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So I was just messing around with options on my 9900 cause I was bored and it turns out that when Bell shipped me my phone back in August, they shipped me an unlocked device. Soooo needless to say, I'm pretty HAPPY today! :D anybody else have this happen?
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That's pretty cool. Maybe your original was unlocked and you never noticed. Who knows?
Mine was unlocked from the word go. I'm happy since I was going to need to unlock it to use my sim card down here in it. Now when I come back to Canada I won't need to unlock it for my sim for Bell.
(Bought it from Optus Aus, using a Vodafone sim, have a Bell sim for Canada)
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Lol yeah. This IS the original phone they shipped 3 months ago. Just never noticed until now. Never even bothered to check
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I have a question.....how do you know if its unlocked?
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I know a few people on Bell, and all of them have received unlocked Bell BlackBerrys. I dunno how common that is, but one has had at least 3 different unlocked BlackBerrys.
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I would like to know as well.
The same way that you would enter the unlock code...
Options>device>advanced system settings>simcard> type "mepd"
All should be shown as Disabled/inactive
oh ok. good to know
for a decade and a half i just put in a sim from another carrier and if it works it's unlocked.
thanks for the info.
I got mine from bell, and it is also unlocked.
Mine says Active next to network, so I guess I am locked with my carrier?
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Yes, VZW locks their devices. You can call VZW and they will give you the unlock code free though.
mine is from Rogers and if u know anything about Rogers they will lock that phone down with a chasity belt and a three year contract so you can never leave *and yes i check it was locked*
After unlocking does everything still work with verizon? Unlock for trip overseas. Use a local sim while gone. Return home and put verison sim back in.
Am I missing anything here?
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Correct. Unlocking just allows you to use another carriers SIM.
I am guessing this can't be done with VZW Iphones?
Before I came down to Australia I wanted to unlock my 9700 so I called Bell. They told me it would cost me $70. I told them I'd pass if it were that much. I then proceded to find a website to do it for much cheaper. Such a rip off from Bell.
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Am I correct in assuming your phone is a direct purchase and not a contract? I don't understand why you would want to use another carriers SIM if you were still paying a bill to your original provider.