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How Do I Unlock My Phone for Free?
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As you all probably know, your phone is locked by your service provider. That means that if you will take a different SIM card from a different service provider, the cellphone will give you a message that your phone is locked and will ask you to enter some number code to unlock your cellular phone and by doing that you can use your cellphone with a different cellphone service provider. You see, this way they think you will not leave them because you will try to avoid spending the money on a new phone…But don’t worry, I have the solution…and it's free.
There are a lot of places like websites and mobile stores that will actually try to charge you money for unlocking your phone but I found a totally free alternative to unlock you cellular phone…(If you have a Motorola brand cell phone, you're out of luck…sorry.) There are many programs on the net that are offering this service for free and what these programs do is generate a code to unlock your phone. For example, I found the following program very easy to use and very handy - it called FREE Smart DCT-4 Code Calculator. There are more programs that are all pretty much the same, you can go to download.com and simply type the words 'unlock phone' in the search bar.
First you need to download the program to your computer and after you download the program, run it. Then you will need to enter the Imei number, which is a serial number that you can find on the back of your cellphone, under the battery, or you can press on your phone keypad *#06# and the Imei will be displayed on the screen, (if you look under the battery it will look something like this: 253486/54/676745/1. Now that you have the Imei number, you need to enter it into the program without the dashes, only the numbers:
Next you need to choose the country from where you are using the phone:
After you select the country, you will see a box with an option to change the code type, which changes the way you will see the code to unlock your phone… It is recommended to leave it on 'V2 Codes'.
Now you will need to press the button called Calculate Unlock Codes - the codes will be calculated and this is what you will see:
It is strongly recommended to first use the Recommended Unlock Code. If that doesn’t work, then try the other codes.
It is also very important to remove the SIM card from your phone before you enter the unlocking phone code. Plus you need to enter the code exactly the way you see it.
For the letter "p" press the * (star) button 3 times quickly
For the letter "w" press the * (star) button 4 times quickly
For the "+" press the * (star) button 2 times quickly
After you enter the code you will see a message: Code Restriction Off. If it doesn’t work you will see a message: Code Error.
It is very important to mention that you only have 5 attempts to enter an unlock code. After that you will see a message Cannot Undo Restriction or Not Allowed. Don’t worry, your phone will still work with the original SIM card, but then you will probably need to go to a mobile store to unlock your phone using their special Unlocking Equipment.
Good luck…
Comments
Hi you farm
how is things going? fom habtes_2001@yahoo.com
plz help trying to unlock w580i on o2 want it for vodaphone and orangeime 353832025298919 thanks
some times unfortunately some body may forget his cell security code,then what is ur advice?
Hi,
I need to use my blackjack II (Samsung SGH-i617) but AT&T does not want to give me an unlock code. Can you help me? IMEI # 357246014970238
Thanks for any help
Sir, I followed your instructions and downloaded the program then i ran it, after it installed the program closed.
its Nokia_v310_setup. please let me know what i might be doing wrong, or if theres anything else that i need to dowload.
thanks,
confused
hey im faisal
i have nokia 6085 at&t
i buy this cell frm USA.
but now im in pakistan
plzz unlock this plzz..
354837014818410
hi, please unlock my phone which network is currently Vodaphone and i need it to be O2.
353359020692813
Thanks
Danny
UK
Hi,
I need to use my blackjack II (Samsung SGH-i617) but AT&T does not want to give me an unlock code. Can you help me? IMEI # 357246014354094
Thanks for any help
i have lots of problems trying to unlock my phone could u please help me find the codes to unlock my phone
here is my Imei:
354567010732816
i would apreachate the help
please help my nokia 6085 i have att my imei# 354837014623869
please help with my nokia 6085 imei#354837014623869 att usa thank you
hi i have a blackberry 8100 pearl by t-mobile.my brother from london sent me that mobile.and now i am in pakistan.i want to unlock its country code.its IMEI code is 359675015383496.plz send me the solution of it.thanks
hi i have a blackberry 8100 pearl by t-mobile.my brother from london sent me that mobile.and now i am in pakistan.i want to unlock its country code.its IMEI code is 359675015383496.plz send me the solution of it.thanks
dear sir,
my phone nokia 6085 from vodafone
india
emei is 354845013484142
please send me undo restriction code
regards,
anil
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my imei number is 355429022026027
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the imei is
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135790246811220
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hello can u pls. help me unlock my phone samsung c300 my imei 352240028270284 my sim is orange thank you!!!
i have a nokia 6100 and the imei number is 358986/01/130514/9 please could you help me unlock it to all networks
I locked my phone after typing in the puk code wrong 10 times. Now it jst displays SIMS ERROR... can someone help me unlock it asap plzz??
the imei is 01146000471651329
HEY I HAVE A BLACKJACK 2 CELL PHONE AND ITS CINGULAR AND I WOULD LIKE TO UNBLOCK IT TO USE IT WITH A TMOBILE SIMCARD HOW CAN I DO THAT CAN U PLEASE HELP ME THANKS
hey i gt a sony erisson w880i n my imei is 35464901-777555-8-24..and i need it unlocked its on vodafone.
please
Hey, I have a AT&T Sim Card and I wanted to unlock it. My IMEI is: 353692013546483. Can someone help me with this please...if it's possible. Thanks.
i've got a sony ericsson k850i locked to virgin mobile. how do i unlock the service provider? thanks
can u help me unlock my cingular 8125 phone. i have t-mobile. do i put my t-mobile sim card in the cingular phn then try unlocking???
can anyone send me the code for sonyericson w660i? plz
sony ericsson walkman
imei 35443202-4641315-15 can u send me the code for this plz its a w910i
Hi there i have a sony ericsson and its on vodafone ) :
i really need your help i wont it on any network as i have an o2 sim so coul you sent the the code please.
My IMEL - 35240101-394998-1
PLEASE HELP ( :
A.S.A.V.P
hiya can you please send me an unlock code my IME is:355717023606452
hey im from uk and i got a LG U990 and on 3pay and i need an unlock code please can u help me!
hi
,I have at&t samsung A707 and i want unlock this phone.my IMEi # 355458011473718.please for help!!!
hi thanx for ur information...i have a motorola moto(z9) and i dont know how unlock the phone can u plz.tell me how to do it...
xox-i_heart_yooh_babee-xox@hotmail.com
Help me.. PLEASE!
am sick of being with the same phone company and parents are dead tired of spening loads of money.
How do you download Games, Applications, and Ringtones on an unlocked phone? I have a Nokia 6085 that is unlocked and it keeps saying that "Certificate not on phone or SIM". I have AT&T as a Provider, and I do not have the following Authority Certificates on my phone: Cingular Preferred Root CA, Cingular Trusted Root CA, and Nokia CoTest CA3. Please help. Please reply as soon as possible. Thank you.
hey...I have a sidekick lx That I got as a gift. I would love to unlock this phone.the imei # is 353692013669400 it is a t-mobile phone and I am presently living in lima-peru. Thanks!
hi ive got a sony ericcson w880i which is locked and used in the uk
the imei code for it is 354649015128966
could you please send the code to unlock it please
I have a blackberry bold. but i need to unlock it can you plx tell me which program or how can i unlock it? thanks
Hi I have a blackberry curve 8310 IMEI: 359316013548125... Can i please get the unlock code for it?
hi i just baught a sony ericson k850i and tryed 2 put a vodaphone simcard in it and it wouldent alow it could u please help me my imei number is
35182902-959599-5
thanks
hi i have a nokia 6300 locked with vodaphone imei 356437017796396 can you help
hi!
i've got a sony ericsson k850i locked to 3 mobile. how do i unlock it for free? if not for free then any way.
thanks
hi i m sahil plz help me about how can i unlock my sonyericsson phone w580i
HOW DO I UNLOCK MY TMOBILE SAMSUNG?????
PLEASE TELL ME!!!!!!!
I FORGOT MY PASSWORD AND I NEED TO READ MY TEXT MESSAGES!!!!!
HOW DO I UNLOCK MY TMOBILE SAMSUNG?????
PLEASE TELL ME!!!!!!!
I FORGOT MY PASSWORD AND I NEED TO READ MY TEXT MESSAGES!!!!!
I have a sidekick That I got as a gift. I would love to unlock this phone.the imei # is 011136005244941 it is a t-mobile phone and I am presently living in Jamaica. Thanks!
I have a sidekick That I got as a gift. I would love to unlock this phone.the imei # is 011136005244941 it is a t-mobile phone and I am presently living in Jamaica. Thanks!
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