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Has anyone unlocked a dumb phone (keypad phone) ? (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 1 year ago by ROMMMELLL@discuss.tchncs.de to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Dear Technology

I have a 10 year old dumb phone (keypad phone).

Has anyone unlocked their dumb phone ?

If so, could you tell me how you did it please ?

Yours sincerely ROMMMELLL

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[–] simon574@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You mean it's locked to a certain carrier? Sometimes you find unlock codes online, it depends on the model. Other times you have to buy the unlock code from the carrier and it's usually not worth it because you can get an unlocked Nokia keypad phone for less. I bought one of those for like 20 Euros at a pawn shop and it's still working with a prepaid SIM card from the supermarket.

[–] ROMMMELLL@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dear S

Thanks for your reply.

Thanks for the tip re the pawn shop.

Did you ever go ahead and succeed in unlocking a dumb phone ?

Yours sincerely

ROMMMELLL

[–] simon574@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, back in the day I managed to unlock my phone using a tutorial with unlock codes I found online. But that was before smartphones existed.

[–] ROMMMELLL@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

Dear S

I think I have 2 problems.

  1. I don't know who put the lock there - phone maker ? phone seller ? provider of 1st SIM card ? provider of 2nd SIM card ? other ? I just know that ONLY my current SIM card (the 2nd) works in my phone. No other SIM card will work in it.

  2. I don't know the correct procedure to remove the lock without bricking the phone. Or, how to unbrick it, if I do.

Perhaps I am being too cautious, but some of what I have seen online seems a little dubious, and I'm not sure I can trust myself to distinguish between good info and bad.

You are one of the few who have actually unlocked a dumb phone in real time.

Could I be so bold as to ask if you would be willing to give some of your time to find a good tutorial with unlock codes for a Samsung GT-E3210 dumb phone made about 2013 ?

Yours sincerely ROMMMELLL