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Has anyone unlocked a dumb phone (keypad phone) ? (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 1 year ago by ROMMMELLL@discuss.tchncs.de to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Dear Technology

I have a 10 year old dumb phone (keypad phone).

Has anyone unlocked their dumb phone ?

If so, could you tell me how you did it please ?

Yours sincerely ROMMMELLL

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[–] harry315@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

if you mean removing a carrier lock, yes I did that. Totally hassle free, it was locked to vodafone germany. I registered the device online, and minutes later any SIM I popped in woked fine

[–] ROMMMELLL@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dear H

Thanks for your reply. That is very interesting.

How did your phone become locked to vodafone germany ?

Could you talk me through the complete process, each step, that resulted in success please ?

Yours sincerely ROMMMELLL

[–] harry315@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, no. It's been years since I did this. The phone has been carrier locked by factoria, though.

[–] ROMMMELLL@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks H.

I appreciate that it has been a long time.

If I understand correctly, your phone was locked to Vodafone Germany from the very start. Then, some time later you registered your phone on a website, and this action alone freed your phone.

One question : whose website did you register your phone on ?

eg. Phone maker ? Phone seller ? Provider of the SIM card ? other ?

Yours sincerely ROMMMELLL

[–] harry315@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was the service providers' website, vodafone. They had the option to remove the carrier lock for free because the phone was older than 4 years or so.

[–] ROMMMELLL@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks H.

So, it was vodafone's website that you put your data into, to immediately free your more than 4 year old phone.

Am I correct in understanding that vodafone was both the phone seller and the SIM card provider ?

What data did you put into the website please ?

Yours sincerely ROMMMELLL