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Unlock BlackBerry 8700g?

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Wait - 02 Jul 2006 22:51 GMT
Plan to travel in Europe from US and want to be able to use SIM cards local
to the country I visit. Anyone aware of services that can unlock the 8700g?
Incidentally, once unlocked, will it run on Cingular's domestic US network
(I assume so). TIA
Cyrus Afzali - 03 Jul 2006 06:07 GMT
>Plan to travel in Europe from US and want to be able to use SIM cards local
>to the country I visit. Anyone aware of services that can unlock the 8700g?
>Incidentally, once unlocked, will it run on Cingular's domestic US network
>(I assume so). TIA

You can call T-Mobile Customer care, tell them that you'll be roaming
internationally, and ask them. I haven't tried it via phone, but they
used to have a relatively liberal policy in regard to giving out
unlock codes. In some cases, you didn't even have to be a customer for
a year before you could get one.

Until a couple of years ago, there was a special e-mail address that
was used for the processing of unlock requests, but that e-mail is no
longer accepted and everything has to be done via phone.

If they won't do it for you, a lot of phone dealers (e.g. not company
stores) do phone unlocking in major cities.
Kenny - 20 Jul 2006 02:17 GMT
The policy is that if you've been a customer for 90 days or more, T-Mobile
will give you the unlock code.  I just unlocked my 8700g with no problem.

Call 611, and say "BLACKBERRY" at the prompt.  Then you'll be good to go.

Kenny

>>Plan to travel in Europe from US and want to be able to use SIM cards
>>local
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> If they won't do it for you, a lot of phone dealers (e.g. not company
> stores) do phone unlocking in major cities.
 
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