vodafone sim card and it stated "invalid or missing sim". After various soft resets and hard resets and re-running the tool it would still not recognise my vodafone sim.
I then tried a friends contract t-mobile sim card in my phone to make sure all was well and it asked for the pin number. My friend entered his pin and it came up "Phone locked please enter PUK code". My friend then put his sim card back in his phone and enetered his pin as normal and all was working fine ? I have tried this several time with t-mobile sims and the same happens to them all but when put back in their normal phones everything works as normal.
I have even called t-mobile for help (no laughing please) and as you guessed I got no further forward.
Appologies if this is a widely covered topic or in the wrong section, i have searched and read loads of stuff but I am still stuck.
Please help me to unlock phone...
anyone :?
try this
Try this:
With the phone off, press the camera button and hold it in
Now press the power button for 5-10 seconds
Let go the power button
If the screen comes up with 3 color bars, connect the phone to your computer and run your favorite firmware.
Let us know the results...
Newbie question... Firmware compared to ROM?
Hi all,
I would be very interested in knowing the result of this last advice you gave as i am fighting to unlock my SPV3000 from Orange and may end up locking it with PUK request at the end...
Anyway, my question before I reach this stage is: What are you really talking about when you say "Run firmware"?
Do you mean flash your PPC again with a ROM like Mr Clean one or is it something else? And where should we find such firmware?
Just in case I may have to follow your advice soon... ;-)
When i boot up the phone, it shows the please input your pin code thing..but then continues booting anyways? It used to allow me to put my pin code in first? Whats going on, and how do i fix it so it allows me to put in the pin before it boots?!
Same problem here.
Me too.
The quick and dirty fix I found is to remove the PIN request and set a phone lock code instead. The phone will always wait for the lock code on startup. The good thing with this is it locks the phone without regards to what SIM card you use. (You can call you SP and request a SIM card disable, right, but not a phone lock)
You can set a timeout for the lock. Additionally, whenever you connect the phone to a new computer it will lock the phone. Good anti-theft mechanism, but I'm sure it's easy to remove if you really want to.
I think it's a generic problem on this phone. I just push the call button again to get the PIN dialog up once more.
sad to hear this is a common problem as it poses a security threat..unless you take other measures. but inputting 2 passwords is quite annoying..ill just wait i guess... does anyone else have problems also that when on 3G the phone appears switched off if someone were to call and it doesnt connect properly?
I just purchased HTC Cingular 8525 and was told that it was unlocked. Well it is unlocked to the sim card that it arrived to me with, but when I put my sim card (from different carrier) in it, it asked for the pass code. Being an idiot to all of this, I started trying to put the number in that would unlock my old phone.
After a lot of searching, I found that I only have so many tries to unlock and then it is bricked. Okay, my screen says "you have tried 5 times, please wait until timeout". Does that mean that I have bricked it? I paid for someone to give me the code but the screen still says the above. There is a box for entering the code and the curser is flashing and it will allow me to input the number, but when I press enter nothing changes.
Is it bricked or just still locked? What can I do to fix this? Please help an idiot before I pull any more of my hair out on this.
Thanks,
Dona
Not bricked at all. Just locked, you will need the PUK code to unlock it probably.
Contact your carrier (Orange, O2 etc) and ask them for your PUK code
dona123 said:
I just purchased HTC Cingular 8525 and was told that it was unlocked. Well it is unlocked to the sim card that it arrived to me with, but when I put my sim card (from different carrier) in it, it asked for the pass code. Being an idiot to all of this, I started trying to put the number in that would unlock my old phone.
After a lot of searching, I found that I only have so many tries to unlock and then it is bricked. Okay, my screen says "you have tried 5 times, please wait until timeout". Does that mean that I have bricked it? I paid for someone to give me the code but the screen still says the above. There is a box for entering the code and the curser is flashing and it will allow me to input the number, but when I press enter nothing changes.
Is it bricked or just still locked? What can I do to fix this? Please help an idiot before I pull any more of my hair out on this.
Thanks,
Dona
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You will have to call your carrier. Be carefull because if you enter the wrong code to many times, you'll fry the sim card. So, if you cant get the puk code from the carrier, you'll have to replace the sim.
Just so ya know, the PUK code is relative to the sim card security. It just means what it's been asking for is YOUR pin code that you would at some time have applied to your sim card to secure it from prying eyes. Any phone you put your sim card in should ask for it each time the phone is turned on.
The other code that is a possibility here is if the previous owner of the HTC entered a security code to prevent other sim cards being used in their phone. It may be worth contacting the person you got the phone off and asking them for the PHONE security code they would have set.
I must say that it seems unusual for a second hand phone to be sold with an old sim still in it. The sim card is the previous owners personal account so any info left on it might also be available for you to access. I'd certainly not sell a phone without making sure the old personal data had been removed (including the sim, even if it was no longer activated).
my 8525 needed an eight digit number my code number was four digits So four 0's in front of it did the trick
Mi hermes show NO GSM helme
if update from original ROM and brick in 11%
if update radio brick in 0%
Help me please...
Hi,
Need a bit of help!
Have attempted to unlock my phone using this guide... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=395945
But I get to the radio update stage, and the phone wont complete the upgrage.
So I took the phone to a phone shop locally and they had the same problem. They said the best option was to get an unlock code from HTC direct and that should unlock it.
Picked the phone up the other day and was told that HTC couldnt provide a code for my phone.
Phoned T-Mobile who were able to provide an unlocking code, went to turn the phone on with another sim inside and get a message saying that the incorrect code has been entered 6 times and I have to wait for timeout. How long does it take to time out?!
Thanks in advance for any advice!
Ok if you are reading this thanks.
Anyway...
I just got the ZTE Z222 AT&T GoPhone and i wanted to put a PIN on it. I didn't know there already was a PIN on the phone so I wanted to put a new one. I tried and tried and it didnt work. Now i need to "unblock" my sim.( It says" SIM CARD BLOCKED" underneath an animation of a SIM card and i if i press any button i go to a screen where i have to" Enter Network Unlock Code(16 digits) Remaining :3"(again all of this is on the screen) what do I do PLEASE I AM BEGGING WITH ALL OF MY STRENGTH TELL ME WHAT TO DO.(AT&T DOESN'T HAVE A PAGE ON THIS)PLEASEPLEASE I dont have a camera so sorry no pictures.
thisisspart said:
Ok if you are reading this thanks.
Anyway...
I just got the ZTE Z222 AT&T GoPhone and i wanted to put a PIN on it. I didn't know there already was a PIN on the phone so I wanted to put a new one. I tried and tried and it didnt work. Now i need to "unblock" my sim.( It says" SIM CARD BLOCKED" underneath an animation of a SIM card and i if i press any button i go to a screen where i have to" Enter Network Unlock Code(16 digits) Remaining :3"(again all of this is on the screen) what do I do PLEASE I AM BEGGING WITH ALL OF MY STRENGTH TELL ME WHAT TO DO.(AT&T DOESN'T HAVE A PAGE ON THIS)PLEASEPLEASE I dont have a camera so sorry no pictures.
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Looks like your Rom is messed up. Make a Backup of your contacts and flash the stock rom.
Then your phone should normally run again.