All the info I can find on free (or not free, for that matter) Nokia unlocking is for GSM handsets only. I found one CDMA Nokia unlocking site but it seemed shady. Anyone know a reliable website where one can get a Nokia 6255i unlocked for free or between $20-$30? I'm going to look over at HoFo, too but I thought someone here may have had one unlocked in the past and could save me hours of reading. Thanks.
with $31 Billion in sales, you need something for free? j/k The term 'unlocking' is reserved for GSM SIM card technology. I'm not sure what you mean. According to the Nokia manual on this phone: UIM (CDMA SIM) card slot Your phone has a UIM card slot built into the mechanics. However, the UIM is not functional in this phone model. Avoid placing anything into the UIM card slot.
The Nokia 6255i is "locked" to a certain provider and you need an SPC (service programming code) to "unlock" it so you can reprogram NAM1 to work with another MDN/MIN combination and another home SID. If the "Global" in GSM were more true, this wouldn't even be an issue. Stupid CDMA!
This is what I figured you meant. Maybe try googling with different keywords, besides 'unlock'. I think that will point you to Sim unlocking. The right keyword makes a big difference in search engines.
I was under the impression (someone correct me if I'm off-base here) that CDMA phones are "locked" to the carrier by the fact that the carrier has the ESN (electronic serial nimber) of the phone in their database. Unlike GSM phones, where the locking is done in the phone's firmware, I think you can only have the carrier release a CDMA phone for use with another carrier.
CDMA handsets are locked with what is called the Service Programming Code or SPC. Normally, only the provider who has locked the phone has access to this information but I have heard there are ways to get the SPC online but I have yet to find a site capable of getting the SPC or unlocking a CDMA Nokia.
Basically, yes. I'm trying to help someone bring a phone over to Alltel. The 6255i is a cool phone but you know me, if I was going to spend $300 on a phone and accessories, it would have an M in a circle on it. They got it "unlocked" from eBay but it wasn't unlocked and they couldn't send it back for some reason.
In august I was in the states with one of my two 6225 CDMA phones which are "locked" to my providers in South America. On this particular phone I can access the programming mode and set all the parameters for the second NAM. The other 6225 is completely locked so I didn't bring it with me. Well, I located one of this websites who sells prepaid phones and cards, filled their form with my phone data and waited. They tried unsuccesfully day after day for one week to activate my phone. I followed all the steps they instructed me, later it was a 3 way conference with the seller, the provider and me, and nothing could be done. At the end they could not figure why and refunded the activation fee plus the prepaid card. Fortunately I also had my old TDMA phone which was activated in seconds and saved my communication requirements To ilustrate you better in my country there are two big CDMA providers which got 85% of the market (the remaining 15% is served by a couple of GSM providers): One who upgraded from analog to CDMA and the other who started on analog, then to TDMA and now they are set on CDMA. So to avoid any migration from one to the other last year they simply locked their phones. Both of them carry the same Nokia models but one use units assembled in Brazil and the other assembled in Korea. All the phones ESN's are on the database of the provider who sold them so even if I got the SPC to "unlock" and access the phone parameters there is no way I can activate it on the other provider.
Hey does anyone knows how to unlock a nokia 2270 so I can use GSM on it ??????????? please replay for any suggestions on my question Thank you
The 2270 is a CDMA phone. It is a completely different technology than GSM, and can not be made to work on a GSM network.
I have a CDMA phone and noticed that I can have it unlocked to incorporate the SIM card. I am happy with my current CDMA service however would like to use the SIM card for my contact management. Is this possible?
No. CDMA carriers in Canada (Telus and Bell Mobility) do not use SIM cards. Neither do Verizon, Sprint, Alltel, or US Cellular in the U.S. SIM cards are used by GSM network carriers like Rogers/Fido in Canada, AT&T and T-Mobile in the U.S. Different network technologies which are incompatible with each other.
