I just bought a mda vario off a friend. Trying to unlock it so I can switch it from T-Mobile to Cingular. I have tried a few things in some of the posts and they worked but it still asks for me to enter a code after putting card in starting it up. Can someone help me?
This sounds like a Sim card lock.
The Sim card Lock is a lock to stop people taking your device, turning it on and using your sim or taking the sim out of your device and putting it in thier device to call so that you pay for it.
Its a software setting.
vernitude said:
I just bought a mda vario off a friend. Trying to unlock it so I can switch it from T-Mobile to Cingular. I have tried a few things in some of the posts and they worked but it still asks for me to enter a code after putting card in starting it up. Can someone help me?
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HI, i have the same problem like you!
can anyone help me please to lose it!!!!
SIM unlocking MDA Vario
You can use either aWizard or Lokiwiz to unlock the phone (CID unlock). worked well for me (and many others) but don't have the progrmme anymore- got it off of XDAdevelopers.
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I upgraded my MDA2 to wm2003SE, no extended rom. It worked okay for a while (some quirks, nothing major). I started installing applications to it (citrix, ring tone programs). I ended up having to cold reset it, as it was hanging a couple of times. I got it back to a working unit, and was able to make and receive calls on the device.
This morning, I went to use it, and all of a sudden, there is a message on the phone saying: "SIM card blocked. Please enter the PUK. You can still make emergency calls if your provider supports it." I can't make any calls, nor do I receive any signal.
I downloaded the xda2unlock app, and attempted to unlock the phone. and it said that the phone was already unlocked!! I'm kind of stuck now, I seem to have a great PDA, but no freaking phone!
Any ideas????
PUK is normally the super pin. Don´t know how it is in the US, bur here in Germany you can enter 3 times the wrong pin. After this you require the super pin (PUK). It shhould be delievered with your mobil contract. It do not have anything to do with the phone....
HTH
Stefan
Thanks,
Man, I'm really having a blonde moment today...not only did I miss the fact that it was sim *b*locked, and not locked, I posted this twice.
Thanks for helping me out on this. I have no idea how simblock got turned on, since I never use a pin on my phone, but its unlocked now.
PUK means Personal Unblocking Code - A code used to unblock a blocked SIM card, obtained from your network or service provider.
Just bring your contract to the Service Provider and they will give you your PUK. You can also change new SIM card keeping your current number.
ok, I am cleaning out the closet and have a pair of Dash's I want to sell off, got the unlock code from T-Mobile for one and am having the devil of a time trying to figure out what to do. The 'insert foreign sim card' ... well stuck in an ATT sim I have (worked FINE on the G1's I want to sell off) gave me the 'enter unlock code' screen, etc...
On the Dash(s), it just freezes up after then phone boots (hangs at the T-Mobile screen), take it out, boots fine (and gives me the 'you don't have a sim card' message. Put in a T-Mobile sim, boots fine.
What noob mistake am I making? (this is with the dead stock WM6 rom, freshly reflashed).
ilanad said:
ok, I am cleaning out the closet and have a pair of Dash's I want to sell off, got the unlock code from T-Mobile for one and am having the devil of a time trying to figure out what to do. The 'insert foreign sim card' ... well stuck in an ATT sim I have (worked FINE on the G1's I want to sell off) gave me the 'enter unlock code' screen, etc...
On the Dash(s), it just freezes up after then phone boots (hangs at the T-Mobile screen), take it out, boots fine (and gives me the 'you don't have a sim card' message. Put in a T-Mobile sim, boots fine.
What noob mistake am I making? (this is with the dead stock WM6 rom, freshly reflashed).
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Try and flash a cooked WM 6.1 rom and see if the sim unlock screen pops up.
I tried with a 6.5, will give a 6.1 a shot.
nope, didn't work, tried stock wm6, and a 6.1. This is an ATT 3G sim, wonder if that's the problem.. .gonna see if I can find a wm5 and try that!
Any ideas? Anyone else?
Should work with 6.1, 6.5 has had the problem with not showing the unlock input screen, if you still have problems i would advise getting a different provider pay&go sim and trying....
That's what I'm thinking but it's a brand new sim, and worked on unlocking my two G1's
Maybe the Excalibur doesn't like it? Just try a different sim even if it's just a nick one if m8's for 1-2 mins
Problem is it's TWO Dash's acting the same way. Ran them all the way back to WM5 (stock), WM6, (stock), WM6.1 .. same thing... I did notice that as I powered them off (yes power button would still work) that the top bar would flash by for a sec and it was showing SIM LOCK, before it powered down. So I'm wondering if it's waiting for me to enter (yes tried to enter the code to the frozen screen, don't know what other buttons to push).
The same sim DID do the unlock for a pair of G1's that I'm gonna sell, and then just for giggles I went ahead and activated the ATT GoPhone that it came with successfully. Still the same thing when I tried to do the unlock.
I'm at my wits end... I'll just have to sell them with the unlock code with them or something.. I'm still wondering if it's the ATT 3G sim that the Dash dosen't like... need to dig about and find and old one or something.
whenever i get a message from t-mobile it says its sent from one of my facebook contacts. not even someone i have in my phone contacts, just someone i have on facebook.
any ideas how to rectify this?
I get this on Orange too lol
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me too on t mobile, its bizarre! heard a lot of reports of this. haven't tried to find a fix is there one?
Me too. On Generic rom too.
See my post, started yesterday morning
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=659385
btw. anybody know whats the default PIN code for tmob sims? or do i have to ring them up to get it ?
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btw. anybody know whats the default PIN code for tmob sims? or do i have to ring them up to get it ?
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Google is your friend! Search for T-mobile SIM PIN.... if you had done you would have found this in the first post.. probably quicker than posting here & waiting for my reply too
The PIN code for your T-Mobile SIM card is printed on the delivery slip that comes with the SIM card.
If in doubt, try T-Mobile's default PIN code for SIM cards, which is 1210.
Note that you get three tries to enter the PIN, and your phone will be locked if you fail after these tries. You'll then need to contact T-Mobile to get a PUK code.
1210 or 1212 i think ... dunno should be on the SIM pack on the letter.
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Google is your friend! Search for T-mobile SIM PIN.... if you had done you would have found this in the first post.. probably quicker than posting here & waiting for my reply too
The PIN code for your T-Mobile SIM card is printed on the delivery slip that comes with the SIM card.
If in doubt, try T-Mobile's default PIN code for SIM cards, which is 1210.
Note that you get three tries to enter the PIN, and your phone will be locked if you fail after these tries. You'll then need to contact T-Mobile to get a PUK code.
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hehe thanks lol, i actually thought about googling it after ive written a post, suppose it was just a silly mans reaction to write here instead of googlin and yeah 1210 worked thanks anyway guys
thanks guys, i needed the pin too.
hi giuys like the header says i would like to sim lock my phone... what i mean is that i want my phone to work only with my sim... i've tried to search on the forum for it but with no results... can you help me???
thanks in advance
hi. first of all, if your phone is sim locked, it not gonna work only with your sim but with every sim card of your network ( vodafone in your case); secondly i've never heard about something or somehow to sim-lock again a phone!!! ask Olinex, may be he knows!!! good luck
i didn't mean the general sim-lock like the branded phones have i mean maybe a lite app that runs when you start the phone and blocks you from using the phone if there is no sim or it isn'tt the sim you've previously registered...
aahhh okayyyy, you mean something like the nokia's phone locking if the sim is changed! i've understood now! i was looking for it me too but i've never found a bit! we'll stay in touch, if i find something intresting i'll tell you ciao
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i didn't mean the general sim-lock like the branded phones have i mean maybe a lite app that runs when you start the phone and blocks you from using the phone if there is no sim or it isn'tt the sim you've previously registered...
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I got what you need but it is shareware [you have to pay for it].
It is for Wm 5 but i think that it will support higher too.
Did you search on google?
Here is the link: [click].
I searched for the "cra**ed" version but all links are dead or fake.
hi thanks for the reply guys
if you can use password protection why bother such thing!!!
okay, password may be broken by software, but same thing for any kind of security also.
anyway, a program can be written such as:
small memory residence program which will check the sim nr. in every few min.
if not matched, will enter into Airport Mode + screen lock
keep checking every few min.
if it matched the nr. stored before (encrypted) will unlock airport mode+screen
or the program will only trigger at the stratup or sim change
Can a O2 sim work in a 3 phone. I received the phone from Three on contract. The phone is rooted but would i need to run some sort of program to hack the phone to enable other sims?
Cheers
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Can a O2 sim work in a 3 phone. I received the phone from Three on contract. The phone is rooted but would i need to run some sort of program to hack the phone to enable other sims?
Cheers
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