Phone is sim locked, you need to find the original sim it was sold > with, or get O2 to unlock the phone Nope, that won't help in this case. The phone has been tampered with which is why it's showing "four locks closed". The easiest way to sort it...

Anyway I still gave the link a try. The problem is V551 is not listed (of course); I tried some MOT phones, none of them worked. If this V551 is fixed to Cingular's GPRS settings, then I see why Cingular did not bother to lock this phone. Then I'll return...

the message "SIM rejected" or similar. Phones are SIM locked because the carrier subsidizes the phone's cost to help convince subscribers to join their network. Since SIMs can be used in any compatible phone (mostly compatible frequency) the carrier that...

it means that usually the carriers have the manufacturer lock the phone so it will only accept the SIM of that network and reject all other SIMs. If you have the SIM lock restriction removed any SIM from any network will work. - - - - - - - - - - -...

this mean? Thanks, Dan Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular () Some carriers lock the SUBSIDY or SIM lock so that only their SIMS will be operational in phones they sell.. Basic theory is to keep you from getting a dirt cheap phone, and then going...

do have SIM cards, and in theory you can put a GSM SIM in a Nextel phone and roam. However, all (well 99.9% of) Nextel phones are locked to Nextel SIMs and won't work with your SIM. Nextel GSM roaming is an illusion. It really only works one way; for Nextel...

and used unauthorized in another. This would probably be in his >best interests. Agreed. I keep all my phones AND my SIMs locked. The phone lock is easy enough to bypass, but it will still prevent a casual user from using the phone (even if they have...

from groups: microsoft.public.pocketpc,uk.telecom.mobile () Si wrote: > Oh...I see. Si, XDA-Developers have the applet you need to remove the SIM lock on your handset. You can then run the Orange SIM in it. You would need to create another GPRS connection...

has dropped off, this is probably due to bad sales. pc games are far superior for sure but where are any fighting games? where are the combat flight sims? lock on - sucked very few good sports games? your all just a bunch of slaves how long you...