Thread: Unlocking Your Mobile Phone [problem]

Where did you get the email address from?

Which model mobile phone?

Almost all phones that can be unlocked remotely can be done for free [I shouldn't be saying this, it is one of my sites to be launched soon] if you
know where to look for the software.

The only phones that you have to pay for remotely are WM6 devices that can be locked remotely, because the software has been developed by a Scottish [I believe] company and is device & serial [IMEI] specific.

All other phones require cables that you can either buy online or go into a store to unlock them.

The only exception to unlocking remotely is if you enter the incorrect code too many times, then the phone will get locked "permanently" so that it requires a cable - or going into a store - to be unlocked.

The other option for all phones that can be remotely unlocked and some more is calling your operator and paying £20-£50 for them to give you a specific operator unlock code. Most stores charge less than that though.

If you tell me the make & model I'll tell you which category the phone comes into.

oo can you tell me mine, it is a nokia 6300 Ta muchly

Originally Posted by Lula

oo can you tell me mine, it is a nokia 6300 Ta muchly

Depends which one. Behind the battery it will tell you which exact model it is. Even though it's a 6300 in might be a 6310 behind the battery. The following in that range can be unlocked remotely - any other's require a cable [or maybe the network might be able to supply a code, but that's no use if it's second hand or you have an unpaid bill];

- 6310i [NPL-1]
- 6310 [NPE-4]
- 6310e [NPE-4E]
[If it's not a 6300 or 6310 then tell me, it could be a 6340, though that is rare].

it says rm-217

Originally Posted by postggj

hi legalpickle
some say yes , some say no

can a phone on the 3 network be unlocked and used say on vodaphone

I was not saying that phone can't be unlocked, only not remotely by somebody other than operator.

Yes & No. Depends on the phone. If unlocked it will ruin the 3G and it won't work on 3 again. Most require cable.

Some can use an unlocking chip, instead of a cable, meaning that no computer access is necessary.

Originally Posted by Lula

it says rm-217

To the best of my knowledge no. This requires a cable or network unlock.

Originally Posted by legalpickle

To the best of my knowledge no. This requires a cable or network unlock.

oh bugger, it would do wouldn't it lol oh well, thanks anyway

this forum does not get involved in phone unlocking, take it to a phone shop you cant do it yourself with N series

Originally Posted by clee

does anyone know a free way to unlock my lg u990 viewty. Its locked to '3'

thank you

Only the older LG's (and I mean really old!) can be unlocked remotely. By remotely I mean you supply somebody the IMEI (serial number), make, model, network & country it's locked to and they send you a code to unlock it.

Any phone locked to 3 is a problem to unlock, as unlocking it will muck up the phone and it will never work on 3 again. It doesn't make a difference if you can also get that phone on "normal" networks.

Personal opinion: Anything that's been on 3 anywhere in the world should be binned. 3 is crap and ruin everything about everything.

Originally Posted by clee

mm..not what I hope to hear but thanks for replying.
I heard phones can be flashed to get rid of everything so that it is factory default.
Is this an option - rather than binning it?

Nothing's an option with a phone on 3. It will wreck the phone software.

With other phones that can't be unlocked remotely, using a cable can unlock them.

But flashing to replace the software to factory default, does not necessarily remove the network lock. (It depends on the phone.) They are two different things. The reason people flash the phones is where the phone comes with loads of junk that the network provider puts on the phone.

Moving to telecoms forum...