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.
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