# unlocking a UK phone...
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-a-uk-phone/4103
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [November 2, 2005, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-a-uk-phone/4103 "2005-11-02T11:16:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2005, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-a-uk-phone/4103/1 "2005-11-02T11:16:09Z")
If i got a ohone from the UK that you can’t get here… what would it take to unlock it to use on our soil?
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### Author:  [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2005, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-a-uk-phone/4103/2 "2005-11-02T11:22:56Z")
usually they are unlocked already
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### Author:  [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2005, 11:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-a-uk-phone/4103/3 "2005-11-02T11:23:47Z")
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2005, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-a-uk-phone/4103/4 "2005-11-02T11:24:08Z")
another ploy to get laid more often?
😛
“hey girl, check out my phone…no one else has this on our soil”
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### Author:  [@zwarbyt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zwarbyt)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2005, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-a-uk-phone/4103/5 "2005-11-02T11:53:24Z")
hey girl come check out my pants which i have soiled, want phone?
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### Author:  [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2005, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-a-uk-phone/4103/6 "2005-11-02T12:02:39Z")
its the pink razr BTW…, and i have cingular.
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### Author:  [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2005, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-a-uk-phone/4103/7 "2005-11-02T13:11:57Z")
unlocking is simple
gimmie phone and carrier and ill see what i can do
my last 3 phones came from the UK, the phone over here suck balls compared to the cool stuff they got over thetre
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### Author:  [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2005, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-a-uk-phone/4103/8 "2005-11-02T13:16:15Z")
> [@newman](#):
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> its the pink razr BTW…, and i have cingular.
:gay:
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### Author:  [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2005, 1:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-a-uk-phone/4103/9 "2005-11-02T13:18:59Z")
> [@newman](#):
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> its the pink razr BTW…
Obviously:hay:
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### Author:  [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2005, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-a-uk-phone/4103/10 "2005-11-02T13:24:04Z")
IB4newmansayshehasthepinkrazzor
Shit ☹
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### Author:  [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2005, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-a-uk-phone/4103/11 "2005-11-02T13:34:14Z")
what about this joint right here: [http://europe.nokia.com/nokia/0,,62356,00.html](http://europe.nokia.com/nokia/0,,62356,00.html)
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### Author:  [@Dex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dex)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2005, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-a-uk-phone/4103/12 "2005-11-02T13:34:59Z")
> [@newman](#):
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> its the pink razr BTW…, and i have cingular.
you shouldn’t have to unlock it i don’t think. switch your sim and it should work fine.
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### Author:  [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2005, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-a-uk-phone/4103/13 "2005-11-02T13:37:36Z")
if its from europe he might have too, since cingular is not in europe
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### Author:  [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2005, 2:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-a-uk-phone/4103/14 "2005-11-02T14:47:21Z")
unless its quad band be prepared for service to be the suck. no 850 owns any phone
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### Author:  [@dreid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dreid)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2007, 8:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-a-uk-phone/4103/15 "2007-03-16T08:37:51Z")
i really dont feel like registering over at howards. anyone know how to unlock a cingular phone so I can use it with my t mobile account
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### Author:  [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2007, 8:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-a-uk-phone/4103/16 "2007-03-16T08:56:02Z")
[quote=“dreid,post:15,topic:4103"”]
i really dont feel like registering over at howards. anyone know how to unlock a cingular phone so I can use it with my t mobile account
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you can’t just say what the providor, model numbers with firmware version help A LOT, like you can’t do shit with out either
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### Author:  [@EvilJay](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/EvilJay)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2007, 9:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-a-uk-phone/4103/17 "2007-03-16T09:00:09Z")
I brought a phone back from Italy, and since they don’t have brands stamped on them overseas anyone should unlock it for you.
It took me about 2 minutes to get done.
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### Author:  [@dreid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dreid)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2007, 9:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-a-uk-phone/4103/18 "2007-03-16T09:07:20Z")
[quote=“EvilJay,post:17,topic:4103"”]
I brought a phone back from Italy, and since they don’t have brands stamped on them overseas anyone should unlock it for you.
It took me about 2 minutes to get done.
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is it somethign I can do it myself or does my provider(t-mobile) need to/can do it? or cingular?
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### Author:  [@EvilJay](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/EvilJay)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2007, 9:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-a-uk-phone/4103/19 "2007-03-16T09:12:13Z")
I gave the phone to woodrow, and he just swapped out the chip for his prepaid plan. If you have a real plan, I was told by Cingular that I just had to bring in the phone and they’d hook it up no problem.
The phones overseas don’t have “Cingular, Verizon, etc.” written on them anywhere. So if someone gave me a hassle about it, i’d just go to a different provider.
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### Author:  [@Dex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dex)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2007, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-a-uk-phone/4103/20 "2007-03-16T09:23:07Z")
if it’s a world band phone, shouldn’t it be unlocked already?
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