Guest Arr Too Posted December 6, 2010 Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 (edited) Maybe you've set a PIN on the SIM? Edited December 6, 2010 by Arr Too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Damon3333 Posted December 6, 2010 Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 Maybe you've set a PIN on the SIM? Thank you so much!!!!! that's what is was. Am very grateful for your help, easy when you know how. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FyodorNinian Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 Thanks for all the work and advice in this thread - much appreciated. I just bought a San Fransico as a Christmas present. Went through the unlock proceedure, worked fine - got the confirmation screen that the unlock was successful. Set about linking it to a gmail address and half way through a pop up screen appeared stating 'Error validating phone number' - I can't get past it. I put a t-mobile sim in it as soon as it came out of the box. Any advice as to what I should try doing next would be gratefully received!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Arr Too Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 Are you in the UK? Perhaps the original operator (Orange?) is trying to validate your device first? So maybe pop that SIM back in and wait for some welcome texts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HMZX Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 Are you in the UK? Perhaps the original operator (Orange?) is trying to validate your device first? So maybe pop that SIM back in and wait for some welcome texts? yeah, i'd say wait a few days... they sent a huge amount of unneeded welcome texts ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Martin D Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Thanks for all the work and advice in this thread - much appreciated. I just bought a San Fransico as a Christmas present. Went through the unlock proceedure, worked fine - got the confirmation screen that the unlock was successful. Set about linking it to a gmail address and half way through a pop up screen appeared stating 'Error validating phone number' - I can't get past it. I put a t-mobile sim in it as soon as it came out of the box. Any advice as to what I should try doing next would be gratefully received!! The validating message is generated by the Orange Mail software I think - I uninstalled it and it went away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FyodorNinian Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 (edited) The validating message is generated by the Orange Mail software I think - I uninstalled it and it went away Thanks all for the replies. Martin - how did you get past the validating message? I can't get past it - it won't let me go to the home page. The validating pop just offers the option to try again. Is it a case of powering down, swapping the T-Mobile sim for an Orange SIM, power on, register a Gmail account, turn off, then swapping for the T-Mobile sim? Edited December 9, 2010 by FyodorNinian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gameSTICKER Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 Thanks, works beautifully! BTW, I unlocked from India, just in case people are curious about unlocking while the phone is physically outside UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jurrasstoil Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 Now you should be prompted to enter the unlock code. Do it carefully! I'm about to receive my SF and will have to unlock it. Why do i have to do it carefully? What will happen if i enter a wrong unlock code? Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Arr Too Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 Why do i have to do it carefully? What will happen if i enter a wrong unlock code? Because you only get a small number of attempts, so you need to make sure you put the correct IMEI in (usually OK, since not all numbers are valid) and then you need to make sure you enter the unlock code accurately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jurrasstoil Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 So, if i enter it wrong X times i won't be able to unlock it anymore or will it get locked or ...? I'll be highly cautious of course, but having a little peace of mind won't hurt :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Arr Too Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 So, if i enter it wrong X times i won't be able to unlock it anymore or will it get locked or ...? You'll maybe be the first to find this out... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kecyek Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 Is it possible to restore the lock after an unlock? In case if i need to use the warranty of the phone, because i heard the mobile vendors are seeing if the phone is unlocked if they connect it to a pc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Martin D Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 Thanks all for the replies. Martin - how did you get past the validating message? I can't get past it - it won't let me go to the home page. The validating pop just offers the option to try again. Is it a case of powering down, swapping the T-Mobile sim for an Orange SIM, power on, register a Gmail account, turn off, then swapping for the T-Mobile sim? Hi sorry didn't spot your question until now - I seem to remember I was able to get to settings, because I then used SystemApp Remover to uninstall Orange Mail to get rid of it. Can't check as I've since used r4 of the Froyo 2.2 ROM to update my handset it runs very nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Arr Too Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 Is it possible to restore the lock after an unlock? No known method at present. It's something that may come as a by-product of stuff I'm looking at at the moment, but seeing as it's not illegal in the UK, there's no real reason to worry about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ricey155 Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 awesome just the job many thanks for a great service :) joined up and got a free unlock within mins apprecaited :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kecyek Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 No known method at present. It's something that may come as a by-product of stuff I'm looking at at the moment, but seeing as it's not illegal in the UK, there's no real reason to worry about it. The lock is meant to not to replace the network provider to another when you buy a cheaper locked phone. That's why it's cheaper, than the network independent. If you don't lose the warranty if you unlock, then what is the point of lock? It's useless then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest StuAff Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 Got my SF at an Orange shop last week, first thing I did after getting it out of the box was unlocking it. Dead easy, working great on O2. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Arr Too Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Updated first post with a link to my own version of the calculator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Soup Thief Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Updated first post with a link to my own version of the calculator. The mind boggles Great work! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest s2h Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Worked perfect thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest heavyduty00 Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 thanks gave the same code as your program as well. thanks so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flatnote31 Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 CHEERS :) Excellent job :) Unlocked two handsets :( :lol: :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest protocold Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 sorry I have a stupid question. Can i unlock the SF outside UK directly while on a non orange network? Or do I have to start the phone within the Orange UK network in order to unlock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Arr Too Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Can i unlock the SF outside UK directly while on a non orange network? Or do I have to start the phone within the Orange UK network in order to unlock? If you have no intention of ever using Orange then you should be OK. If, however, you might want to use their service at some point in the future then you are advised to start up with their SIM inserted and let the phone validate on their network (which involves waiting for a few initial texts and just reading then deleting them). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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