Hi, anyone go the code yet, as I just got mine, a 9 digit code which does not work. The Ameo appears to only want 8 digits, so I tried the last 8 as the first digit appears a little different to the others, none work.
The number TM give in the letter for problems is out of order, and a patronising women on 150 is about as much use as tits on a frog.
Any one able to post (or PM) me the code you got so I can compare and see if any combo of mine will work.
Also, anyone know how many attempts are allowed, I am up to 3 so far and the TM letter says you should only make 3....
As far as I'm aware, unlock codes for any phone are linkd to your IMEI so will be no generic code that will unlock your phone.
Persevere through 150, speak to supervisors, team leaders, managers scream, shout etc.
Try and get them now whle they can still help, you can get your arse they're not gonna help if you lock out the phone by using more attempts than they tell you to.
Sure, I understand that they are specific, just want to know if other people got 8 digit or 9 digit.
Am doing the other stuff, am am awaiting a call back from the directors office now.
Kev
kevwright said:
Sure, I understand that they are specific, just want to know if other people got 8 digit or 9 digit.
Am doing the other stuff, am am awaiting a call back from the directors office now.
Kev
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I got a code with 8 digits.
Still waiting...
Hi,
I'm still waiting for my code. Can anyone tell me how long they waited for their T-Mobile UK unlock code?
When it comes I'll let you know how it works......
Cheers,
Steve
Thanks for the comments, I phoned the head office number given on www.saynoto0870.com and was put through to the Directors office.
A nice lady said "oh, the unlock team sit right next to me" let me call you back.
She did so a few mins later and we discovered that the code I was given had an extra digit in the middle and once we knew this I waited for the device to come back and ask for the code, and all was well.
So we at least know you can have 4 attempts without a problem.
Oh, the code came by post in a T-Mobile envelope and took about 3 weeks.
Kev
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
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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...
Well, the story goes like this:
Bought a g1 and the second logical step was to put in cyanogen. After a while I thought that an unlocked phone would be even better. Went online and purchased the unlock code and tried to use it while running cyanogen. Did not work. Flashed to rc29, tried again, did not work. Then I went to another unlock provider and this guy, gave me the same code as the first, based on my IMEI ( I don't have a fake IMEI), he tried it as well and did not work. Then he searched for different version of the code based on the IMEI for different htc products ( it seems that they have some accounts with htc and for IMEI they receive the unlock code). We also tried it with a goldcard which only made my g1 scream that I don't have a simcard inside.
Bottom line, did cyanogen mood do something to the unlock procedure ( hard locked the phone on tmobile - on tmobile the phone works fine) ? Or I just happened to have a weird phone, Thank you.
Btw, my unlock code is 92179512. Feel free to try it. It would be funny as hell if it were to unlock someone elses phone, and if it does, let me know as well.
I unlocked my phone on a MUCH older version of CM, so I wouldnt be able to tell you if anything has changed to effect the process. However, if you're a TMO customer, you do know that after 90 days they will GIVE you the unlock code for free, right?
I also have unlocked it on Cyanogen mod, but I believe I was on 4.2.7.1 at the time.... not that long ago really.... but T-Mobile does indeed give away the unlock code for free, and it worked flawlessly.
Neither the ROM, SPL or radio can effect the simlock. It's not Cy's ROM that's causing the problem...
What do you mean 'it doesn't work'? Does the phone reject the code?
Thank you for the reply. Well the problem is that I don't have a contract with Tmobile since I don't have the money for it. I bought it off from someone and used Tmobile prepaid sim card, which works fine. And, because of that, Tmobile won't provide me with an unlock code .
Regarding the code, when I type in the code it says network unlock unsuccessful, so I can't do much about it. I'm trying to update to the latest stock donut and see what happens.
Ah that sucks :-( I really can't of any options for you, since any codes generated will always be the same...
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Thank you for the reply. Well the problem is that I don't have a contract with Tmobile since I don't have the money for it. I bought it off from someone and used Tmobile prepaid sim card, which works fine. And, because of that, Tmobile won't provide me with an unlock code .
Regarding the code, when I type in the code it says network unlock unsuccessful, so I can't do much about it. I'm trying to update to the latest stock donut and see what happens.
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notice in the replies above, that cyanogen nor spl, nor anything software related can change your unlock status.
you already have an unlock code, and since you've had it generated from two different sources, i believe that code is correct for THAT IMEI number. that being said, did you copy the imei number from the sticker on the inside, or from what the phone shows in "PHONE INFO" ? I'd make sure they both match.
i also have a phone that is flacky about SIMs. haven't found an explanation yet, I think some of the boards have bad solder joints, or there is another hardware problem that causes similar errors. no proof yet.
try a friends Tmo sim card, and if his is recognized, and allows data connection, you'll know it's your phone that is locked, and that all the hardware is working. i'll bet you entered the wrong code because the sticker inside was wrong, or you fat fingered it. just a guess.
good luck, please update the thread when/if you find a definite answer.
I would bet the IMEI on the sticker and on the board are different... where did you buy said phone and for how much? It could very well be a refurb, which will have bits and pieces from several different phones, and thus could have the SIM locked guts for phone 666 and the case from phone 888 type thing.
Yep, checked it 10 times the first time I bought the code online. The same imei in about this phone is on the sticker. After I saw it did not work, I went to a local unlock shop around my place and the guy there checked it again more than 6 times. So.. weird eh? And both guys got the same code from HTC based on that IMEI
Sounds like this may be a hardware error. If that is the unlock that is generated then it should just work. The unlock does not really pertain to the rom or anything else that people usually mod. Also, maybe ask that dude why he was giving up that phone, maybe there is really something wrong with it.
the only other thing left is get an turbo unlocker chip that sits between SIM and phone
pain in ass to install but I have done it with out cutting the SIM card
I am guessing someone had typed the code in incorectly .. they can be permiatly locked if wrong code has been entered
also just because it was another person does not mean their MEI source wasn't the same
I guess they worked out they work ,,, I payed $5 for mine .. now 4x the price
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/NEXT-SIM-TUR...wItemQQptZPDA_Accessories?hash=item4cec3cab8c
The unlock codes sources are all the same. I lost over 100$ trying to get unlock codes from them but 80% of them don't work (only the ones for htc phones). I use a turbo sim with my G1 and is really easy to install. just buy one and cut your sim where the CHIP from the turbo sim is located. It works flawlessly.
Im just throwing this out there to say that I was able to successfully unlock my g1 with CM 4.2.10.1
Other than that I would just be repeating what was already said if I was to give any advice.
Best of luck man.
If you live close to pasadena
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Yep, checked it 10 times the first time I bought the code online. The same imei in about this phone is on the sticker. After I saw it did not work, I went to a local unlock shop around my place and the guy there checked it again more than 6 times. So.. weird eh? And both guys got the same code from HTC based on that IMEI
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You're welcome to try it with my sim card. But you're probably far far away.
tmo will give out unlock code
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I unlocked my phone on a MUCH older version of CM, so I wouldnt be able to tell you if anything has changed to effect the process. However, if you're a TMO customer, you do know that after 90 days they will GIVE you the unlock code for free, right?
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Actually, they will give you an unlock code after 90 days of being a customer and every 90 after the last time you got an unlock code. They will give you an unlock code the same day you buy the phone if you meet those requirements.
Sorry if this is irrelevant to the rest of the thread, but assuming I unlock on JF 1.5 (yea I'm behind) to ATT, and wipe everything to install a HeroUI ROM of some sort, will the unlock still be in effect or will I need to unlock the phone again?
Thanks.
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Sorry if this is irrelevant to the rest of the thread, but assuming I unlock on JF 1.5 (yea I'm behind) to ATT, and wipe everything to install a HeroUI ROM of some sort, will the unlock still be in effect or will I need to unlock the phone again?
Thanks.
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You'll be ok.
I actually like JUST did it on a coworkers(I admit, going from WiMo to Android is a learning curve, but its easy), he got his from craigslist, had JF 1.5 on it. He used it for like a week, complained about sluggishness (he did have like 20 apps constantly running) Anyway, after a few beers and lurking here (it was when I was deciding what HTC to get) we decided to go to CM (latest build). Everything went fine step by step.
I cannot vouch for your particular ROM but for CM it was fine.
After waiting a good three weeks, I finally got an unlock code for my phone BUT the code I got has one too many digits! So, the unlock screen doesn't accept the entire code (only taking eight of the nine digits). I am wondering if the rep made a mistake or if there is a trick to this that I am unaware of. Any ideas?
Is the first digit a zero per chance? If so, obviously try leaving it out. Also don't enter the code incorrectly too many time or your phone will become inoperable. I suggest re-requesting the unlock code and waiting it out.
Make sure you gave them the correct IMEI number as well. That is the one thing that screws up unlock codes more than anything.
I bought a LS997 (Sprint) v20 that was supposed to be unlocked, it was not. I saw on these forums people posting SIM unlock success with LGSIMUNLOCK.COM so I figured it was worth a try since 13 dollars wasn't much. After 13 hours they sent me an email saying my model was "super encrypted" version of the phone and they would need an additional 13 from me in order to bribe the carrier, I guess. I obliged and provided the extra money. About 18 hours into the order they sent me an 8 digit code and an apk to download that was labeled Network Unlock. I followed their instructions to a T at least 20 times with no luck and emailed back saying nothing was changing. They assured me they have a 100% success rate and that it must be my fault for having a custom ROM, which I don't by any means because it was an OTA update for one, and for two my second screen still worked... So I was unhappy after a few emails back and forth they decided they would send in for a new Unlock Code, while in the mean time k started doing research to find out that Sprints codes usually consist of 6 letters and not 8 nor do they require random unlock .apks. At that point I started trouble shooting the apk they sent me, I uninstalled and reinstalled about a few times and tried 00000000 on the network, and the app reacted exactly the same way saying my device was "Permanently Unlocked", interesting.... So then I took the phone off of wifi with no network attachment and tried a 0000 four digit random unlock code and the app still acted like it was connecting the network which was impossible since I had no connection and STILL tried to get me to believe that my phone had been permenantley unlocked. At this point I'm ready to call this website a scam and it's been a week since I returned the phone and requested a full refund and they are still telling me to remain patient that when Sprint is done updating their network or website they well return a working code for me that I don't even need anymore. Do not use this website unless you have 15-30 dollars you are ready to part with for no reason..
Gentlemens, keep in mind, lgsimunlock - scammers!
for $ 13 undertook to unlock the H-830 (unlock app) with clean imei-esn, as a result, after an "unsuccessful attempt",
on the demand for a refund of money, it is written that they sent the request to the operator. Already passed more than 35 days! the result is a loss of money.
Be careful.
lgsimunlock.com fraudulent website
Same situation, Be patient! Don't order, just will get 8 digit number that works only with their "app" to get a permanent unlock. However after you restart the phone it is still locked. The only way is to open a dispute on PayPal and nearly 50% of success that you will get your money back.