On my trip to India, I carried my Nokia 3650, which is a tri-band phone and should just work nearly anywhere in the world. Little did I know that most cell phone companies and even manufacturers lock the phones so that the phones will not work in other networks and will not even accept other SIM cards. So though designed to work almost anywhere the locking “feature” does not let you use it unless you unlock it first. I don’t know what the current policies are of wireless service providers. But it seems they charge anywhere between 50 and 75 USD to unlock it, if at all they agree to do so.

I found this useful site that helps you unlock your cell phone(for free). Read the instructions carefully, you only have 5 chances to enter the correct unlocking code.

Trycktill.com | Unlock your mobile phone for free!

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Posted on Friday, December 24th, 2004 at 1:24 pm in categories [Mobile Computing]. Comments feed. Leave a response, or trackback from your own site. edit