by Dennis Ferguson <dcferguson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Jun 24, 2008 at 06:53 PM
On 2008-06-24, Todd Allcock <elecconnec@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> At 24 Jun 2008 15:04:51 +0000 Bert Hyman wrote:
>
>>
>> How did you enter this code? If you don't have a foreign SIM, how did
>> you get your phone to ask you for the unlock code?
>
> Depends on the phone- most of the older Nokias I've unlocked allow you
to
> enter an unlock code by typing an ungodly long string of characters full
of
> "#"'s and "*"'s including the unlock code. It'll work if either a
foreign
> SIM or no SIM at all are in the phone (but not if the "home service" SIM
is
> in.) At the time I had no foreign SIMs so I just left the SIM slot
empty.
Yes, this varies with manufacturer. I understand, e.g. from this
http://www.newmobilefreedom.com/imei/search_imei.html
that the OP's Motorola phone really needs a disallowed SIM in the
phone to be unlocked.
Dennis Ferguson
