Nope the message "Flex Error: Phone Subsidy-Locked" is nothing to do with locked or otherwise - it is removed using the steps I posted
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gsr4jimmi Posts: 10
Mon Dec 04, 2006 8:21 pm
Just found out that you can call cingular and request unlock code...after all the trouble of trying to unlock it. They will email me the unlock code in 3-5 days, but the problem is that after messing around with it, I think I might have locked the process of being able to enter the "unlock code":
When you put in another carrier's SIM, it's supposed to ask you to punch in the code, but if you type in the wrong codes a couple of times, it gives the msg ---> "Contact your service provider"
Does that mean I can't eneter the "unlock code" in anymore?
Do I have to bring my phone to them (cingular)?
If anyone wants the code when it comes, email me.
Thanks
mikekay10 Posts: 2958
Service Provider: Vodafone
Tue Dec 05, 2006 4:11 am
Leave it displaying that message for 30-40 mins
gsr4jimmi Posts: 10
Tue Dec 05, 2006 7:38 pm
Thanks,
So after leaving the phone displaying the "Contact your service provider" msg for 30-40mins - it will return to the "enter unlock code..." msg or something like that?
mikekay10 Posts: 2958
Service Provider: Vodafone
Tue Dec 05, 2006 7:43 pm
should do in most cases
gsr4jimmi Posts: 10
Fri Dec 08, 2006 11:08 pm
I found out that if you try to enter the unlock code incorrectly 5 times, the phone will be permanently locked to that carrier. So I guess that is what I did with the v220 Motorola. You can request unlocking instructions + code from them at anytime...
I remember old fool talking about the perm. lock, I believe he said put the locked sim in for 5 min and the subsidy code message will come up again with a diff. sim
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