Unlocking your cell phone
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Xiangyang Liu 刘向阳 wrote:
Xiangyang Liu 刘向阳
It works! I've had 'Fix unicode names in forums' as a TODO forever. And I didn't even change anything. Whoa. I'm good.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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AT&T unlocked both mine and my daughters cell phones last summer with no problems. Had to provide the IMEI number and they emailed us when the unlocking was complete. We then purchased sim cards at the car phone warehouse in London and they worked perfectly. I think we were getting a 10p per minute rate to the US versus the $2+ a minute AT&T international roaming rate.
Out of curiosity, had badly was anyone calling you getting shafted for making an international call while you had the sims swapped?
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My family will travel to China this summer. A friend told me that if we "unlock" our cellphones, we can purchase sim cards and use the phones in China. So I called AT&T since I baught the phones along with the service contract from them. First the operator told me that AT&T has an international plan and I don't need to do anything with the phone for using it in China. However, I learned that it costs me $2.35 per minute. Assuming we use only 300 minutes per month, that's over $700! No, I just want to unlock the three phones so that I can use cheaper plan there. Then the operator asked me for "proof of purchase", I had to fax the receipt to AT&T. Why? I baught the phones from them and all three phones are active. Isn't verifying my date of birth/mother's maiden name/model of my first car/social security number enough to prove that I am the owner? Why didn't they ask for proof of purchase (or my permission) when locking my phones? Finally, I found the receipt. This time proof of purchase is no longer needed. I have to give them the three 15 digit serial numbers for my three phones. However, my phone still can't be unlocked. The operator opened a "task" for my request, someone from AT&T will call me in three days to get this resolved. I told the operator her management are idiots, she laughed, and almost said YES.
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There are "base level" phones being sold for 15 EUR. No, they don't have the best technology, but they work. I had one of those as an emergency phone, placed in the glove compartment of my car. I'm pretty sure you can get one of those in China for even less. There even is another reason for buying a phone there: You need to check that your phones are of the multi-band type and that they can cover chinese frequencies. Otherwise they could be unusable in China - I don't know which frequencies they use, however.
Cheers, Sebastian -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton
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Xiangyang Liu 刘向阳 wrote:
Xiangyang Liu 刘向阳
It works! I've had 'Fix unicode names in forums' as a TODO forever. And I didn't even change anything. Whoa. I'm good.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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The awesome power of wishful thinking saves the day again! :-D
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
Long live the optimists! :)
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Xiangyang Liu ??? wrote:
Xiangyang Liu ???
OK, Maybe things aren't working as I'd hoped. That's odd.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
I think when name is saved in session, the "unicodeness" is lost. If I type something and wait for the session to expire, then click "submit", my name will appear correctly. It is repeatable. Now, get back to work, Chris. :)
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Out of curiosity, had badly was anyone calling you getting shafted for making an international call while you had the sims swapped?
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains. -- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
