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Cellular Phone Forum / Country Specific / UK Group / July 2007Subsidy codes
This is just to satisfy my curiosity (my phone is not locked), I always believed that subsidy codes were coded into the handset by the manufacturer for the phone provider. The manufacturer kept a database of the codes matched to imei numbers and that the phone provider obtained the subsidy code from the manufacturer and then "sold" it to the customer. If I am right, how can commercial websites offer to provide subsidy codes to someone who gives them the imei number. Or am I completely wrong and it is just an algorithm based on the imei number ? > This is just to satisfy my curiosity (my phone is not locked), I always > believed that subsidy codes were coded into the handset by the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > someone who gives them the imei number. Or am I completely wrong and it is > just an algorithm based on the imei number ? Depends on the handset. The manufacturer code is generated by an algorithm. These have been cracked and therefore the codes can be provided by commercial websites. reverse-ekralc_j@talk21.com.invalid declared for all the world to hear... > This is just to satisfy my curiosity (my phone is not locked), I always > believed that subsidy codes were coded into the handset by the manufacturer [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > someone who gives them the imei number. Or am I completely wrong and it is > just an algorithm based on the imei number ? You are right on both counts, it is an algorithm. Sites that offer codes often buy "credits" from bigger sites. When you reach the top of the pyramid you will find that there is a bent employee somewhere inside who is getting the codes for a price. With others, it's simply the case that the algo has been reverse engineered, for example Nokia DCT4 handsets.  SignatureRegards Jon |
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