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I seem to have unlocked my phone.. did I do it by flexing/flashing?
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Posted by: neptunet

OK I've seen a lot of posts saying you can't unlock by flashing your phone, so I wanted to start this thread to get the final word.

Here's what happened:

RAZR V3 - Cingular provider
Cingular 57R firmware
(stock Cingular setup from when the RAZR first came out)

The ONLY thing I did was modify some seems and reflash to the 9DR reflash from a couple months ago.

A friend of mine later popped in an AT&T SIM and it came up fine. So, was my phone unlocked?

Right now I have a new RAZR and I'm running the new iceman monsterpack and C3R_A. So I'm just wondering.. what exactly happened?

Posted by: phib3r

thats cause the first batch of cingular razr's came unlocked

Posted by: neptunet

Seriously? Why?

And if that's true man I feel shafted because I just had to trade it in for one of the new RAZRs.

Posted by: djdownhill

All the phones that Cingular had were unlocked, then the merger with AT&T came along, and since AT&T locked every phone the ever offered Cingular got the wild idea to lock everything as well. :rolleyes2 Friggen AT&T.

Posted by: dondono

I remember having to unlock Nokia 3390 and 3395 long before ATT
I even got a unlock code from Voicestream on a Cingular phone so I know they had some locked phones before ATT.

Posted by: jasho

They started unlocking their phones once their world phones released. This is so that people travelling internationally on business could purchase pre-paid phone sims and still have them work in that country. Once AT&T merged, they started locking their phones. Not sure if they will go back to unlocking them again though. Seems like it makes sense to keep them unlocked...

~Jason

Posted by: poetic_folly

I hate locked phones. Such a dumb idea. Why don't they just let us have the phone if we are paying for it? Carrier restrictions drive me crazy...

Posted by: nubber

dont most flashes unlock phones?

Posted by: SchuchWun

they lock them because they are giving you the phone for dirt cheap. else you would be paying full price. at least thast how rogers does it.

Posted by: emailmeif911

After 90days of service, Tmobile will unlock at your requisition.