T-Mobile cellular service - Problems with T-Mobile

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Problems with T-Mobile

ilyap30

2006-02-07, 11:48 pm

a) Anyone ever had unlock problems with T-Mobile? I went through 5 phones of
the same model, all of which THEY weren't able to unlock.

b) Also, this just happened: They claimed my dad (the account holder) renewed
the contract for 2 years and sent him a new phone. He never did. He sent the
phone back and it took him about 3 hours on the phone to tell them off and
the fact that he never extended his contract?

(PeteCresswell)

2006-02-07, 11:48 pm

Per ilyap30:
>a) Anyone ever had unlock problems with T-Mobile? I went through 5 phones of
>the same model, all of which THEY weren't able to unlock.

I'm coming around to preferring Nokia phones - which, so far, I've been able to
unlock independent of T-Mobile.
--
PeteCresswell

delysid

2006-02-07, 11:48 pm

ilyap30 wrote:
> a) Anyone ever had unlock problems with T-Mobile? I went through 5 phones of
> the same model, all of which THEY weren't able to unlock.
>
> b) Also, this just happened: They claimed my dad (the account holder) renewed
> the contract for 2 years and sent him a new phone. He never did. He sent the
> phone back and it took him about 3 hours on the phone to tell them off and
> the fact that he never extended his contract?
I have had three or four phones unlocked by T-Mobile.

LEM

2006-02-08, 2:48 am

"ilyap30" <u18510@uwe> wrote in news:5b8b097215d0c@u
we:

> a) Anyone ever had unlock problems with T-Mobile? I went through 5
> phones of the same model, all of which THEY weren't able to unlock.

Did you get these phones from T-mobile? If yes, they should be able to
unlock them. What models are they? What was the reason for not being able
to unlock the phones?

Note, that even if they were T-mobile phones that you got from elsewhere
(e-bay, friends, etc.) somebody may have already tried to unlock them
unsuccessfully, and after certain number of such attempts (3 to 5
depending on the phone) the phone becomes hard-locked and only way to
unlock it is by using special hardware. No codes will work on those
phones.

LEM
(remove all digits from address for direct reply)

E Jones

2006-02-11, 5:48 pm

They (T-Mobile) gave me the code to unlock my Motorola V188 over the phone.
Worked first time, no problem.

- ESJ

"ilyap30" <u18510@uwe> wrote in message news:5b8b097215d0c@u
we...
> a) Anyone ever had unlock problems with T-Mobile? I went through 5 phones
of
> the same model, all of which THEY weren't able to unlock.
>
> b) Also, this just happened: They claimed my dad (the account holder)
renewed
> the contract for 2 years and sent him a new phone. He never did. He sent
the
> phone back and it took him about 3 hours on the phone to tell them off and
> the fact that he never extended his contract?

(PeteCresswell)

2006-02-11, 5:48 pm

Per ilyap30:
>Anyone ever had unlock problems with T-Mobile? I went through 5 phones of
>the same model, all of which THEY weren't able to unlock.

I just got done unlocking four Nokias that I fished out of a local courtesy
disposal bin.

http://www.peters1.dk/webtools/noki...ne.php?sprog=en gives unlock codes
gratis.

Your phone's probably not a Nokia, but I point this out because the phones I've
got are perfectly-functional devices - albeit lacking bells and whistles like
camera, voice recorder, and so-forth.

In fact, they have noticeably better reception than the Moto V180's I also have
- not just measured in bars, which are said to be not comparable between
makes/models - but just in being able to make/receive calls when the Moto's are
dead in the water.

Seems like such a waste that people are just throwing these things out because
they have a new so-called "free" phone as part of being locked into their next
two-year service contract.
--
PeteCresswell

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