FREE SIM unlock codes for Orange San Francisco and ZTE Blade

[Guest Arr Too]

Maybe you've set a PIN on the SIM?

Edited December 6, 2010 by Arr Too

[Guest Damon3333]

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.

[Guest FyodorNinian]

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!!

[Guest Arr Too]

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?

[Guest HMZX]

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 ;)

[Guest Martin D]

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

[Guest FyodorNinian]

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

[Guest gameSTICKER]

Thanks, works beautifully! BTW, I unlocked from India, just in case people are curious about unlocking while the phone is physically outside UK.

[Guest jurrasstoil]

1. 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

[Guest Arr Too]

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.

[Guest jurrasstoil]

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 :)

[Guest Arr Too]

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... :)

[Guest Kecyek]

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.

[Guest Martin D]

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.

[Guest Arr Too]

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.

[Guest Ricey155]

awesome just the job many thanks for a great service :)

joined up and got a free unlock within mins

apprecaited :)

[Guest Kecyek]

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.

[Guest StuAff]

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!

[Guest Arr Too]

Updated first post with a link to my own version of the calculator.

[Guest The Soup Thief]

Updated first post with a link to my own version of the calculator.

The mind boggles

Great work! :)

[Guest s2h]

Worked perfect thanks!

[Guest heavyduty00]

thanks gave the same code as your program as well. thanks so much!

[Guest flatnote31]

CHEERS :) Excellent job :)

Unlocked two handsets :( :lol: :P

[Guest protocold]

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?

[Guest Arr Too]

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).