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Motorola V540 from eBay asks for subsidy code

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unterhausen
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Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:28 am 
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
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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
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Tue Jun 26, 2007 11:14 am 
i didnt know vingular had the v540 though it was an attws device

elmo01
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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

Malibu21
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Wed Jun 27, 2007 5:43 am 
P2K ET makes that easy work. Gotta love warez lol.
unterhausen
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Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:00 am 
The phone has a Cingular brand on it. I think the business division sold them

elmo01
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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
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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 icon_smile.gif 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
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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
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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
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