Sun Oct 7, 2012, 07:38 AM

babsbunny (8,216 posts)

Can anyone tell me how to "Unlock" a cell phone?

This may not be the correct forum but I switched cell phone companies, got a new crappy phone and miss my old good phone. I put the SIM card from my new crappy phone into my old good phone and it says I need a code to unlock my good phone. Anyone know what that code is or how to fix this?

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7 replies	Author	Time	Post
Can anyone tell me how to "Unlock" a cell phone? (Original post)	babsbunny	Oct 2012	OP
You'll need to specify	ChromeFoundry	Oct 2012	#1
The old carrier was T-Mobile	babsbunny	Oct 2012	#2
Call t-mobile	PowerToThePeople	Oct 2012	#3
Thanks!	babsbunny	Oct 2012	#4
Some will	Old Codger	Dec 2012	#7
Spam deleted by gkhouston (MIR Team)	paviya	Nov 2012	#5
What kind of phone do you have?	backscatter712	Nov 2012	#6

Response to babsbunny (Original post)

Sun Oct 7, 2012, 12:23 PM

ChromeFoundry (2,874 posts)

1. You'll need to specify

The old and new cell carriers (this is to determine if they use compatible bands - CDMA or GSM) and the type of phone, including model that you are attempting to unlock (Apple iPhone 4s, HTC Incredible S S710E... etc).

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Response to ChromeFoundry (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 7, 2012, 01:50 PM

babsbunny (8,216 posts)

2. The old carrier was T-Mobile

The cell phone was a Dash 3G HTC, this is the one I need unlocked, the new carrier is Consumer cellular where I got a crappy phone.

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Sun Oct 7, 2012, 03:09 PM

PowerToThePeople (1,449 posts)

3. Call t-mobile

I use t-mobile, but have purchased second hand at&t phones before.

If the phone is not still under contract, they should be able to give you the codes to 'carrier unlock' it.

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Sun Oct 7, 2012, 03:33 PM

babsbunny (8,216 posts)

4. Thanks!

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Response to PowerToThePeople (Reply #3)

Sun Dec 9, 2012, 11:28 PM

Old Codger (2,264 posts)

7. Some will

Some won't but if not you can go to Amazon and search on "unlocked" cell phones and find some pretty decent ones at ok prices....I use an unlocked S3 and have 2 others different ones that I bought there that work with consumer cellular ok,as does the S3

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Tue Nov 20, 2012, 03:08 PM

backscatter712 (20,381 posts)

6. What kind of phone do you have?

Each model of phone has its own unlock procedure.

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