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Sidekick II Privacy Lock??
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Posted by: kicksflipadozen

I think someone at my school that i let see my sidekick II (it was a group of people) put a privacy lock on my SKII i dont know the combination... by the time i even noticed there was a lock on it i was home and i called t-mobile they couldnt help me i mean im at a lost here because i called a few friends and they dont know how did it and i been trying combo's all weekend is there anyone that can help

Posted by: Chinasaur

1. Looking at your past posts..you have an interest in unlocking things.
2. A Sidekick II is not listed in your profile/header as a phone you own/use.
3. This is a variation on "I found a locked SidekickII.."

Next.

Posted by: Flow_Siete25

Lmao...hahhahahahaha...dude got sonned !!!

Posted by: swagger

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Originally Posted by Chinasaur

1. Looking at your past posts..you have an interest in unlocking things.
2. A Sidekick II is not listed in your profile/header as a phone you own/use.
3. This is a variation on "I found a locked SidekickII.."

Next.

oh god lmao.......

Posted by: Cool6324

There is a way to remove/disable the privacy lock. But since it seems as if you stole it or "found" it; I cannot help you. Don't PM with asking either.

Posted by: decuss

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Originally Posted by Chinasaur

ROTF...LMAO...damn...like a mini law n order trial

Posted by: SilverPenny

There is a way to bypass, but like the above poster said, but its just wrong to say anything.

Posted by: negative

the easiest way to unlock it is to go back to the same group of people... pass your sidekick around again... when it comes back to you hopefully it will be unlocked...

hope i was able to help you.

Posted by: JMillion

lollllllll

Posted by: kicksflipadozen

Guy's im no kind of Robber im to fortunate to steal and i never asked to unlock things actually and the reason it doenst say sidekick because i dont know how to change it thats from when i first signed up for this site.. but if no one wants to help me here its ok

Posted by: just2fitz

hey this bigshasta

they seriously sonned you kfd

Posted by: jgeorge

On the reasonably slim chance you're legit, you can call T-Mobile and they can give you a code to unlock your device. You will need to properly identify the account ownership and they will provide a code for you.

For the people who say there's a way but they're not going to tell you, I can happily verify that the new OS rolling out for the devices "fixes" that little trick. :-)

There are people that come here nearly daily that say they "found" a locked SK2 somewhere and wanted to unlock it to use it. Nearly all of these people are looking to activate stolen or otherwise ill-gotten devices. Most legitimate SK owners should know to call their carrier for support rather than some web forum. Most people that post in web forums instead of calling their carrier likely don't have a carrier to call or can't properly claim ownership of the phone in question.

Joe

Posted by: JMillion

jgeorge is correct. usually if u accidently lock ya phone, u can just call ya carrier and they will just verify ya info and tell you how to do that. so just do that kicks.

Posted by: IHZT15

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Originally Posted by Flow_Siete25

Lmao...hahhahahahaha...dude got sonned !!!

LMAO...HELL YEA, I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING

Posted by: koin

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Cool6324 There is a way to remove/disable the privacy lock. But since it seems as if you stole it or "found" it; I cannot help you. Don't PM with asking either.

you guys are so pathetic, if you know how to unlock the phone, tell the damn kid, grow up seriously..you guys act like you're preventing the inevitable or something.

Posted by: jgeorge

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Originally Posted by koin

you guys are so pathetic, if you know how to unlock the phone, tell the damn kid, grow up seriously..you guys act like you're preventing the inevitable or something.

Why should anyone here help him? We have no way of verifying this guy is legit or if he's trying to unlock a stolen device. He can call his carrier, if he's legit they can unlock his device in under 10 minutes on the phone. I know, I've seen them do it. There's no reason for any of us here to post information that will make it any easier for anyone to utilize a stolen or "found" device.

Legit users can call customer care and get a legit fix. None of us here have any way to verify the legitimacy of this person's request.

And as I said before, that "known" workaround doesn't work inthe new OTA so I hope you guys enjoyed it while it lasted.

Joe

Posted by: koin

The whole idea of this forum is to HELP people, you need to realize that not EVERYONE is an honest *****. has NOTHING to do with whether you SHOULD or SHOULD NOT help them. I feel like I'm teaching a human psychology lesson to a 5 year old.

Posted by: boyd087

well you both have valid points I think but he could just as easily call his carrier for the unlock instead of trying to use a trick to unlock it... the real blame goes to danger for making such an embarrassingly insecure lock on the phone and not fixing it sooner. What they can encrypt dev keys so that einstein couldn't crack it but they can't give the phone a proper lock?

Posted by: koin

well it comes down to who can modify the phone...it's one thing if you can access the phone, but modding it to them is more of a threat so they took their time with that.

Posted by: boyd087

personally I think the downloads catalog is very monopolistic... danger is forcing users to download through them so that they can make money on ALL software... thus preventing independent software companies from getting all of the money that they really deserve... I wish I had to time to pursue a consumer complaint or knew enough about government agencies... i would love to challenge it

Posted by: Paolo

Service & Repair Centres CAN reset the privacy Lock.. as long as the owner of the phone can bring it in with the correct Receipt or Warranty Certificate, this is definately possible. I know Fido and UT Starcomm Canada can both do this, im guessing T-Mobile may be able to as well?

Posted by: jgeorge

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Originally Posted by boyd087

well you both have valid points I think but he could just as easily call his carrier for the unlock instead of trying to use a trick to unlock it... the real blame goes to danger for making such an embarrassingly insecure lock on the phone and not fixing it sooner. What they can encrypt dev keys so that einstein couldn't crack it but they can't give the phone a proper lock?

The "way around" the keyguard lock is not a back door, it's a bug. It's not intentional, it's accidental. And like all good bugs, it's been filed, fixed, and released.

Joe

Posted by: jgeorge

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Originally Posted by Paolo

Service & Repair Centres CAN reset the privacy Lock.. as long as the owner of the phone can bring it in with the correct Receipt or Warranty Certificate, this is definately possible. I know Fido and UT Starcomm Canada can both do this, im guessing T-Mobile may be able to as well?

T-Mo can provide, over the phone, a code that will unlock the device. I've done it. It's easy. The hard part is that you have to be able to properly identify yourself as the account holder of the phone. That, to some people, seems to be quite difficult. This whole thread is laughable because the people who are asking for help "unlocking" the keyguard on their phones all scream to me that they don't have a legitimate ownership of the phone. If they did, it's one phone call to T-Mo, about 6 basic questions, and they give you a code.

Posted by: jgeorge

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Originally Posted by boyd087

personally I think the downloads catalog is very monopolistic... danger is forcing users to download through them so that they can make money on ALL software... thus preventing independent software companies from getting all of the money that they really deserve... I wish I had to time to pursue a consumer complaint or knew enough about government agencies... i would love to challenge it

You have no inherent "right" to load software on your phone. Just because a lot of other manufacturers let you do that doesn't mean that Danger is doing anything illegal, immoral, or fattening by not letting you do so.

just precisely which "government agency" handles the fact that you can't put ringtones on your phone?

Posted by: koin

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lol man, they produced the OS for the phone, it's theirs. lol, how you going to tell them they are monopolistic with their own invention? if you don't like it get another cell phone

Posted by: SilverPenny

Like they always say. "Every product is beta" Because everyday, they discover new things and continue upgrading. Until the company goes out of business, they will continue to do that.

Silver

Posted by: Gutterpunk

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Originally Posted by boyd087

Are you the same dude that keep hijacking threads on the hmmmm other forum?

Independant what now? Check out those software developer and tell me where you saw them :

Ridiculous Software Inc.
XXIst Century Digital Boy soft enr. (which happen to be me)
Protoap Dev
Requiem Software Labs
SideTop Soft.
Fendors technology
Trileet Inc.
(and thats a VERY partial list. I could include Joe from this very own board)

On the hiptop. Thats right... Most of those independant software develloper are develloping on the hiptop exclusively. Do you know the deal they get from Danger? Do you know the deal they would get from (for example) Handago.com (Which happen to be a free for all, open system like you want the hiptop to be)?

The user gets quality applications, the devellopers are making a living, the phone companies are getting money AND saving on service call because the user installed unknown stuff on their devices, or the download got lost in transmision, or they changed their phone and lost everything they bought, or never received the confirmation SMS from what they bought but got charged for it. Or freeware/shareware which aren't updated anymore and the dev vanished in thin air.

Explain to me again how this is a bad system?

This is about as monopolistic as your cable company only offering you the channel they want because you happen to have their service and their cable box.

Posted by: tre1039

Check this out. It worked like a charm for me!

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Posted by: djayrage

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Originally Posted by tre1039

Check this out. It worked like a charm for me!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...item=5822120718

Of course it worked for you, your the one that posted it on Ebay to begin with...

Posted by: jgeorge

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Originally Posted by tre1039

Check this out. It worked like a charm for me!

You know, it's almost worth sending you $5 just so I can leave a link to hiptop.com's (free) tips-n-tricks thread as negative feedback for you.

Joe

Posted by: ibuypagers

contact me if you want to remove the privacy lock

chicagogoldcomm@aol.com

Posted by: xN1ck08x

did u even read this thread?!

Posted by: jfed1988

hi i bought a sidekick 2 off of ebay a few days ago. i know that if it is unlocked i could only use it for text messaging and phone calls, but that is all i am interested in. can someone please help me? my imei # is 010298002674289 i would really like the unlock code so i can use this on cingular. if u don't beleive me that i really did buy it ill send you the link from the auction saying that i won and paid for the item. my email is jfed1988@yahoo.com

thank you,
joe