Mailing List os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com Archived Message #6279

From:	"Bob" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>	Full Headers Undecoded message
Subject:	Re: [OS2Wireless] OT?? cell phones
Date:	Sat, 3 Oct 2009 16:38:25 -0700
To:	"OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>

** Reply to message from "Ray Davison" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> on Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:18:28 -0700 > Hey, it is wireless, and I couldn't find any place else to take the > question. A bit of a stretch I think. > When a cell phone is locked to a carrier, what is locked, the phone or > the SIM. The phone. If it was the SIM just changing the SIM would change the provider. > I always thought it was the phone because they are sold as > locked or unlocked. If so, then what is this? > http://www.b2cshop24.com/en/turbo-sim-unlock-card-for-gsm-cell-mobile-no-need-to-cut.html I don't know how the iPhone is locked. Some of the new cell phones are locked by the wiring on the circuit board. I have seen postings that told people which wire to cut to disable the lock. > I have several Motorola, GSM that I want to unlock from AT&T. I own > them. And I have extra SIMs. Is AT&T required to unlock them if I request? AT&T can unlock them but my experience with other providers is that they will not do it. I would expect those to be unlocked by entering an unlock code. You can sometimes find the unlock codes on the internet but if you do not enter them correctly you may completely disable the phone. Some independent cell phone stores will unlock a phone for a price. I only buy my cell phones from independent cell phone stores already unlocked. -- Robert Blair

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