[Electronics-talk] Unlocking Cell Phones

[tony sohl]

Thank you I will give this a try.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Chaltain" <cchaltain at austin.rr.com>
To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
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Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 11:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Unlocking Cell Phones


>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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