Dear Technology

I have a 10 year old dumb phone (keypad phone).

Has anyone unlocked their dumb phone ?

If so, could you tell me how you did it please ?

Yours sincerely ROMMMELLL

  • Bloody Harry@feddit.deEnglish
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    10 months ago

    if you mean removing a carrier lock, yes I did that. Totally hassle free, it was locked to vodafone germany. I registered the device online, and minutes later any SIM I popped in woked fine

    • ROMMMELLL@discuss.tchncs.deOPEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Dear H

      Thanks for your reply. That is very interesting.

      How did your phone become locked to vodafone germany ?

      Could you talk me through the complete process, each step, that resulted in success please ?

      Yours sincerely ROMMMELLL

      • Bloody Harry@feddit.deEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Unfortunately, no. It’s been years since I did this. The phone has been carrier locked by factoria, though.

        • ROMMMELLL@discuss.tchncs.deOPEnglish
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          10 months ago

          Thanks H.

          I appreciate that it has been a long time.

          If I understand correctly, your phone was locked to Vodafone Germany from the very start. Then, some time later you registered your phone on a website, and this action alone freed your phone.

          One question : whose website did you register your phone on ?

          eg. Phone maker ? Phone seller ? Provider of the SIM card ? other ?

          Yours sincerely ROMMMELLL

          • Bloody Harry@feddit.deEnglish
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            10 months ago

            It was the service providers’ website, vodafone. They had the option to remove the carrier lock for free because the phone was older than 4 years or so.

            • ROMMMELLL@discuss.tchncs.deOPEnglish
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              10 months ago

              Thanks H.

              So, it was vodafone’s website that you put your data into, to immediately free your more than 4 year old phone.

              Am I correct in understanding that vodafone was both the phone seller and the SIM card provider ?

              What data did you put into the website please ?

              Yours sincerely ROMMMELLL