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[samjam]

My new phone came today, I put 926 firmware on it and it works with my orange SIM.

Maybe the new china 2030 baseband is not network locked?

[EviL FazZ]

Thanks for letting us know... will be getting a third one these great value phones next week and will try it then

[Davidoff59]

Some phones aren't locked.

[FrankieADZ]

was it locked before you flashed B926 onto it?

[samjam]

FrankieADZ, on 14 August 2012 - 05:00 PM, said:

was it locked before you flashed B926 onto it?

I don't know :-)

I bought it from tesco, marked vodaphone and with a vodaphone sim - I never put the sim in it.
I upgraded first and then ready to unlock, paid my 4.99 for an unlock credit and then found it worked anyway!

[FrankieADZ]

samjam, on 14 August 2012 - 05:59 PM, said:

I don't know :-)

I bought it from tesco, marked vodaphone and with a vodaphone sim - I never put the sim in it.
I upgraded first and then ready to unlock, paid my 4.99 for an unlock credit and then found it worked anyway!

well its been know that a few are unlock...which are on contract have seemingly slipped thru the net.

Personally I wouldnt say B927 defo unlock the sim unless you'd tried it before you update it.

[MickJack]

samjam, on 14 August 2012 - 05:59 PM, said:

I don't know :-)

I bought it from tesco, marked vodaphone and with a vodaphone sim - I never put the sim in it.
I upgraded first and then ready to unlock, paid my 4.99 for an unlock credit and then found it worked anyway!

Same here, from voda, paid for unlock on eBay,  put sim in and confused myself for a while expecting a prompt for the unlock code that never came, convinced I was doing something wrong, thing was unlocked out of the box !!

[dantoe12]

same here as well. cant boot load though to start the upgrading

[FrankieADZ]

dantoe12, on 14 August 2012 - 08:50 PM, said:

same here as well. cant boot load though to start the upgrading

if you've upgraded to ICS you have to use the UnlockBootloader.exe to unlock the bootloader, as in ICS update the bootloader is locked and you can just flash CMW on like you did with Gingerbread

[alwyn]

I bought mine from tesco as well, installed the B926, B927, B934 and recently the B934 Infusion, and had to unlock it by getting the unlock code from ebay. You were just lucky enough to get an unlocked phone,
EDIT: ANd yes I unlocked it only after installing the last ROM.

Edited by alwyn, 15 August 2012 - 07:56 AM.

[Skip Tracer]

Mine is a Tesco brought phone with the Vodafone PAYG sticker on the box and was unlocked.

[HuaweiAscend]

Mine was also from Tesco with a Vodafone PAYG sticker, but locked.

[dantoe12]

FrankieADZ, on 15 August 2012 - 07:31 AM, said:

if you've upgraded to ICS you have to use the UnlockBootloader.exe to unlock the bootloader, as in ICS update the bootloader is locked and you can just flash CMW on like you did with Gingerbread

i cant install ICS without boot loading lol

[WackoJackoUK]

Not sure if there is a connection but my OH has one which was locked which came from Tesco Direct (Stock 885). My mum wanted a basic smart phone and as Tesco have their double up promo she got it instore for £50 (she is on T-Mobile).- This has stock 882 I think.

Anyway I told her to check it was unlocked by putting her \T-mobile sim in and it was unlocked and worked straight away.

Could it be that Store ones are Unlocked but others not?

Edited by WackoJackoUK, 15 August 2012 - 07:38 PM.

[samjam]

WackoJackoUK, on 15 August 2012 - 07:37 PM, said:

Not sure if there is a connection but my OH has one which was locked which came from Tesco Direct (Stock 885). My mum wanted a basic smart phone and as Tesco have their double up promo she got it instore for £50 (she is on T-Mobile).- This has stock 882 I think.

Anyway I told her to check it was unlocked by putting her \T-mobile sim in and it was unlocked and worked straight away.

Could it be that Store ones are Unlocked but others not?

Tell us more about this double up promo... http://www.moneysavi...bcard-promotion

Edited by samjam, 15 August 2012 - 08:44 PM.

[WackoJackoUK]

Clubcard Exchange Information Here:-

http://www.tesco.com...bigexchange.asp

In-Store Phone Exchange Information

http://www.tesco.com...hange_depts.asp

Obviously if you do it instore - check the phone is in stock first before exchanging your vouchers at the customer service desk (don't want to be stuck with £100 of vouchers).

You can also do it online for Tesco Direct too but again check stock first. I'd probably do it in-store if I had to again.

Edited by WackoJackoUK, 15 August 2012 - 10:22 PM.

[Fluoroscopic]

Probably a stupid noob question:
Is there no way to unlock the phone just by installing another ROM?
My Samsung Galaxy S was locked (to Spanish "Yoigo") and I unlocked it just by installing a unlocked-unbranded stock ROM. No need for IMEI unlock. But well, It was 18 months ago and another manufacturer.

Still can someone answer if that is possible with this phone and if not, why not?

Thanks in advance

[HuaweiAscend]

Not possible, yet.

Not sure why.

[Smiff2]

it's locked at a lower level than the ROM

wackojacko, my vodaphone store one was unlocked and one from isme online was locked, so that backs up what you guessed..

[Fluoroscopic]

well, that explains why installing a new ROM doesn't change it. Thank you.
(anyone knows what "lower level" that is and how it works? just curious).

After wasting an afternoon researching possibilities, I finally decided to buy an unlock code from ebay for 5 pounds (I'm not in the UK, so going to a Vodafone UK store is not an option), I guess I will have it unlocked by tomorrow