ring your old service provider. Explain that you have a new handset and want to give your old one (sic) to you friend who is on a different network. providing you had your old SIM for more than a year, your old service provider can unlock it over the phone for you.
You need to give them the IMEI number - *#06# on the handset. They can then generate the unlock code. You then have the put the phone into a maintenance mode - they will tell you how - enter the number and it’s unlocked.
Works for a K800i as well.
I used setoolҀ lite ver.1.08 and (my first time around) the central asia FS with a generic flash and some arbitrary custom pack…
A flash is essentially the code your phone runs off of. (ex. W580_R8BA024_MAIN_GENERIC_LA_RE᫄.mbn)
A FS is a file system and it controls what files are put on your phone. (ex. W580_R8BA024_FS_C_ASIA_RE᫄.fbn)
A custom pack is settings that your phone uses to coordinate everything. (ex. W580_CDA102568_7_R8A_GENERIC_C_ASIA.zip. yes it comes as a zip)
Both flash and FS must be of the same version, im not sure about the custom pack. (R8BA024 = R8BA024 = R8?)
So, in setoolҀ lite, i specified the correct model from the drop down list (W580)… then added the flash and FS files into the “files″ space, and the custom pack in the “misc files″ part, setoolҀlite should recognize which languages are specificed in the custom pack.
1) remove the battery, sim card, memory stick from the phone for a few seconds….
2) reinsert the battery…
3) while holding down C plug the phone into your usb port… windows should find some kind of sony flash device…. let it install the drivers (which you may have to download… which may not be windows verified or whatever)….
4) now unplug the phone… remove the battery… wait… replace the battery and plug the phone back in again (while holding down c)….
5) now press flash inside of setoolҀlite… (with all those files specified)
6) DO NOT disrupt this process (maybe you should have restarted your computer at the begining? to make sure u won’t freeze up?)
7) when setoolҀlite says its done, it’s done =) (it should say something about how many seconds it took… for me about 300… so 5 minutes?)
turn on your phone…. you may have to remove the battery and replace it before it’ll turn on…. it’lll take a while as it’s setting some stuff up….
9) enjoy a world free from rogers branding
This is about unlocking your d phone
DB2020 phones are k530 k550 k610 k770 k790 k800 k810 and w580 w610 w660 w710 w830 w850 w880 etc. You can find out if your phone is d or not form the secret service menu.
To enter the secret service menu use this sequence of key strokes at phone standby screen -> * <- <- * <- * Where -> is right arrow on keypad and <- is left arrow on keypad and * is the button below 7 and left of 0.
Then in Enter Service Info and then Software Info and then look out for EROM. If you see db2020 in the EROM name. Then your phone is a DB2020 phone and you can unlock it with this tutorial.
We will unlock the phone using a patch. The unlock patch will unlock your phone.
Simox has released a unlock patch generator which will generate one for your phone. Download Simox Unlock patch generator
Download your phone’s Main firmware from Topse Or Topsony Or From 4shared folder . You can check out Main firmware name and version in the service menu. You can download your phone’s Main Firmware from here.
After you download the Main Firmware for your phone, Drag and drop the main firmware on simox unlock patch generator. It will now generate a unlock for your phone.
Apply the generated unlock VKP patch using SeTool 2 lite !! Bingo ! your phone is now unlocked !
Please follow This tutorial to learn how to apply patch, so that you can make use of the free unlock patch that you get from simox’s progmar ! The unlock patch is just like any other patch. You can follow the tutorial there to apply your unlock patch.
This article is written by Akshay.
Sony Ericsson Secret Menu: -> * <- <- * <- *
(-> means press joystick, arrow keys or jogdial to the right and <- means left.)
You′ll see phone model, software info, IMEI, configuration info, sim lock status, REAL time clock, total call time and text labels.
You can also test your phones services and hardware from this menu (main display, camera, LED/illumination, Flash LED, keyboard, earphone, speaker, microphone, radio and vibrator tests)
IMEI Number: *#06#
Lockstatus: <- * * <-
Shortcut to last dialed numbers: 0#
Shortcut to sim numbers: On main menu type a number and press #
If you change the language from default to any other language, then it may be difficult to switch to default language. The shortcut is very simple. Just press < 0000 > . < stands for left arrow button or joystick and > stands for right arrow button or joystick.
