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How to Unlock Phone For Free

  • 20-04-2012 10:09AM
    #1
    A_Sober_Paddy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,221 ✭✭✭


    Hey all,

    I need my phone unlocked for the weekend...I've been into the meteor store and they were pretty much no help, and the person in there told me to come back later:mad:

    So is there anyway I can unlock the phone with the aid of an app?

    Its a HTC Desire

    Cheer in advance


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  • #2
    hardCopy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,969 ✭✭✭hardCopy


    Have you tried another SIM in it?

    I don't think Meteor locked their Desires. My Meteor Desire was definitely unlocked out of the box.


  • #3
    Jarren
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,692 ✭✭✭Jarren


    http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=943726


  • #4
    vibe666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    are you out of contract? if so, just ring up your provider and ask them to have the phone unlocked and they should do it with you over the phone. :)


  • #5
    A_Sober_Paddy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,221 ✭✭✭A_Sober_Paddy


    hardCopy wrote: »
    Have you tried another SIM in it?

    I don't think Meteor locked their Desires. My Meteor Desire was definitely unlocked out of the box.

    Yeah I just threw my 48 sim into the phone, and I can't send messages or make calls...But strangely just received a text


  • #6
    A_Sober_Paddy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,221 ✭✭✭A_Sober_Paddy


    Jarren wrote: »
    http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=943726

    When I go to unzip it, i get a message saying certain files a corrupted
    vibe666 wrote: »
    are you out of contract? if so, just ring up your provider and ask them to have the phone unlocked and they should do it with you over the phone. :)

    I've no credit to ring them, also I'm not on bill pay I'm pay as you go...Was just chatting to someone on the metoer site and he said he'd sent off a request but it could take 10 working days


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  • #7
    vibe666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »
    When I go to unzip it, i get a message saying certain files a corrupted

    I've no credit to ring them, also I'm not on bill pay I'm pay as you go...Was just chatting to someone on the metoer site and he said he'd sent off a request but it could take 10 working days
    ring meteor customer care on 1905, it should be free.


  • #8
    A_Sober_Paddy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,221 ✭✭✭A_Sober_Paddy


    vibe666 wrote: »
    ring meteor customer care on 1905, it should be free.

    But your man, online said it would take 10 days, will the person over the phone be able to do it straight away?


  • #9
    vibe666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »
    But your man, online said it would take 10 days, will the person over the phone be able to do it straight away?
    i haven't done it with meteor since i joined them (i'm still in contract anyway) but oi've done it with o2 and they did it over the phone, only took a few minutes to give them the imei and/or lock code (can't remember exactly) and then for them to give me the unlock code to type in to unlock it as far as i remember.


  • #10
    G1032
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,250 ✭✭✭G1032


    A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »
    Yeah I just threw my 48 sim into the phone, and I can't send messages or make calls...But strangely just received a text
    A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »
    I've no credit to ring them, also I'm not on bill pay I'm pay as you go...Was just chatting to someone on the metoer site and he said he'd sent off a request but it could take 10 working days

    See any link between the two posts..................?????

    If you can recieve a message your SIM is working........................


  • #11
    vibe666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    i don't think he's sober at all! :D


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  • #12
    A_Sober_Paddy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,221 ✭✭✭A_Sober_Paddy


    G1032 wrote: »
    See any link between the two posts..................?????

    If you can recieve a message your SIM is working........................

    The no credit, was in relation to my meteor sim...

    The sim that received the text was my 48 sim...not my meteor one.

    Got it sorted anyway's, phone was unlocked, but had to do a factory reset and it's all working very well now...

    Cheers for all the replies guys


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