Unlocking 5600

[Guest jleecong]

I'm interested in unlocking my phone now that they have the unlock working properly with my Audiovox 5600.

First question is are people having luck unlocking the phone and is it really as easy as the site makes it out to be.

Second on the site http://www.c500-unlock.com they talk about how to do the flash briefly but do they include detailed instructions?

I unlocked my Nokia but only had to enter in a simple code, this unlocking process seems much more complex.

Thanks!

[Guest squall]

you no longer have to flash to sim unlock smt 5600. Just follow the instructions on that page. Its easy enough if you follow instructions

[Guest jleecong]

Thanks I realize you no longer have to flash the phone that is why I said "now that they have the unlock working properly with my Audiovox 5600".

That was the main thing I was waiting for. Now that it should work wth my phone without the flash I was wondering if people were having + results.

[Guest gcherian]

You are absolutely right - it is harder than the nokia phones. But if you follow the instructions, it should be done in 5 minutes.... I am sure you can do it :lol:

[Guest ddocta]

I am looking into the same thing. Has anyone actually done it for the 5600 and has good things to say?

[Guest jleecong]

I did it and it was a piece of cake. Took maybe 10 mintues from getting the IMEI from the phone to putting in the sim card and using T-Mobiles network. It was funny because the phone rang before I even made a call and I was like hey it must be working cause the person didn't know my AT&T #.

Phone shows T-Mobile as the carrier, still see a few AT&T logos but thats due to firmware. I got T-Mobile to update my plan from the 600 min to 1000 min and had them add the internet service back on my account.

Internet just started working, but you have to go in to the connection setting and change things.

http://modaco.com/viewtopic.php?t=117361&h...tmobile+smt5600

Good Luck!

[Guest jminor]

I was told by Cingular that I could not migrate my SMT5600 to their coverage for several reasons, none of which I understand: "Cingular has a different frequency"; and "the SIM card won't work because AT&T uses 32MB and Cingular uses 64MB." If I unlock my phone can I make this happen? What does anyone know? HELP! I love my phone.

[Guest jleecong]

I was told by Cingular that I could not migrate my SMT5600 to their coverage for several reasons, none of which I understand: "Cingular has a different frequency"; and "the SIM card won't work because AT&T uses 32MB and Cingular uses 64MB."  If I unlock my phone can I make this happen?  What does anyone know?  HELP!  I love my phone.

If you unlock it, it should work however AT&T isn't going anywhere. They won't drop your service and Cingular will have to honor your contract. I am a AT&T customer about to cancel my contract under the 30 day trial.

If you are happy with your AT&T/Cingular Service then I wouldn't worry.

I am a T-Mobile customer and got 100 minutes more from AT&T plus the phone. I’m canceling the plan but keeping the phone and had it unlocked to use my new T-Mobile plan.

[Guest NIGHTMARE]

even though is cost 20 quid i think i will be going this on pay day next week, please can someone that has done this confirm that you do not lose any settings or programs and when you hard (or soft) reset the phone you do not have to do it again, or at least pay an extra 20 quid, thanks

[Guest mgama]

The unlocking process is a piece of cake. Once the phone is unlocked, it will remain unlocked even if you do a hard-reset, or reflash the OS ROM.

[Guest awarner [MVP]]

even though is cost 20 quid i think i will be going this on pay day next week, please can someone that has done this confirm that you do not lose any settings or programs and when you hard (or soft) reset the phone you do not have to do it again, or at least pay an extra 20 quid, thanks

You do not need to hard reset your phone when sim unlocking, so none

of your settings will be lost.

[Guest jleecong]

The only difference I noticed is that now when I insert a SIM card other than my AT&T one I don't get a error mesage. :lol:

[Guest NIGHTMARE]

You do not need to http://smartphone.modaco.com/viewtopic.php?p=97945#97945>Hard Reset your phone when http://smartphone.modaco.com/viewtopic.php?t=3976>SIM Unlock, so none

of your settings will be lost.

sorry you miss understood me about the hard reset, i ment if i do a hard reset will i have to unlock the sim again or does it remeber?

EDIT - thanks for the answer mgama

[Guest jleecong]

sorry you miss understood me about the http://smartphone.modaco.com/viewtopic.php?p=97945#97945>Hard Reset, i ment if i do a http://smartphone.modaco.com/viewtopic.php?p=97945#97945>Hard Reset will i have to unlock the sim again or does it remeber?

The unlock has nothing to do with your sim. It unlocks your phone so than you can use a sim from a carrier other than what the phone is locked for.

The unlock is perminant. Reset the phone as much as you want and it will still be unlocked.

[Guest gcherian]

It is not as if anyone wants proof or anything - I have the SMT5600 on Cingular (after unlocking it ofcourse.) and I have hard reset it once and it is the same unlocked. I am using all the data functions of the phone with mediaworks package and all is good :lol: [regardless of what cs people say.]

George

[Guest NIGHTMARE]

The unlock has nothing to do with your sim. It unlocks your phone so than you can use a sim from a carrier other than what the phone is locked for.

The unlock is perminant. Reset the phone as much as you want and it will still be unlocked.

Brilliant, thanks!

[Guest jminor]

today Cingular told me that the 5600 would not work on their network at some unspecified time in the future. Reason is the AT&T phone's ROM would have an incompatable Roaming Data Base to pick up updates on Cingular tower locations. What does anyone know?

[Guest florin_m]

They are talking rubish so you take their handsets only.