# unlocking a UK phone... **URL:** \ **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:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![66impalass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/66impalass/32/7429_2.png) [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-a-uk-phone/4103/21 "2007-03-16T09:48:21Z")
[quote=“Dex,post:20,topic:4103"”] if it’s a world band phone, shouldn’t it be unlocked already? [/quote] yup ---
**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 9:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-a-uk-phone/4103/22 "2007-03-16T09:56:05Z")
[quote=“Dex,post:20,topic:4103"”] if it’s a world band phone, shouldn’t it be unlocked already? [/quote] world band means you can use it anywhere. If you want local rates in europe, just buy a prepaid SIM card and dial away. If you want your subscriber rates in the us, just use your US sim card. I’ve used a tmobile sim card in a phone that was only available in japan, it worked fine. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 9:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-a-uk-phone/4103/23 "2007-03-16T09:57:43Z")
what kind of phone is it? that makes all the difference. ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 10:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-a-uk-phone/4103/24 "2007-03-16T10:17:53Z")
the guy that sits next to me at work gets his phones from Europe and unlocks them for Cingular, I’ll ask him if he gets on how he does it. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-a-uk-phone/4103/25 "2007-03-16T10:50:02Z")
All you GSM fucks and your cool phones… 😢 ---
**Author:** ![Justin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justin/32/7459_2.png) [@Justin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Justin)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 5:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-a-uk-phone/4103/26 "2007-03-16T17:37:03Z")
My last phone was shipped over from Germany and it worked fine put the SIM in and go. And the phone I have now was shipped over from Hong Kong and it worked the same slapped the sim in and went on my way. ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 7:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-a-uk-phone/4103/27 "2007-03-16T19:27:23Z")
Make sure it’s a quad band and not a tri band. Link doesn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 7:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-a-uk-phone/4103/28 "2007-03-16T19:43:14Z")
[quote=“BikerFry,post:25,topic:4103"”] All you GSM fucks and your cool phones… 😢 [/quote] and shitty service :tup: ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2007, 5:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-a-uk-phone/4103/29 "2007-03-17T05:23:17Z")
^Ha. Good point. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2007, 9:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-a-uk-phone/4103/30 "2007-03-17T09:44:39Z")
[quote=“chino,post:28,topic:4103"”] and shitty service :tup: [/quote] i’ll pass on taking the bait. But who’s the biggest provider again? ---
**Author:** ![dreid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dreid/32/7388_2.png) [@dreid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dreid)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 9:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-a-uk-phone/4103/31 "2007-03-18T09:42:51Z")
its a basic blackberry ---
**Author:** ![66impalass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/66impalass/32/7429_2.png) [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-a-uk-phone/4103/32 "2007-03-18T12:39:23Z")
[quote=“dreid,post:31,topic:4103"”] its a basic blackberry [/quote] congrats, you don’t really listen to well, that is like saying “I have a samsung phone, someone unlock it” Model and firmware version is needed to unlock phones, not just the manufacturer [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-a-uk-phone/4103.md?page=1)