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mc - 14 Mar 2006 21:37 GMT

Cingular will sell me a Samsung 427 triband phone but flatly refuses to
unlock it. Thus, if I take it to Britain, my British SIM card (Virgin
Mobile) still will not work.

Is there somewhere around Atlanta (or, even better, Athens, Ga.) where I
could get it unlocked?

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(PeteCresswell) - 14 Mar 2006 22:40 GMT

Per mc:

>Cingular will sell me a Samsung 427 triband phone but flatly refuses to
>unlock it. Thus, if I take it to Britain, my British SIM card (Virgin
>Mobile) still will not work.
>
>Is there somewhere around Atlanta (or, even better, Athens, Ga.) where I
>could get it unlocked?

If Samsung doesn't work out, look into Nokia - which you may be able to unlock
yourself.

I can't find the URL at the moment, but I've been able to unlock a half-dozen
Nokias by keying their SNs into a web page - which returns an unlock code.

Nokia 3595, for sure... done two of them.

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mc - 15 Mar 2006 01:15 GMT

Thanks.

The more I think about it, the more I think it's silly that Cingular expects
to sell "world phones" while refusing to unlock them. I suppose there is
some Cingular roaming service in some other countries, but...

> Per mc:
>>Cingular will sell me a Samsung 427 triband phone but flatly refuses to
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>
> Nokia 3595, for sure... done two of them.

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marx404 - 15 Mar 2006 03:12 GMT

there is some info on mobiledia.com about unlocking x427 phones, search and
youll find...

marx404

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danny burstein - 15 Mar 2006 05:52 GMT

In <l0ee12h54fvgp9ptbfc0k61r7t2ijh8lho@4ax.com> "(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> writes: [snip]

>>Cingular will sell me a Samsung 427 triband phone but flatly refuses to
>>unlock it. Thus, if I take it to Britain, my British SIM card (Virgin
>>Mobile) still will not work.

>If Samsung doesn't work out, look into Nokia - which you may be able to unlock
>yourself.

>I can't find the URL at the moment, but I've been able to unlock a half-dozen
>Nokias by keying their SNs into a web page - which returns an unlock code.

>Nokia 3595, for sure... done two of them.

http://www.peters1.dk/webtools/nokia/nokiaonline.php?sprog=en

(no connection with them, but have used it for, yes,
my own nokia 3505)

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mc - 15 Mar 2006 06:42 GMT

>>I can't find the URL at the moment, but I've been able to unlock a
>>half-dozen
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>
> http://www.peters1.dk/webtools/nokia/nokiaonline.php?sprog=en

Excellent! I just tried it and unlocked my (British, GSM 1800) Nokia 3310
on the first try. There is one other precaution, which is that you
shouldn't pause very long while typing the code, or the phone will cancel
the unlocking process on you. But when I typed fast enough, it worked fine.

Is there anything like this for Samsung? I'd rather have all my family's
phones be the same brand in order to share chargers.

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(PeteCresswell) - 15 Mar 2006 16:33 GMT

Per mc:

>Is there anything like this for Samsung? I'd rather have all my family's
>phones be the same brand in order to share chargers.

If not, I'd go with Nokia because their chargers have been standard seemingly
since Day 1. I've got old TDMA phone chargers that work on my 3595.

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mc - 15 Mar 2006 17:30 GMT

> Per mc:
>>Is there anything like this for Samsung? I'd rather have all my family's
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> seemingly
> since Day 1. I've got old TDMA phone chargers that work on my 3595.

Yes, but does Nokia make a compact charger that takes both 120V and 240V
input?

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mc - 16 Mar 2006 00:31 GMT

I got the word from Cingular today. For some purposes, such as
international travel, they will unlock a phone if you've had it at least 90
days. That won't do me any good because I need to buy a phone and go to
England within about six weeks. They said they could *request* approval to
unlock it, but nobody was able to actually *grant* such approval on the
spot. So they lost the sale and I ordered an unlocked phone from an eBay
vendor.

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Spammer Magnet - 15 Mar 2006 04:35 GMT

Bought a Motorola V557 Quad Band from Cingular about a month ago.

Called their business line and requested the unlock code. Received an
email about a week later with instructions. Unlocked it without any
problems. The week delay was apparently their internal requirement as
to whether my request had a legitimate business need and to check to
see if my account was in good standing for at least 6 months.

SM

> Cingular will sell me a Samsung 427 triband phone but flatly refuses to
> unlock it. Thus, if I take it to Britain, my British SIM card (Virgin
> Mobile) still will not work.
>
> Is there somewhere around Atlanta (or, even better, Athens, Ga.) where I
> could get it unlocked?

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mc - 15 Mar 2006 05:19 GMT

> Bought a Motorola V557 Quad Band from Cingular about a month ago.
>
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> to whether my request had a legitimate business need and to check to
> see if my account was in good standing for at least 6 months.

Useful data point.

But I'm not going to buy the phone from them unless I'm *sure* they will
unlock it. No point spending the money for a world phone if I can't use it
around the world.

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Spooge Geeko - 25 Mar 2006 00:50 GMT

I just had my Razor V3 unlocked by
www.TheTravelInsider.Info
I have high praise for them.
They charged me $25 and tested the phone with domestic anf foreign
SIMs
It was/is a Tmobile phone, they tested it with Cingular and a sim from
Morocco.
I do not work for them, I do not get any kind of referal benefit or
fee.
I just think they are a good vender
Ed Wright
edw@thewrightsplace.us

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