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My friend had service with TMobile a while ago. He no longer has service with them anymore, but still has his B&W TMobile Sidekick. I know its possible to unlock phones, but realize it might be different in this case because its not exactly a regular phone. He uses it for the organizer, im not sure if he'd want to go online with it or not. Would it be possible for him to sign up with AT&T prepaid since he wouldn't use it as much, take the sim card out of the phone that it comes with with the prepaid service and use it in the sidekick? I assume the sidekick would have to be unlocked first (is that even possible) so it can be used across networks?
If its possible what would i need to do it?
Just wondering if its possible, tryin to help a friend out,
Thanks,
~J
Send the phone to me, I will unlock it for you!
I have been looking for a while but found no difinitive answer for this question which makes me think it would be tough, but here goes. My friend had Qwest cellular service in Minnesota and had an HTC PPC 6800 with them. At the time that he had this, Qwest's service was actually rebundled Sprint, but with a Qwest badged phone. While he and his family's business had an account through them they were forced to go to Verizon for their carrier and in turn he recieved the Verizon version of his phone, the VX6800 I believe. After he had switched providers with Qwest he had his old 6800 still laying around and gave it to me as I had done some work for him and his family's business developing a VPN and remote server management tools and started to develop a Linux PBX for them. My questions are this:
1. Is it possible to use this phone with my Sprint/Nextel service?
2. What are the steps I need to take to make this possible if I can indeed use this.
I understand about flashing ROMS and whatnot, but, do I need to do anything first to the phone to "unlock" it to work with Sprint and then load custom Firmware? Or can I just use something like DCD's Titan Kitchen to make this phone work with it?
My part time job is working at a Radioshack and I talked to my Sprint rep about swapping the ESN on my account from my old Nextel phone I have to this 6800 and she said it should be no problem if the phone could be unlocked. I really hope there is a way I could get this to work as I would hate to see a perfectly good smartphone go to almost total waste since a company decided to change their contract and make all their users switch to a new phone company. I know it could still be used to some things but I could just buy a smaller PDA and carry my phone with as well but that is not what the whole smartphone movement was about now was it? Thank you very much for listening and thank you in advance for any help that you might be able to provide.
--Big Kev
It may be too soon to ask but what the heck..
I've bought the ATT Lumia 900 and am waiting for it to arrive. I plan to unlock it to use on Telus Mobility in Toronto, Canada. I currently use the ATT Titan unlocked on Telus and sadly Internet Sharing is locked still ATT. Kinda silly considering I'm not even on ATT.
Wondering if anyone can report if it's unlocked on the ATT Lumia 900 once carrier unlocked..
Internet Sharing
I'm with you pistol44, I need to have internet sharing unlocked! Please, if anyone has any solutions to unlock this, post it here so other developers/people can view it. I might go back to my Samsung Focus if this is not unlocked soon.
We may need to wait for Tango in hopes to debrand it. When you "force" an update to the phone it actually debrands it unlocking this feature. It worked for me on an old T-Mobile HD7.
I really hope that forcing tango will do it! Just got my 900 shipped from US arrived today in UK such a great phone, need tethering unlocked though :/
dlwilson_king said:
I really hope that forcing tango will do it! Just got my 900 shipped from US arrived today in UK such a great phone, need tethering unlocked though :/
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Is it and AT&T phone/Are you able to use it with your orange sim?
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Is it and AT&T phone/Are you able to use it with your orange sim?
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Nope am using my trusty Lumia 800 still, am waiting for the unlock code, but have been told it could take a while :/
With the tango build for the 710 surfacing, might not have to wait too long before a flash could be attempted on the 900!
I generally use Blackberry and Android phones (work/play) so please excuse my ignorance, but I recently came across a pretty cheap Lumia that doesn't want to cooperate with me at all.
I'm unable to update it without errors, and so I'm wondering what you're all referring to when it comes to flashing WP7. I know how to do all this with Android/BB, but have no clue how to completely nuke this phone and start from scratch.. Is this even possible with it so locked down and if so, does anyone have any advice?
zoso28 said:
I generally use Blackberry and Android phones (work/play) so please excuse my ignorance, but I recently came across a pretty cheap Lumia that seems to be some kind of demonstration unit and it doesn't want to cooperate with me at all.
I'm unable to update it without throwing errors, and when I wipe it all the demo stuff just reinstalls itself so I'm wondering what you're all referring to when it comes to flashing WP7. I know how to do all this with Android/BB, but have no clue how to completely nuke this phone and start from scratch.. Is this even possible with it so locked down and if so, does anyone have any advice?
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That's a strollen phone from store. That's why it is so cheap.
The only way to override it sto find a factory firmware and flash it yourself. There is NO way you can use normal Zune update to recover from this.
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We may need to wait for Tango in hopes to debrand it. When you "force" an update to the phone it actually debrands it unlocking this feature. It worked for me on an old T-Mobile HD7.
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I have a developer unlock (I ponied up the $99 to join the developer program). If I register the 900 as a developer phone, and then change the carrier, is that all that is needed to unlock internet sharing?
bigfire said:
I have a developer unlock (I ponied up the $99 to join the developer program). If I register the 900 as a developer phone, and then change the carrier, is that all that is needed to unlock internet sharing?
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No. As I understand it, there is no way around this unless you flash to a non-AT&T firmware to replace the internet sharing software with the generic non-carrier version. Dev unlock only allows you to side load apps. That's about it.
foxbat121 said:
That's a strollen phone from store. That's why it is so cheap.
The only way to override it sto find a factory firmware and flash it yourself. There is NO way you can use normal Zune update to recover from this.
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That makes sense but it was the place itself that sold it.. A ma & pa type shop. guess they knew it was loaded w/ all the crap. If they couldn't get it off I doubt I'll be able to tho..
How do I flash firmware without zune? Or is it too difficult? Should I just go try & get my money back
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That makes sense but it was the place itself that sold it.. A ma & pa type shop. guess they knew it was loaded w/ all the crap. If they couldn't get it off I doubt I'll be able to tho..
How do I flash firmware without zune? Or is it too difficult? Should I just go try & get my money back
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First you will have to find a copy of the firmware from somewhere. Then you need find some Nokia utility to flash it to your phone. Each manufacturer has their own method. Who know if it its easy or difficult. Good luck.
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That makes sense but it was the place itself that sold it.. A ma & pa type shop. guess they knew it was loaded w/ all the crap. If they couldn't get it off I doubt I'll be able to tho..
How do I flash firmware without zune? Or is it too difficult? Should I just go try & get my money back
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its not that difficult actually. search for a software called Navifirm , it should allow you to download firmware for any Nokia phone and you will find all the firmwares for the lumia 800 by network provider. then you need to search for Nokia Care Suite (the latest version you can find). that will allow you to flash the phone.
both softwares can be found on the web.
good luck.
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I have a developer unlock (I ponied up the $99 to join the developer program). If I register the 900 as a developer phone, and then change the carrier, is that all that is needed to unlock internet sharing?
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i have to tried to flash the Rogers firmware on the AT&T Lumia but i get an error that the signature file of the firmware is not valid.
i have been able to flash any firmware on the Lumia 800 but it seems they changed something with the 900.
that's really the only option. but right now only the AT&T and Rogers firmwares are available for download. I suppose as soon as the Lumia gets released to other markets, other firmwares will show up. a european or australian should resolve the problem as they are usually very close to stock.
doe anyone know if its possible to get this phone on pag eplus as of yet I have botht he windows 8 phone by htc and a nokia windows 8 phone as well I have tried cdma tools to access phones no luck there also some other programs as well as well no luck there any idea of a program to access the phone programming or doe s anyone know of a flash to page plus for it yet the phone is over a year old now both accually wanna play more with phones need assistance and ideas
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doe anyone know if its possible to get this phone on pag eplus as of yet I have botht he windows 8 phone by htc and a nokia windows 8 phone as well I have tried cdma tools to access phones no luck there also some other programs as well as well no luck there any idea of a program to access the phone programming or doe s anyone know of a flash to page plus for it yet the phone is over a year old now both accually wanna play more with phones need assistance and ideas
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Hi I am a windows phone rom developer and also I flash android 4g devices to page plus using some different software. namely qpst & some others. as though many people might say this is not possible with qpst but we have automated scrips and such. just like pageplus programing station.
I saw your post asking about flashing windows phones to page plus.
im very interested in accomplishing this task my self as to so I may offer my service to others with windows phones.
in all honestly if anyone can do it that would probably be me.
can you tell me what phones you and what providers there on currently? more details the better!
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Hi I am a windows phone rom developer and also I flash android 4g devices to page plus using some different software. namely qpst & some others. as though many people might say this is not possible with qpst but we have automated scrips and such. just like pageplus programing station.
I saw your post asking about flashing windows phones to page plus.
im very interested in accomplishing this task my self as to so I may offer my service to others with windows phones.
in all honestly if anyone can do it that would probably be me.
can you tell me what phones you and what providers there on currently? more details the better!
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one is a nokia 520 t mobile and one is an htc win8 Verizon
windows 8 phone
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one is a nokia 520 t mobile and one is an htc win8 Verizon
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I have made a discovery on the htc windows 8x phone I went to att store was getting a 4g gophone chip for the nokia 520 only to find out its locked to t mobile and because I don't have an active account they will not give me the unlock code so I took the chip home installed it in my htc w8 phone Verizon and walah my phone is on att then I had no dta even though paying for it hmmm what to do yea I found out all I had to do was insert apn settings for att and wouldn't ya just know its has working data not known if I can get picture messaging as of yet but working on the issue and no this phone was never sim unlocked ever just an update don't know if I can use the nokia until I sim unlock it as t mobile are rude and unsupportive in any endevour
I have a locked mobile (T-mobile) , how am I unlock my pixel 3a XL to all carrier
I would love to receive step by step answers whenever possible Help!
Thanks in advance,
Reuven
You must get T-Mobile to carrier unlock the phone. They are the only ones that can do it. However, if you still owe money on the phone, you will have a hard time getting them to agree to unlock it. Honestly the most successful method I have seen is to reach out to the main T-Mobile account via a direct message on Twitter. Explain that you need to get a carrier unlock and see what they say.
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You must get T-Mobile to carrier unlock the phone. They are the only ones that can do it. However, if you still owe money on the phone, you will have a hard time getting them to agree to unlock it. Honestly the most successful method I have seen is to reach out to the main T-Mobile account via a direct message on Twitter. Explain that you need to get a carrier unlock and see what they say.
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thanks a lot for the answer
1. I don't have a T-MOBILE sim
2. Is there no way to replace / override the existing operating system
3. Is there no software capable of hacking the system
Reuven Brenner said:
thanks a lot for the answer
1. I don't have a T-MOBILE sim
2. Is there no way to replace / override the existing operating system
3. Is there no software capable of hacking the system
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The first hurdle before you can do anything with the os is bootloader unlock. That it's not possible work a T-Mobile phone without T-Mobile doing it. Good luck.
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I hate that a person's banner doesn't appear in the OP, so I didn't realize you were in Tel Aviv. Again, I think the best option is to reach out to T-Mobile on Twitter and explain that you acquired this phone, but you live in Tel Aviv and need them to sim-card unlock the phone so that you can use it on a local service. They may give you a hard time if there is still money owed on the phone (ie bought on an installment plan), but it the phone was bought outright, or if you pay off the balance on the phone, they definitely should sim-card unlock it.
Once it is sim-card unlocked, you can then bootloader unlock it which will give you the ability to install custom ROMs, kernels, etc.
Buy an unlock code from any service out there. Slam your new SIM card in and input your unlock code
Anyone know more ways to deal with the issue?
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Buy an unlock code from any service out there. Slam your new SIM card in and input your unlock code
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Can you recommend a reliable site that knows how to service and not just take the money
you can try to merge the backup from a fully unlocked phone using qpst program and upload it via edl mode to your phone
Reuven Brenner said:
I have a locked mobile (T-mobile) , how am I unlock my pixel 3a XL to all carrier
I would love to receive step by step answers whenever possible Help!
Thanks in advance,
Reuven
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Dirty secret.... Call and tell them you're someone either famous or C level of a company and you're going to be landing in whatever country and you need your phone unlocked immediately to use a local sim for business purposes. If or when they question the account name it's just the account of your assistant to obscure your identity. Major Telecoms won't tell you about this but I can tell you 100% from experience this is how things work. Well I can't at least say with at&t, Verizon, TMobile and Sprint. As in I've seen the tools with my eyeballs.
yashkoff said:
you can try to merge the backup from a fully unlocked phone using qpst program and upload it via edl mode to your phone
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thanks a lot for the answer
You can send me step by step how to do this to my email
[email protected]
I thank you very much
Small note:
My ROOT and BOOTLOADER are locked
So I'm kind of in the same boat. I just purchased one that is sim locked to Verizon. I have seen things about leaving a Verizon sim in it for 24 hours and it will unlock, luckily my work phone is Verizon so I'm testing this theory.
But can anyone tell me if this is permanent? Will it survive factory resets and such?