Cell Phones in Great Britain - Three unlocked my Nokia 6680 :-)

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Three unlocked my Nokia 6680 :-)

Jiffy

2006-05-28, 11:48 pm

Hi all,

I've had my 6680 for over a year so I phoned 3 up for the unlock code. They
said the couldn't provide it as I hadn't purchased it directly from them
(I'd got it through OneStopPhoneShop so it said CPW on their system). I
phoned back again and got the same story. I tried yet again and got a lady
who didn't ask where I'd bought it from and took my card details to pay the
£15 fee. She didn't guarantee success. She just said she'd pass my phone and
IMEI details onto their technical department and if they had the code then
they would provide it. Otherwise, they'd refund me payment. That was a few
days ago and 3 phoned me back today with the unlock code!

The code worked first time with no problems except that the has obviously
still got the 3 firmware so it defaults to 3G even though my Orange sim
won't work with 3G. My O2 sim is 3G enabled though so it works fine.

I'm off now to hunt down firmware hacks. I just thought I'd share my success
story with others. Don't give up if 3 say it's not possible!

Cheers, Jiffy

Neil - Usenet

2006-05-29, 5:48 pm

look for FTD

the last option will set 2g(GSM), or 3g(umts), or both

I have the version that will work on your phone.(email me after spam edit)

http://www.symbian-freak.com/quides/netmon.htm

see lower page in the link, feild test 81.1

"Jiffy" <i.am@the.pub> wrote in message
news:1148861504.42588.0@iris.uk.clara.net...
> Hi all,
>
> I've had my 6680 for over a year so I phoned 3 up for the unlock code.
> They
> said the couldn't provide it as I hadn't purchased it directly from them
> (I'd got it through OneStopPhoneShop so it said CPW on their system). I
> phoned back again and got the same story. I tried yet again and got a lady
> who didn't ask where I'd bought it from and took my card details to pay
> the
> £15 fee. She didn't guarantee success. She just said she'd pass my phone
> and
> IMEI details onto their technical department and if they had the code then
> they would provide it. Otherwise, they'd refund me payment. That was a few
> days ago and 3 phoned me back today with the unlock code!
>
> The code worked first time with no problems except that the has obviously
> still got the 3 firmware so it defaults to 3G even though my Orange sim
> won't work with 3G. My O2 sim is 3G enabled though so it works fine.
>
> I'm off now to hunt down firmware hacks. I just thought I'd share my
> success
> story with others. Don't give up if 3 say it's not possible!
>
> Cheers, Jiffy
>
>

Jiffy

2006-05-29, 11:48 pm

"Neil - Usenet" wrote in message
news:IuEeg.236892$xt.148680@fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> look for FTD

Thanks for the heads up. I did a wee search and found it. It's working a
peach. When I find my USB cable I might have a try at updating the firmware.

Cheers, Jiffy

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