{"id":22,"date":"2005-10-18T07:37:42","date_gmt":"2005-10-18T15:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.11h.net\/blog\/?p=22"},"modified":"2005-10-18T07:37:42","modified_gmt":"2005-10-18T15:37:42","slug":"switch-to-t-mobile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/11h.net\/blog\/switch-to-t-mobile\/","title":{"rendered":"Switch to T-Mobile"},"content":{"rendered":"

I went to the misnamed “SuperMall<\/a>” in Auburn, WA last night with my girlfriend to buy a gift for her friend and some supplies for us.<\/p>\n

Of course<\/a>, the night before, my girlfriend and I were looking at T-Mobile’s plans and the Nokia 6101<\/a> online. She needed a flip phone (as much as I personally hate their form factor) because she is somewhat hard on them and needed to better protect the keypad.<\/p>\n

So as we’re walking by a store, one of the sales reps at a T-Mobile kiosk asks us “What service provider are you with?”. Taken in by my hatred towards Cingular, I tell him, “I’m with Cingular, I hate them, and if you’ll pay me to break my contract, I’ll switch”.<\/p>\n

Well, obviously he didn’t pay to break my contract. But I wanted to buy my girlfriend the Nokia 6101 for her birthday anyway, but the retail price was about $150-$200 online. We looked up her account and since she was elegible for a phone upgrade, I paid for the phone upgrade (about $60 plus a $35 rebate) and signed myself up for T-Mobile on a “Family Plan”.<\/p>\n

T-Mobile is awesome. I told them my Cingular contract expires in January, but I didn’t need\/want a new phone. The guy said he can’t activate new service without a new phone, so I ended up getting a POS Samsung SGH-C225<\/a> and a T-Mobile SIM Card for free. He also set it up for a “Delayed Activation” until January 17th, 2006. So, my girlfriend gets a cheap phone upgrade, and we don’t switch to the Family Plan until January! Sweet!<\/p>\n

Now, to unlock the phones …<\/p>\n

The Nokia 6101 I unlocked on the 2nd try (Phew!). I had to use the following settings at unlock.nokiafree.org<\/a>: USA: T-Mobile, Original, ASIC-2, then the 7th<\/strong> code.<\/p>\n

The Samsung SGH-C225 was just plain confusing. A few codes I found only did a “Temporary SIM Unlock”, which only allowed 911 calls. After deep deep google searching, I found this website and this forum posting (thank you whoever discovered this):
\nhttp:\/\/www.mobiledia.com\/forum\/topic33670.html<\/a><\/p>\n

You can try this, its part of an email I made for someone that neede assistance unlocking a C225. Which is the newer version of that phone. It worked on his model but I cannot guarentee it will work on yours. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK, I take no responsibility for you damaging your phone.<\/p>\n

Instructions<\/p>\n

Unlock Codes
\nCode 1: *2767*688 then your IMEI and then press #
\nFor example *2767*688352708000828246# (Everything before the \/ for C225)
\nCode 2: *0141#
\nCode 3: 00000000 (8 zero’s)<\/p>\n

Entering the Codes
\n1. Switch your phone off. Remove the original SIM card<\/p>\n

2. Insert another SIM card from an alternative network. Power up your
\nphone. You should now see the “Wrong Card” message.<\/p>\n

3. Type Code 1 into your phone, if this is entered correctly your
\nphone screen should now turn black and reboot itself. (C225 doesn’t go
\nblack but does reboot)<\/p>\n

4. After the phone reboots the SIM card will be recognized and your
\nSIM will work. Be patient while your phone reboots and DO NOT press
\nany keys. At this point the phone is “Temporarily” unlocked.<\/p>\n

5. Now at your idle screen type in Code 2 and hit the call button.
\nThis should give you a message saying the phone is “Personalized”.<\/p>\n

6. Power off the phone and insert the original SIM, then power up.<\/p>\n

7. At the SIM code prompt, it will ask you to enter a password. At
\nthis stage enter Code 3.<\/p>\n

8. After entering hit “OK” and your phone should complete initialization.<\/p>\n

Your phone is now Permanently unlocked.<\/p>\n

Note: These instructions assume the default password of 8 zero’s.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wow. It worked. I now have a backup phone while I send my Nokia 6230b in for a firmware upgrade<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speaking of which, the Nokia 6101 came with the HS-23 stereo headset adapter, which I promptly swiped from my girlfriend to never give back. It turned my 6230 into a fully functional, high-quality mp3 player!! Eric & I will post a blog<\/a> later about modifing<\/a> this cable to support a 3.5mm line-out jack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I went to the misnamed “SuperMall” in Auburn, WA last night with my girlfriend to buy a gift for her friend and some supplies for us.<\/p>\n

Of course, the night before, my girlfriend and I were looking at T-Mobile’s plans and the Nokia 6101 online. She needed a flip phone (as much as I personally hate their form factor) because she is somewhat hard on them and needed to better protect the keypad.<\/p>\n

So as we’re walking by a store, one of the sales reps at a T-Mobile kiosk asks us “What service provider are you with?”. Taken in by my hatred towards Cingular, I tell him, “I’m with Cingular, …<\/p>\n

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