I bought a Cingular branded Moto V540 off of ebay to use on my Cingular account. When I put my SIM in it, it asks for a subsidy password. Will Cingular help me, or do I have to get the phone unlocked? Is this happening because it's seeing that it is on AT&T and it wants to see a Cingular network?
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elmo01 Posts: 2335
Phone Model: Samsung SPH-M510
Service Provider: Bell Canada
Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:59 am
you *may* be required to fax the bill of sale to cingular IOT get the code. call 180903310500 from a landline. its called a subsidy unlock request
BigRUSS Posts: 2118
Phone Model: two cans ( del monte) and some string,
Service Provider: RussCo
Tue Jun 26, 2007 11:14 am
i didnt know vingular had the v540 though it was an attws device
elmo01 Posts: 2335
Phone Model: Samsung SPH-M510
Service Provider: Bell Canada
Tue Jun 26, 2007 2:37 pm
BigRUSS wrote:
i didnt know vingular had the v540 though it was an attws device
the V540 is a premerger ATT phone. ***may*** still be unlocked to accept a post merger sim. the only way is to try
P2K ET makes that easy work. Gotta love warez lol.
unterhausen Posts: 5
Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:00 am
The phone has a Cingular brand on it. I think the business division sold them
elmo01 Posts: 2335
Phone Model: Samsung SPH-M510
Service Provider: Bell Canada
Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:32 am
unterhausen wrote:
The phone has a Cingular brand on it. I think the business division sold them
still no prob it can be unlocked. follow the prev posted instuctions
unterhausen Posts: 5
Thu Jun 28, 2007 11:48 am
elmo01 wrote:
you *may* be required to fax the bill of sale to cingular IOT get the code. call 18003310500 from a landline. its called a subsidy unlock request
I fixed your phone number going to call it now
I guess it's easier just to unlock it myself, don't have enough time to wait to get connected to an operator and then get transferred to someone that can actually do the unlock for me.
unterhausen Posts: 5
Thu Aug 23, 2007 11:48 pm
I have a question about the procedure to unlock the phone. I got a code from Cingular/ATT. The instructions say to put another carrier's sim card in there. Is that strictly necessary? Since the Cingular Sim card gets the enter subsidy code message, is that good enough to put in the unlock code? Everyone that would trust me with their sim card is a cingular customer.
I tried a sim out of a prepaid phone and had no joy. I'm not sure if that was because my battery was low or not.
elmo01 Posts: 2335
Phone Model: Samsung SPH-M510
Service Provider: Bell Canada
Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:50 am
unterhausen wrote:
I have a question about the procedure to unlock the phone. I got a code from Cingular/ATT. The instructions say to put another carrier's sim card in there. Is that strictly necessary? Since the Cingular Sim card gets the enter subsidy code message, is that good enough to put in the unlock code? Everyone that would trust me with their sim card is a cingular customer.
I tried a sim out of a prepaid phone and had no joy. I'm not sure if that was because my battery was low or not.
the directions you recieved assume you want to use the phone with a different carrier (technically you are it was an older att (blue) phone) your new sim starts with 8901 the old one starts with 8931 (sim prefix). just put in the new sim you have now
going to call it now
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