[Electronics-talk] Unlocking Cell Phones

[Christopher Chaltain]

I haven't done it myself, but I'd suggest calling the AT&T customer 
service number, telling them that you want to unlock your phone because 
you're traveling and want to be able to use it with other international 
carriers. they'll try to sell you their international plan, but just 
tell them that's too expensive and you want the flexibility of using the 
local service provider. Stick to your guns. I believe AT&T's policy is 
that they'll unlock your phone if you've been a AT&T customer in good 
standing for 3 months. They'll send you a code you can use to unlock 
your phone. If you can't get through to the service representative 
you're talking to, hang up and call back, and try again with a different 
representative. It'll take them a few days. Like I said, I haven't done 
this myself, but I've seen others talk about doing this on the web and 
on mailing lists. Good luck.

tony sohl wrote:
> Hi I was wondering has anyone ran into this problem? If so, how were you able to resolve it?
>
> I just bought an accessible cell phone which is both compatible with both A t and T and T-mobil. Unfortunately, whden I got the phone it's locked to only work with A. T and T.
>
> Does anyone know how to unlock the phone? I found a place and they want to cvharge a service fee for unlocking the phone. I went to the A T and T store today and the customer service representative was no help to me at all. He said, "If the phone is used with A T and T, then it should not be unlocked." I said, "Can the phone be used with other services, because I have heard this is possible?"
>
> The customer service representative said, "We do not unlock cell phones, and if our boss finds out then we can be fired." I simplay said, "Thank you," I then proceeded to leave the store.
>
> If anyone has any suggestions then let me know because its a good phone. If you have any suggestions, you can e-mail me offr the list serve at: tonysohl at cox.net
>
> I would appreciate any help I can get to resove this issue.
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Christopher

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