Bert wrote:

Unlock codes are specific to the phone. If one worked for all phones, do
you think people would go to such trouble to get one?

They are actually specific not only to the phone, but to the service
provider. So if you bought the phone from T-Mobile, it would have a different
code than the same phone bought from AT&T.

Some phones can be unlocked by buying the code from various vendors in
Eastern Europe. I have unlocked several Motorola phones that way.

Some phones require the code come from the service provider, who will only
provide them to current customers and may have other restrictions.

iPhones really need to be unlocked by Apple, who will only do it if the
service provider who bought it from them asks them to do it. Then a
magical unlock code is sent via iTunes to the registered owner of the phone.

There are many unlock hacks for iPhones, most of them don't work, or stop
working if you reboot the phone.

Geoff.



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Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379