From: "Jeffrey Race" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:18:34 +0700
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Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Re: OT?? cell phones
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On Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:00:03 -0700, Ray Davison wrote:
>I bought the phones, and not from a phone company.  I have never 
>actually had a contract with AT&T. 

It depends on the ATT contract with the original purchaser.

>I'll try AT&T and see what happens.

They will want the IMEI number.   Key *#06# and read the number
from the screen

>
>Is there anyway to know if a phone is locked?  

You have to insert SIM card of another carrier.   If it's locked,
it'll ask for the unlock code. 

You may also run into the problem (as I did once) that
you cannot unlock the phone unless you know the security
code, which is a user-configurable passcode.    I once 
bought a Motorola phone on ebay which was unlockable;
I even got the unlock code from T-Mobile; but I lacked the
security code, and the ebay vendor didn't get it when he
bought the phone from its previous owner.  He had to
replace the phone for me.

Jeffrey Race