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Cell Phone Unlocking

March 25th, 2004 kikkoman

I recently switched from AT&T wireless to TMobile.

That left me with two nice but locked and useless phones, my old t68i and the ATT t226 replacement. I’d like to give one to my gf and one to my brother for them to use with prepaid cell plans.

So little little Googling and I found gsm-software.com, where I was able to purchase a cable and unlocking services. I accidentally blew a “credit” ($12) reading the codes off my t68i when I meant to unlock it, but oh well. The total cost ended up being about $60 for the cable and 2 unlocks. More than I wanted to spend but it was fun.

Given the success in unlocking my old phone (which would be ok if I broke), I decided to try unlocking my new Nokia 3650. Unlocking the 3650 was a joke: $5 and no cables needed. Very cool.

FYI, if you have a SonyEricsson you can check your firmware revision number by: Pressing >*<<*<*

The firmware on my t68i is old, but never gave me any problems: R3C001 (apps) & R1A (os). The latestest is something like R8C (apps) & R5 (os).

I decided against upgrading the firmware on the t68i as it works fine now, and would cost another $24. ;)

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