"Not Allowed" unlocking Nokia N95

inode

i bought a nokia N95 on ebay the last day. it arrived in today and i got an unlock code from http://www.kingmobilephone.com the phone is locked to vodafone uk. when i entered it in for the first time i got the Not allowed error message. im assuming the person who had it before me tried a wrong code 3 times. is there anyway at all of getting this unlocked now?

Urban Weigl

I'd try bringing it in to a Nokia service centre.

inode

dont think there is any about letterkenny, there used to be one but its now a hen party shop...

Martyr

inode wrote:

dont think there is any about letterkenny, there used to be one but its now a hen party shop...

you could try mobile-medics in derry, but they'd probably send it off somewhere else, i'd send it directly to fonefunshop.co.uk and have it unlocked by them.
john at market square might be able to unlock it, but i think he's only using the bb5 software, which doesn't cover n95.

check pm.

whisht

The N95 isnt supported by fonefunshop or anybody at the moment

Martyr

The N95 isnt supported by fonefunshop or anybody at the moment

yeah..they do have vodafone uk unlock codes available here though...
would he have to flash the phone, then retry the code again or what?

just out of curiosity, how do they manage to get codes for one network, but not for another?
do they have someone on the inside providing them with the information at a price, or are there some "backdoor" codes in the firmware which can be found by disassembling the code?

god's toy

This link suggests they can do it.
:http://www.fonefunshop.co.uk/Unlocking/nokiabb5.htm

Martyr

yeah, that should do the trick alright.
just enter the code afterwards..but what do fonefunshop do exactly? flash the phone?
they say "reset" but..

whisht

Sorry!
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I meant the N95 cannot be unlocked, even using the new BB5 unlock hardware. However, if the OP has a code for unlocking his phone and the number of tries have been used up, this can be reset and then tried again. Not everybody can do it though. They will explain how, but if you cannot do it, then its tough luck. Same service is available in Irl and you can send the phone and have it done for you. www.thefonedoc.com can reset the tries and unlock it then with the unlock code provided

whisht

@ Average Joe
The codes are available from vendors for the various networks, but like you say, not all networks can be done this way. Its purely down to a vendor who can supply codes for a specific network and is not a "backdoor" in the firmware.

inode

whisht do you know roughly how much they charge to reset the tries? and is there anyway i can do that myself?

inode

taking a run into john in the square now, will let ya know how i get on

inode

john didnt have the right cable although he told me to come back on friday. but at looking at this site http://www.fonefunshop.co.uk/Unlocking/unlock/bb5counterresetbuy.htm

thats what i want to do. i think i know what they do, i have this program nemesis service suite (http://www.b-phreaks.co.uk/software.htm) it shows me the simlock tries etc and you can rebuild a simlock by importing a certificate rpl file?

any ideas? lol

inode

http://www.b-phreaks.co.uk/blog/?p=5 there we go and they only charge 20 euro

inode

rpl file worked phone is now unlock