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Where and how to unlock cell phone? #211153 April 19, 2006 02:15 pm UTC April 19, 2006 02:15 pm UTC
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,251 Toronto P Peter Harry Cortesis OP Serious Member
Peter Harry Cortesis OP Serious Member P Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,251 Toronto	I'm leaving for Europe in 10 days for the summer and I'd like to bring my Motorolla Razor with me. I want to purchase a SIM card over there and still be able to use my phone without paying ridiculous Rogers fees. I've been told by Rogers that my phone is locked, and I need to unlock it. Does anyone know where I can have this done locally in Toronto? I'm sure I didn't google hard enough, but any help is greatly appreciated. Off to write my Marketing Consumer Behaviour exam. Thanks. Peter Talonted

Re: Where and how to unlock cell phone? #211154 April 19, 2006 03:30 pm UTC April 19, 2006 03:30 pm UTC
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,167 Waterloo, ON T Tim Brown Member
Tim Brown Member T Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,167 Waterloo, ON	Goto Pacific Mall someone will unlock it for you at one of the booths

Re: Where and how to unlock cell phone? #211155 April 19, 2006 05:28 pm UTC April 19, 2006 05:28 pm UTC
Joined: Sep 1998 Posts: 7,944 Halifax, NS Troy Jollimore Senior Member, with Far TOO Much Time on Their Hands
Troy Jollimore Senior Member, with Far TOO Much Time on Their Hands Joined: Sep 1998 Posts: 7,944 Halifax, NS	They're trying harder to make them unlockable, but haven't quite succeeded yet. Your other alternative would be to buy an older used GSM phone that's not locked, unless you insist on the RAZR. Bloody thing's so small I'd lose it inside of 10 seconds...

Re: Where and how to unlock cell phone? #211156 April 19, 2006 06:02 pm UTC April 19, 2006 06:02 pm UTC
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,673 Bolton Dean Boyle Insane Member
Dean Boyle Insane Member Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,673 Bolton	Is this what you like to use, Troy?

Re: Where and how to unlock cell phone? #211157 April 19, 2006 06:18 pm UTC April 19, 2006 06:18 pm UTC
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 15,322 Loc: Loc: Rob Strelecki morum foderator
Rob Strelecki morum foderator Senior Member, with Far TOO Much Time on Their Hands Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 15,322 Loc: Loc:	^^^ Ahh the gold ol' DynaTAC! We have a shitload of thoes in our storage room here at work. Peter if you can't get it unlocked and need a cheap GSM phone for your travels, let me know. I'm sure we have something from the 90s kicking around that would serve you well enough. 1993 Eagle Talon TSi FWD 13.8 @ 106 :::: 14.1 @ 117

Re: Where and how to unlock cell phone? #211158 April 19, 2006 07:58 pm UTC April 19, 2006 07:58 pm UTC
Joined: Sep 1998 Posts: 7,944 Halifax, NS Troy Jollimore Senior Member, with Far TOO Much Time on Their Hands
Troy Jollimore Senior Member, with Far TOO Much Time on Their Hands Joined: Sep 1998 Posts: 7,944 Halifax, NS	Don't laugh. That was my first exposure to a cell phone when I was 18... on a boat out in Lake Ontario, no less. (: A little too big. My Motorola StarTac 550 flip phone was just about the right size. And performed better than the POS digital phones today.

Re: Where and how to unlock cell phone? #211159 April 19, 2006 11:51 pm UTC April 19, 2006 11:51 pm UTC
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,251 Toronto P Peter Harry Cortesis OP Serious Member
Peter Harry Cortesis OP Serious Member P Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,251 Toronto	Thanks Tim, I'll try out that mall. I live near the Eaton Centre, (ryerson student) so I will check there first as well, before I make the drive. Rob, I will definately keep that in mind, if I run into any problems, thanks. Hopefully they don't charge me an arm and a leg to punch in some codes or do whatever they do at those booths. Merci beaucoup. Pete Talonted

Re: Where and how to unlock cell phone? #211160 April 20, 2006 12:08 am UTC April 20, 2006 12:08 am UTC
Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,787 Malaysia Jeremy Chin Member
Jeremy Chin Member Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,787 Malaysia	The RAZR is by no means "small", but if you are comparing it to the DynaTAC,...well..... Those things are indistructable. I wont loose a phone because they are not small enough yet, my bluetooth headset however...thats another story. They usually charge $20-$25 for the "service". You can probably ask them to throw in the hacked OS as well that gives you video recording on the RAZR, but then again, if your's is a V3, then its rather pointless, since you only got 6mb of memory. 300hp Talon to a 50hp Citroen. Lovely ain't it? Back to another Mits. A Mirage Cyborg as a future 4G63T candidate. "I've had more Mitsu's than you can imagine"

Re: Where and how to unlock cell phone? #211161 April 20, 2006 04:33 am UTC April 20, 2006 04:33 am UTC
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,251 Toronto P Peter Harry Cortesis OP Serious Member
Peter Harry Cortesis OP Serious Member P Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,251 Toronto	That hacked OS sounds cool, but unfortunately I have the V3 Talonted

Re: Where and how to unlock cell phone? #211162 April 21, 2006 06:08 pm UTC April 21, 2006 06:08 pm UTC
Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 1,958 London, Ontario Jon Arnett Serious Member
Jon Arnett Serious Member Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 1,958 London, Ontario	Try out motomodders.com or something like that. There's software you can get to unlock the phone yourself (if you have the data-usb cable for it) 2002 Porsche 911 Silver 2006 BMW 325XIT Black *2003 BMW 325i Silver

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