I have a motorola v557 which is cingular branded and wanted to see if there's a way to unlock it so it can be used for t-mobile. Thanks for any help..

4.6

 

What? I know jack s_h_i_t about gsm phones!!!

 

I do a lot of phone selling on ebay. If you want that phone unlocked, then you have to get someone who has Cingular to call in and give them their information. Then they have to tell them that they are going to go out of the country and that they need to use a out of the country SIM becuase they don't want all of the charges. Then they will Email you the instructions on how to unlock that phone and also the code to use.

 

Well i don't know anybody that has cingular..

 

you know greg... i have cingular also..

 

Just put a T-MOBILE SIM card in the phone:stupid:

 

Can you help me out!

 

I do have a t-mobile sim, but the phone is a cingular phone.....

 

and you can't swap SIM cards? it should be just like buying a new phone and putting your old sim into the new phone

 

Ok you are not making any sense. Let me explain this again. I have a motorola v557, which is Cingular branded(which means it doesnt work with any other sim cards besides cingular). My girlfriend has T-mobile service and want to get the phone unlocked to that she can use it with her t-mobile service.

 

yeah when a phone is locked you can't put any other sim card in it unless you unlock it. That's why when you sell a phone on ebay it's better to get it unlocked because more people can bid on it. Yea it's easy when you get someone whos got cingular. good luck man.

 

oh and may i ask why you have sugary lips as your sig?!?!? ahahahah

 

Read my the title underneath my u/n ..

 

So i guess no one can help me then huh.......

 

i could help, but what would i have to do? just call cingular and get the instructions for unlocking your phone?

 

I don't know, thats what some people on here say..but i doubt its that easy..plus i've heard that this phone can only be unlocked with a data cable....

 

floppy just get the serial number from the phone and also the IMEI number. Call them up and say...."Hey i'm going to go to Europe and want to unlock my phone for an internation SIM. I just bought it so can you send me the number??!!??" It really is that easy. I do it all the time.

 

4.6, send me those two numbers in a pm and i'll call cingular for you.

 

if you don't do it , i can, i got the v557 and cingular also ...

 

cool thanks guys...when i get home i'll get the serial # and post them up...thanks again..

 

Sorry it took so long, but i've been real busy with work and school, that i had lost track of this phone.

Motorola V557
IMEI:358253003237784

The bar code label reads:
2375593118

Thanks for any help..

Miguel

 

pm sent...

 

So i put my t-mobile sim in the phone and i get a contach service provider message! I won't allow me to enter the code...

 

i guess try putting in the cingular sim you have and then try unlocking the phone...

 

Ok, i got it to work to where it asked for the password, but it doesn't seem to be the right one....thanks anyways floppy...

 

I tried calling t-mobile to see if they would give me the code...and they told me they can't request unlock codes from cingular phones......

 

don't put the SIm card in when putting the code in. Just turn the phone on and put in the command that they gave you