how do i UNLOCK my T-Mobile Blackberry 7100t??

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thissswunvietchick - 03 Jan 2007 00:07 GMT

i recently received a blackberry 7100t from a friend that wasnt using it
anymore.. i wanna use it over in vietnam when i go there, but its locked. any
ideas on how to unlock cheaply or better yet, freeely? lmk!

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BruceR - 03 Jan 2007 03:09 GMT

Ask TMo for the code. You'll have it within a few days.

> i recently received a blackberry 7100t from a friend that wasnt using
> it anymore.. i wanna use it over in vietnam when i go there, but its
> locked. any ideas on how to unlock cheaply or better yet, freeely?
> lmk!

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thiswunvietchick - 03 Jan 2007 03:43 GMT

>Ask TMo for the code. You'll have it within a few days.
>
>> i recently received a blackberry 7100t from a friend that wasnt using
>> it anymore.. i wanna use it over in vietnam when i go there, but its
>> locked. any ideas on how to unlock cheaply or better yet, freeely?
>> lmk!

so i can just call in.. &they`ll give me the code?
w/o an account or anything? cause i heard something about that...

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Cyrus Afzali - 03 Jan 2007 04:28 GMT

That's assuming the phone was locked to T-Mobile. If it was, then
Bruce's suggestion will work, if you've been a customer for 90 days.
If it's not locked to T-Mobile, but another carrier, you'll have to
get your friend to do it through his soon to be former carrier or pay
one of those services to do it for you.

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thiswunvietchick - 03 Jan 2007 06:23 GMT

>>Ask TMo for the code. You'll have it within a few days.
>>
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>get your friend to do it through his soon to be former carrier or pay
>one of those services to do it for you.

its a tmobile phone..
BUT i dont have an account&this was a friends ooold phone..
so can i still call into tmobile w/o having an account, &have them unlock the
code?

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PDA Man - 03 Jan 2007 07:34 GMT

Tmobile will not do anything for you without having a Valid, Current acct
for at least 90 days. So that rules you out. If your friend has a current
acct, even if he doesnt use this phone normally, he can still request the
Subsidy Unlock code to unlock it for another carrier.

If those options are both a NO, then you will have to Pay an Unlocking
service. There is NO FREE Unlocking method for a Blackberry, PERIOD so you
stop looking. It requires someone with an Unlocking Server, you download a
Program to your PC, it reads the info off of your Phone and dispolays the
Unlock code, but, the software must be communicating with the UNLOCK Server
live on the net.
I recommend these guys, worked great http://www.bb-server.eu/

>>>Ask TMo for the code. You'll have it within a few days.
>>>
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> the
> code?

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thiswunvietchick - 03 Jan 2007 09:08 GMT

>Tmobile will not do anything for you without having a Valid, Current acct
>for at least 90 days. So that rules you out. If your friend has a current
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
>> the
>> code?

so i can just get somebody to call in w/an acc. on tmobile for atleast 90days
to unlock this phone to use for any carrier? if that's so, thanks for helping
me out everyone! :)

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Cyrus Afzali - 03 Jan 2007 17:12 GMT

>>Tmobile will not do anything for you without having a Valid, Current acct
>>for at least 90 days. So that rules you out. If your friend has a current
[quoted text clipped - 18 lines]
>to unlock this phone to use for any carrier? if that's so, thanks for helping
>me out everyone! :)

No, no, no, that's not how it works. The only person who can do it is
the person who used that phone under his T-Mobile account, as far as I
know. For example, it would have to be the guy who gave you the phone,
if he's still with T-Mobile. The 90-day thing would work if YOU were
the one that had been given or bought the phone through T-Mobile and
were a customer for 90 days.

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DevilsPGD - 03 Jan 2007 18:43 GMT

>No, no, no, that's not how it works. The only person who can do it is
>the person who used that phone under his T-Mobile account, as far as I
>know. For example, it would have to be the guy who gave you the phone,
>if he's still with T-Mobile. The 90-day thing would work if YOU were
>the one that had been given or bought the phone through T-Mobile and
>were a customer for 90 days.

Does it need to be the original purchaser?

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Cyrus Afzali - 03 Jan 2007 21:22 GMT

>>No, no, no, that's not how it works. The only person who can do it is
>>the person who used that phone under his T-Mobile account, as far as I
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>
>Does it need to be the original purchaser?

As far as I know, yes. You're generally SOL if you buy a locked phone
from someone and they don't take care of it before giving it to you
because they're the only ones that can initiate the unlock. Obviously,
you can pay a service to do it for you and they won't care, but it
doesn't work that way for the free, carrier method.

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