i want to buy a xperia S and the seller says that the phone works with vodafone and O2 sims in the Uk...
So if it works with 2 different companies, probably is unlocked? Is that correct, right. Anyone from Uk?
Odp: is my phone simlocked or not?
First, wrong section. Second, ask seller. We aren't selling this phone. Third, name your thread normally...
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What ! >'< ,this is XU room , next room S _ _"
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O2 and Vodafone are totally different networks, so if it works on both it will be unlocked.
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hiya , ive just bought a xperia ray locked to orange network and want to unlock it so i can use my o2 simcard in it , ive searched loads of websites and the unlock codes are about £25 and take 10 days+ , so any advice to get it unlocked would be appreciated , i dont mind getting it rooted or anything if needed
Omnius. Unlock in second. £15 for one license.
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I paid £20 you can't do it for free
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Has anyone tried to use a different carriers sim in the amaze without unlocking it?
I came to Mexico for vacation and bought a phone here to use while I was here..
I didn't unlock my amaze to work with differents sim cards so I thought it wouldn't work.. well one day I got curious and switched out the t-mobile sim for a telcel ( name of the cell company in Mexico ).
Waited for it to boot and to my surprise it works, it has 4g and all.
I was wondering if this has happened to anyone else?..
The phone is S-off btw..
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I just bought one today, it's supposed to be unlocked, tried my tmobile sim but nothing,the Mobile Network box is greyed out, what to do?
Did you s-off your device it did you buy UT lie that? If you bought it lie that chances are it was unlocked by that person. If not you at 1 in a million
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Spastic909 said:
Did you s-off your device it did you buy UT lie that? If you bought it lie that chances are it was unlocked by that person. If not you at 1 in a million
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I'm the one and only owner, I s-off the phone myself, but never unlocked it due to that I don't travel much outside of the U.S.
Yea sms and mms work... Plus 4g speeds here are crazy fast...
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Little question
I have an HTC amaze from T-mobile and put in a telcel sim card, i can make and receive calls but i still dont have any luck with the data, APN's already set up and nothing, are you sure that you didnt unlock and only are S-Off?
If you're unbranded, your unlocked! If you're T-mobile branded, you weren't supposed to be unlocked, unless the precious person unloxked it for you.
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I am branded, calls working, just missing data....
Hi, I'm in the UK and looking at buying the xperia u for my sister. However it is locked on either o2 or Vodafone, depending on where I buy it from.
My question is how do I unlock the phone to make it sim free, I want to put a t mobile sim in there.
Do I root the phone to make it sim free? Or is there some other method.
Thanks for any help.
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Buy it from phones4u and it'll be unlocked. No rooting doesn't unlock
Also depending on what she wants it for the 'U' isn't that great really. If you're buying it out right then get an S off eBay. They go for only around 120-150 area
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O2 will unlock it for free if you have a contract with them (or get someone with a contract to do it).
CPW stock is also unlocked.
You have to install a Custom Rom
Qadir64 said:
You have to install a Custom Rom
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are you sure this will work?
Installing a custom rom or rooting the device will not make your phon sim free. If you want a network unlocked phone get it factory unlocked otherwis you will end paying for an unlocking service.
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In October 2012, the Librarian of Congress, who determines exemptions to a strict anti-hacking law called the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), decided that unlocking mobile phones would no longer be allowed. But the librarian provided a 90-day window during which people could still buy a phone and unlock it. That window closes on January 26.
Unlocking a phone frees it from restrictions that keep the device from working on more than one carrier's network, allowing it run on other networks that use the same wireless standard. This can be useful to international travellers who need their phones to work on different networks. Other people just like the freedom of being able to switch carriers as they please.
http://www.livescience.com/26541-unlocking-cellphones-becomes-illegal.html
Maybe this might wake some people up since it is tyranny that directly effects you .
Bad news for some countries....
But not a problem in mine.
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chepoz said:
Bad news for some countries....
But not a problem in mine.
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Same here
Also it just refers to SIM carrier unlock...
Not applicable on bootloaders
PREDATOR95 said:
Same here
Also it just refers to SIM carrier unlock...
Not applicable on bootloaders
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Yep, in my country some network provider made simlock just for chinese phone. But no one made for android. Good guy network provider....
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Hmmmm......Just one sentence comes in my mind.... " MARKETING STRATEGY "...............
Honestly it really is impressive to see how in some countries the governemental institutions can only act as businesses little *****es.
In my country, carriers are entitled by law to provide you with a way to unlock your phone 6 month after you signed the contract, on demand.
Thank god in Indonesia there is no Restriction for this... And i already Unlocks mine so it doesnt affect me
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Singgih4050 said:
Thank god in Indonesia there is no Restriction for this... And i already Unlocks mine so it doesnt affect me
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In India too there's no such thing as simlock except some of the phones that are provided for business purposes by the company where we work...so no worry for me..
Regards,
AJ
Well,in Croatia,we have simlocks all over the place
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shadik555 said:
Well,in Croatia,we have simlocks all over the place
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Bad luck buddy....
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AJ
in germany it is like this: when u buy a phone with ur contract that lasts at least 2 years (the contract) u get a simlock free phone on nearly all carriers, or you can buy it for the real price (like around 500 euros depending on the phone)
then we have these so called prepaid things, where have no contract in the classic way, and with these u only get simlocked phones, but the carriers have to provide the sim unlock code after 2 years
Yeah it really is different from country to country.
In France, where i'm from, you either buy a full-price phone, either the same phone at a cheaper price but simlocked. But 6 month or 1 year after the signing (depending on the contract), your operator HAVE TO give you the unlock method and the code if you ask.
In Japan, where i live, phones are created by constructor, but sold to operators, wich means each phone model is actually branded. Not only it is sim locked, it is completely hardware locked - for example, the Xperia Ray is only available at Docomo and will not work on the Softbank network. Once your contract is over, well, you either sign again with the same operator or buy a new phone from another ...
chepoz said:
Yep, in my country some network provider made simlock just for chinese phone. But no one made for android. Good guy network provider....
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Heeey what about "TemanPintar" it isn't lock???:thumbup::thumbup::thumbdown:
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eswawan said:
Heeey what about "TemanPintar" it isn't lock???:thumbup::thumbup::thumbdown:
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Only for their own made phone, If you only use their SIM Card on other phone it wont be a SIM Locked Phone
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I have the code from the Previous Network Vodafone
Handset Unlock Procedure for IMEI: 012379000651194
Your unlock code is: 1162745809951001
Manufacturer/Model: SE_X10
Phone company say the have checked the code with Sony
Yet when I enter the code I get Could not unlock networK
My Service menu shows
(x) Network Unlimited
() ...
for all the other options
So you can't use another network sim card? My x10i was never sim locked bought it on 24month contract with orange UK when they first came out and I don't think they were locked then what does the service menu look like this is what it says on mine
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So you pout the sim in and put the unlock code in and what does it say after that
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So you pout the sim in and put the unlock code in and what does it say after that
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It says
Could not unlock networK
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So you can't use another network sim card? My x10i was never sim locked bought it on 24month contract with orange UK when they first came out and I don't think they were locked then what does the service menu look like this is what it says on mine
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No mine has an X next to Network but instead of a number like your example 5
mine has the word unlimited
Only thing I can suggest is trying to get it unlocked via a shop through the USB
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