You can either ask your mobile phone supplier or insert your UM+ SIM card into your phone and switch it on. If a normal screen is displayed your phone is unlocked. If the screen displays an error message such as "Enter Subsidy Code" or "Phone Restricted" or asks to enter a code other than the PIN code your phone is probably SIM locked.

Only phones bought in a "package", together with a SIM, can be locked. If the phone is locked, it is always written on the box (legal reasons)! If you have to sign a contract before they let you take the phone home, it is likely to be NOT locked. But if you don't have to legitimate yourself at all, it is probably locked. you signed a contract to pay abonnement for at least a year (and it is not a special network provided phone) But only by trying with a different SIM you can be sure.

Simply insert a SIM card from a different network operator than the one currently being used into the phone. If the phone works it is unlocked.

This means that you have a SIM locked phone and will have to go to your previous carrier to obtain the unlock code.

Yes. If you have a locked handset from your current provider, your provider is obliged to give you the unlock code after one year, regardless of your current contract period. You can then unlock your phone and use it with an ACN SIM card.

GeMobile SIM card doesnt have an uptime (expiry date) and it wont be locked, even if its out of credit. In case of having zero balance you can receive calls from where the calls are free of charge.

SP locked, SIM locked, Subsidy locked, it means your phone is locked to a certain network provider. This means you can only use the service / SIM card from that particular one network provider. If you want to use a SIM card or service or another provider, your phone will reject it. Even if you have a world phone, you can't really use other providers in other countries, which makes it essentially useless.

Techoni sells mobile phones and PDAs that will work on any compatible network. You can use any standard sim card with a phone purchased from us. When you purchase a phone from Techoni, you are purchasing an outright phone. You are not locked into any contracts with any mobile phone carrier. You have the choice on which carrier and service you use.

You can very easily buy an inexpensive SIM card and use it in your telephone. Your guide will give you all the information on what to buy and where. There are rental companies at the major international airports and some car hire companies also rent out cellphones. However, please note that some areas are out of range of transmitters.

Ok, when is the iphone actually going to come out (real date not just June)? Also where there be AIM or ichat on this device, or is it just e-mail. Because for a kid, like me, they really want AIM or ichat? Thanks! Now that we’re on the brink of June (release month), there must be some major updates to the iPhone, necessitating an updated FAQ.

Yes. If the Mobile Email application is on the new phone, you will need to set up your account. If the Mobile Email application is not on your new phone, and you did not delete your email account from the Mobile Email application, you will continue to receive "new mail" alerts. Your phone will not be able to read the alert, and it will appear as a garbled text message (containing text "OZMAIL" in the message).

If you have SIM contacts you can transfer them over to the phone by using the SIM Manager or if your phone does not have one, the regular Contacts program itself will have an option to copy from SIM to phone. If you have a lot of contacts on your SIM card, you can easily automatically import all SIM contacts by using a small utility like SIMImp.

A sim free mobile is just a mobile phone in its purest form, as it was manufactured. When a mobile is built, it isn't put together with any contract or company network in mind; it's just a brand new mobile phone ready to be used with the sim card you choose to insert. It's a bit like your own new computer before you had an internet provider or an account set up. It's important to differentiate between sim free mobile phones and unlocked phones, which are by definition tampered goods.

Remove the battery pack, located under the battery cover on the back of the phone. With the metal contacts facedown, align the notch on the SIM card with the notch on the SIM slot and insert the SIM card. If SIM is inserted correctly, you will not be able to see the metal contacts after inserting the card, because they are facing away from you. Replace the battery pack and battery cover then turn on the phone. If SIM was installed properly, you will be able to begin making calls.

The default SIM PIN for your phone is 0000. If you enter this and the phone does not allow you to continue, the SIM PIN has been changed. If this occurs, you must have the SIM PIN reset by a local service center. Please call 1551 for additional information. If you incorrectly enter the SIM PIN into the phone three consecutive times the SIM will become locked. If this occurs, please call 1551 with one of the customer care representatives to assist your in unlocking the SIM.

For Phone Lock or Sim Lock, the customer can bring in the phone to the Mobile88.com service centers to unlock the phone. However, the customer has to bring the warranty card together with the phone for security purpose. This is to avoid stolen phone issue.

You do not have to have a SIM card to unlock a phone. In fact, you do it WITHOUT the SIM card in place. The phone being locked is a characteristic of the phone - not the card.

Yes, you can use your SIM card in most phones providing it is suitable for use on a GSM 1800 network and is not SIM locked. To check if your phone is suitable, please contact customer services on +32 78 78 11 33.

If your phone is locked, you can see one of message below after inserting a different carrier SIM Card/Smart Chip to it:

Please input the release code via Num lock (initial code is 0000 or 1234), then press the confirm key. If you forget the code after the change, please send to our appointed maintenance point for releasing.

Whether the phone is in locked mode or not, the emergency number 911 will work with any available system in the area. The phone will provide the global positioning coordinates to the emergency response system.

If your phone is not stolen/barred, technically there is no such possibility. If you give us the correct information about your phone or if you follow our instructions appropriately then you will be supplied with the appropriate unlock codes or logs which will unlock your phone with 100% success. If in such rare case it does not work we will refund you.

A locked cell phone is one that has been altered in order to use only one particular cellular network. This is often referred to as a service provider lock or "SP lock" for short. All GSM network operators lock the GSM cell phones they sell or offer with their cellular services. This is the hidden cost of the otherwise "free" or heavily-discounted phone you might receive directly from a network operator by signing a service contract.

If your phone is not stolen/barred, technically there is no such possibility. If you give us the correct IMEI number, phone model and the network to which it is locked then you will be supplied with the appropriate unlock codes which will unlock your phone with 100% success. If in such rare case it does not work we will refund you.

The simplest way to check if your phone is locked is to insert a SIM card from another network and see if the phone will accept it. If your phone is locked you will often see an error message of some kind. These messages vary depending on your handset manufacturer: If you do not have access to a SIM card from another network then there is a less scientific method you can use to check if your handset is locked. Simply look to see if your network has placed their logo on your phone somewhere.