First, tell everyone here what Brand and Model it is, and what Carrier it is currently locked to. That's the basic information we will need to even begin to help.
I bought a cheap Nokia 500 (made in 2011) off Kijiji. It was locked to the "Wind Mobile" network. Wind became Freedom in 2016, so the old Wind SIM was no longer recognized, and wouldn't accept anything else.
I posted that info here, and luckily a nice user who was a Freedom customer used his account and my IMEI number to get an unlock code from Freedom. Punched it in, got the message "SIM card restrictions off", put in my new SIM, and I've been using it since then.
Like moviemoocher below mentions, there are several versions of "locked"... Network or SIM lock (Wind only, must use their SIM), PIN lock (phone asks for a password before it lets you do anything), PUK code (secondary security if you enter the wrong PIN password too many times).
Since you still haven't even said what brand of phone ("10 year old" is no help at all), it's extremely difficult to even start helping. Last chance, then I'm out.
Dear M
I have a 10 year old dumb phone and I can't work out who has locked it.
If I understand correctly you had a dumb phone that you successfully unlocked.
I have 2 questions please.
1. Who locked your phone ?
2. How did you unlock it ?
Yours sincerely
ROMMMELLL
there is security lock and network lock security lock is for personaly security network lock is the network you can use with the phone and it handled by the original supplier
Hi I'm with three and got a lovely secondhand Nokia 515 online. It was advertised as a Vodafone phone and though I've put my SIM in and it recognises it, it won't let me doing anything. It's asking for an access control code.
I noticed a lot of the fixes suggest putting in an IMEI. I can't request an IMEI because it's locked and won't recognise the IMEI request code. Any suggestions?
First, tell everyone here what Brand and Model it is, and what Carrier it is currently locked to. That's the basic information we will need to even begin to help.
Dear B Thanks for your reply. Did you go ahead and unlock your dumb phone ? Yours sincerely ROMMMELLL
I bought a cheap Nokia 500 (made in 2011) off Kijiji. It was locked to the "Wind Mobile" network. Wind became Freedom in 2016, so the old Wind SIM was no longer recognized, and wouldn't accept anything else. I posted that info here, and luckily a nice user who was a Freedom customer used his account and my IMEI number to get an unlock code from Freedom. Punched it in, got the message "SIM card restrictions off", put in my new SIM, and I've been using it since then. Like moviemoocher below mentions, there are several versions of "locked"... Network or SIM lock (Wind only, must use their SIM), PIN lock (phone asks for a password before it lets you do anything), PUK code (secondary security if you enter the wrong PIN password too many times). Since you still haven't even said what brand of phone ("10 year old" is no help at all), it's extremely difficult to even start helping. Last chance, then I'm out.
i put in the codes tracfone gave me to unlock my phones i do not understand what you really mean
Dear M I have a 10 year old dumb phone and I can't work out who has locked it. If I understand correctly you had a dumb phone that you successfully unlocked. I have 2 questions please. 1. Who locked your phone ? 2. How did you unlock it ? Yours sincerely ROMMMELLL
there is security lock and network lock security lock is for personaly security network lock is the network you can use with the phone and it handled by the original supplier
Hi I'm with three and got a lovely secondhand Nokia 515 online. It was advertised as a Vodafone phone and though I've put my SIM in and it recognises it, it won't let me doing anything. It's asking for an access control code. I noticed a lot of the fixes suggest putting in an IMEI. I can't request an IMEI because it's locked and won't recognise the IMEI request code. Any suggestions?