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[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duffy1807:
Hey thanks guys, ive just checked mobileincanada and clicked the unlock codes link, their is a drop down list asking to choose cellphone operator. I looks like their all "non UK" hense the mobilein"canada" and most say HTC or Blackberry,

Theirs 2 options saying FIDO & Rogers which are 20 dollas each .. are these types of operators or somthing? as my is Orange UK.

Will search for that program. Thanks guys!! much appreciated
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kmilof:
hey i recently tried unlocking dot com , i bought the code in november 13, till today no response. ill start with the support email spam. i tried putting my imei in mobileincanada, and it says i have a rogers x10, but i live in chile and the x10 is locked to movistar. anyone outside canada has unlocked their phone in mobileincada?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Che Kirila:
As I know, T-Mobile UK and Orange UK are joined together. Ask T-Mobile UK customer service about that. I think, I saw this sort of questions at the TMO UK customer service forum and that should be free.

By the way the X10 unlocking is actual now again since the unlocking server is down and all those "$40-services" are temporary down too. Look like all of them did their business through Sony Ericsson server and actually didn't have any own know-how. It is possible that actually this server is up long ago, but they cut off the access to this feature or found an employee, who sold access (see levels of EMMA).

Look like I need somebody from T-Mobile UK to order unlock code too (this service is for current customers with street address for receiving paper mail).
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Che Kirila:
Look like they always answer that they have the code. I ask representative since I have another carrier lock and they answer that they actually don't have the code I need. Just marketing bull****.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duffy1807:
well unlocking dot com, seemed kinda strange to me, to be honest... I enterd a fake imei number and they still said they could unlock the phone.. :/ which i thought it was odd as no imei number goes consecutive like 123456789 ect...

I am thinking of giving mobileincanada a go for £12 not much to loose if it doesnt go to plan. and a couple of people here have tried it which makes it a little bit more positive on itself. .. I'm not from Canada and it states I have a Rogers X10 as well....

Hopefully will order it later on today if i dont find any other solution :/
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Che Kirila:
I wrote already - I asked them through the form at website and they answered in minutes by e-mail that they don't have it. Save your time.

Take a look at this article:

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE68Q4SF20100927

Look like all unlocking business will turn down from now.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kmilof:
so there's nothing trusty atm to unlock our phones? i felt scamed by unlocking dot com.

:/
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Che Kirila:
Don't ask me about Santa Claus if you don't want to know the shocking truth! ;) I checked some sites by google and they don't look like scam, check this one. Nov 12 sweden_gsm@hotmail.com answered me that they can not provide USB-unlock service for now, but still can sell a code. This is relatively old service and looks reliable too.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duffy1807:
Doing my head in now.. !! seriously .. never had a problem unlocking a mobile phone since now what ever is going on with the servers i have no idea!!!.

Orange wont even give me the unlock code and they seem to be the only company who can provide it!!!

what to do... what to do!!!!!!!! will phone s-e up tommorow and explain the situation i dont mind paying !!! aughh
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duffy1807:
apparently .. they told me that this starts 1st quarter of next year
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kmilof:
sigh no response from the guys of unlocking dot com. =/ damnnn 35 bucks wasted. :(
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duffy1807:
Just a guess , but if you paid by paypal is it not possible to open a dispute and request a reinburstment through p-p them selves ??
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kmilof:
yes you'r right, i already did that, just take a looooooooong time , like 45 days =/.

i really needed that code, and i dont have another 40 us to spend right now. guess im gonna stick with my old w200 for the moment =/
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duffy1807:
similar position here m8, 4 the time being am using my lg viewty !! :/ just odd the way no 1 can unlock these phones now !!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gergith:
Used MobileinCanada today and got my unlock code within an hour :) waiting now for the foreign sim card to actually enter the lock code/test it. Any way to enter the unlock code without a foreign/notMyCarrier sim?

Ill reply here when it is successfully entered.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kmilof:
you'r from canada?? or where? im was hesitating to test that side because it says canada all over the place :|
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asiftele:
you can use unlock box also
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kmilof:
trying cellunlocker dot net, atm, gonna post here the results.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gergith:
I have yet to actually get a sim card that isn't rogers to test it, but yes im from Toronto Canada. I even paid by interac without troubles. So I'm waiting for a foreign sim in the mail to input and test this.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rockjock007:
I too have used it and it worked perfectly. Quick and easy. Instructions and clear directions. 5.00 and presto! unlocked.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kmilof:
well i alredy paid in cellunlocker dot net. all good so far, quickly response, tomorrow they will pass me the software and all the instructions. hope that this time will end with my cellphone unlocked.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] awmilton:
I paid unlock-freedom dot com $8.79CAD yesterday, and I should have the unlock code tomorrow. I'll let you know how it works!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] awmilton:
So it didn't work. They weren't even able to get me the unlock code. They said they would give me a full refund, but that it could take 72 hours, and that they would provide the unlock code for free should they come across one for my phone.

I had to input my IMEI number as part of the process for ordering the unlock code, does anyone think this could have been a scam. What can someone accomplish with the IMEI code?

Anywho, unlock-freedom dot com will not work for the x10 series currently.

As a side note they did mention in the email that they might not be able to unlock my phone in particular. Below are the contents of the email.

EMAIL

"Dear Customer

Thank you for you recent order. Please find your updated order details below.

Unlock Status:

We have been unable to obtain an unlock code for your phone using the imei number supplied. Although this model is generally un-lockable, there are instances where codes cannot be generated. This is due to unique phone variables and cannot be predicted in our preliminary report.

As an apology for this, we would like to offer you a full refund and a free unlock code for your phone as soon as one becomes available on our database. Alternatively you can use this for a different phone.

We would like to offer you a full refund for this and we offer our apologies for the inconvenience.

Refunds are usually processed within 48 hours, however please allow up to seven days for funds to reflect in your account.

If you have any issues please contact us at sales@unlock-freedom.com"
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lancez:
i sent $$$ to mobileincanada and they refunded me with in an hour, saying that they can not find code for my at&t X10a.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arkedk:
Wauw didn't know it was so troublesome to get your phone unlocked in other countries.

Here in Denmark we can get out phones unlocked at our carrier for free when our 6 month plan ends, if we chose not to stay with them or just wants our phone unlocked.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kmilof:
to keep you informed guys, i'm waiting for the code in cellunlocker dot net.

same history...

Hi,

sorry for the delays,

we are still in the process of creating the login for the software.

It may take until tomorrow to complete. If you wish to cancel please let us know and we can refund you.

Again sorry for the inconvenience.

ill keep waiting to see what happen next.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bsthost:
Hello their ,

i just want to ask ,

if i have at & t locked phone

so it's not going to get any other sim working on it,

what if i reflashed the phone with global generic new software

will it still locked >>>>????????? or reflashing will unlock the phone

waiting somebody to explain that plz
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kmilof:
flashing does nothing with the lock, remains locked with any flash you put in to your phone.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bsthost:
emmm :( in such case what should i do ,

friend of mine bought me x10 branded to at&t

and iam from M. East

how could i get it working with my locat sim
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kmilof:
Hey, i finally unlocked my phone at cellunlocker.net , took me a whole week. it was done by software method. but is unlocked :D
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bsthost:
very nice

greatness for u
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gergith:
Is there anyway to see from a software menu if the phone is unlocked? or do i just need to test it with a sim card off my network? Like any menu/readout from within Android that would show a 1 if unlocked, 0 if locked type of thing?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gergith:
When I go into test mode (locked screen: Menu>Back>back>menu>back>menu>menu)

is this what the [x] Network, means within the Service Info --> Sim Lock menu?

When I have successfully unlocked my phone should that X disappear?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gergith:
Entered the unlock code without a problem. Don't know how to test it other then seeing that the [X] is now gone from the Network item in the Sim Lock menu
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawkysoft:
so did you get any software from them? if so could u share it? xD im interested in lookin in it maybe that i can mod it with ollydbg or w/e to make it a public tool
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gergith:
Nope, Just the code, Sorry.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Che Kirila:
What is unlocking for? For using other networks. So, insert SIM-card from other network and make a call. (c) Captain Obvious.

;)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gergith:
If you read my posts, my problem is I don't HAVE a sim card from someone elses network President obvious :p

EDIT:

I guess to clarify, You DON'T know the answer to my question? You AREN'T aware of any menus that display this status on the phone? .....
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Che Kirila:
I never thought that Canada is so wild, non explored territory... How long ago did you meet someone except bears, savages or french-speaking rebels of independent Quebec? I'd better change my trip to Niagara to some more civilized place, like Antarctica, for example... ;)

One of the purposes of this service menu is to indicate lock status, so why do they need something else for the same purpose? No, I don't know other ways except menu and test call. I bet you have a friend with other GSM carrier than yours - just ask his or her SIM to test. Or just ask a pretty girl at street or some cozy place to help you - you'll kill two birds with one stone. Oh, no, three birds - you'll get her number without asking her for. Come on, dude, lift your butt and have some fun. ;)

WTF, I like the idea myself! See you tomorrow morning!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lancez:
No offense to Gergith. But i do like the one stone three birds idea :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gergith:
I do like your request, I do laugh at your ignorance :p Besides, everyone I know is on Rogers. My brother is the only person I know who isn't and he travels for months at a time.

I Entered the code and it didn't give me an error, I just didn't have the time to make a call when he was here.

I just was curious if that setting I see [ ] Network item in the Sim Lock menu is indicating that my phone has been successfully unlocked.

You said "One of the purposes of this service menu is to indicate lock status". Can you indicate if it is the Network item I found?

I'm actually looking for help instead of being ridiculed.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Che Kirila:
Brother?! I live in Los Angeles, in West Hollywood and pretty tolerant, but, please, don't!!!

Sorry - can't resist. ;)

One guy from this forum officially unlocked his phone and this is his service menu before and after:

*** Begin ***

The information in the SIM lock menu was :

[x] Network 10

[] Network subset 10

[] Service provider 10

[] Corporate 10

[] SIM 0

I received the new unlock code about an hour after I ordered it.

After writing the unlock code for the new IMEI I had this message on the first try :

Network unlock successful.

Yay! And the SIM lock menu now is :

[] Network 10

[] Network subset 10

[] Service provider 10

[] Corporate 10

[] SIM 0

*** End ***

I didn't log statuses of mine before and after unlocking, but I think, this log works.

Come on, expand circle of people you know by one more hot chick! Imagine you never saw log above.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gergith:
Thank you very much for your technical help to the question. Social suggestions are noted.
[Android Software Development] aayushpi:
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Text that isn’t too large or small – it ought to be just right. You should be able to scroll across a large playlist at a glance and find the track you need while seeing enough items to prevent endless scrolling.

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[Android Software Development] jdgordon:
http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/AndroidPort
[Android Software Development] Lynehammike:
museek

Have you tried Museek from the android market? It's a really good player with a nicer layout, smart play lists and some fancy eye candy.
[Android Software Development] d.ward:
The most important (for me) on an audio player is the equalizer !! and Museek does not propose anyone....
[G2 and Desire Z General] Kazan22:
I was just using PDANet on my friend's laptop and I got two texts from T-Mobile saying the following: "Free T-Mobile Msg: Phone Tethering & Wi-Fi Sharing access has been blocked. Please add a Phone Tethering & Wi-Fi Sharing plan available at my.t-mobile.com"

Now I ignored it until the browser sent me to a signup page. I've tried WiFi Tether, Bluetooth, and Barnacle and it blocks each one. Anyone else get this?
[G2 and Desire Z General] mikeatron:
using wireless tether right now... no problems...

maybe they'll end up sending me a text.:confused:
[G2 and Desire Z General] ryaninc:
I don't have my laptop with me, so I can't test this myself. But if it's true, the Nexus One forums are about to A-SPLODE. You'll be able to hear it from space...
[G2 and Desire Z General] KiNG OMaR:
A-SPLODE!! Lmfao just made my day! :)

But yeah... if this is true then all I can do is throw the f-bomb around because I rely heavily on tethering and no way in hell am I going to pay for a service I've been using for free...
[G2 and Desire Z General] Kombatmedik:
No problems with Wireless Tether on my G1...and I tether a ton. I was up to 7gb last month :/
[G2 and Desire Z General] keenerb:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=840423

Not just you.
[G2 and Desire Z General] govtcheez:
That would suck. Would this apply to USB tethering as well, or just WiFi?
[G2 and Desire Z General] henreeg:
PDANet IS usb tethering.

:O

oh... and someone at the Vibrant forums is having the same issue... which is why I'm here.

:X
[G2 and Desire Z General] cparekh:
I am tethering from my G2 (USB tether) to post this message. It works fine, though TMO might be rolling this block out.

Edit: I am posting this via Wifi tether, so that seems to be working for me currently.
[G2 and Desire Z General] govtcheez:
I just checked PDANet and WiFi hotspot and they both worked, so I guess they're "rolling" this out.

Makes me wonder...some of us never got the OTA rollout. I wonder if perhaps I'll never get this rollout either. :cool:
[G2 and Desire Z General] Akulamenuri:
I think they can affect PDANet and Easytether since they are market apps. Wireless Tether for Android and Wired Tether for Android aren't market apps so im pretty sure those are beyond T-Mobile's grip.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Hotshot205:
Might have something to do with the G2 not being rooted and trying to tether. I think after its rooted it should work without a problem. At least thats what a tmo rep told me.
[G2 and Desire Z General] mdayjr:
When I read all this on the xda app, i went ahead and hooked up to wifi tether. thats how i'm writing this msg. I am rooted and do have the largest plan tmo offers which includes the unlimited data. idk. we shall see. oh yea, no tmo msg as of yet.
[G2 and Desire Z General] johnbibbs:
I'm unrooted and used wifi tether this morning for 3 hours with no problems. I just don't understand how they can detect us using it.
[G2 and Desire Z General] JeremyNT:
There are various techniques they could use to do this; if we know exactly what they're doing, we can probably bypass it.

Probably one of the simplest techniques would be user agent sniffing; if they see desktop user agents from the same device, they'd know something funky was going on.

I'd be interested to know whether the OP can work around this situation by changing his user agent string on his desktop browser. I'd also be interested to know whether the phone browser continues to work properly even after he's been caught, and if so, whether changing the user agent string on the phone causes it to report the block message as well.

Another test for whether they're sniffing user agents is to try to make an ssl connection instead of http from the desktop browser. Assuming that the phone browser still works, SSL on the desktop browser should also still work, if all they're doing is user agent sniffing.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ddgarcia05:
In an HD2 thread one guy was saying that he was downloaded a movie to his phone, but wasn't tethering when he got the text. Perhaps they're determining by the amount of data used in a specific amount of time. If that's the case it supports the theory of TMO seeing all data as data.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=840360
[G2 and Desire Z General] JeremyNT:
That's actually good, then. If they're using such a naive detection method, it's sure to result in a ton of false positives from people legitimately using a lot of data with their phones, and consumer complaints should result in them disabling it before too long.
[G2 and Desire Z General] starfcker69:
If this works like any of T-Mobile's other services then they prorate the add-ons so you can add it when you need it, then cancel it when you don't and you would only pay a fraction of that $15. I do this with the hotspot feature all the time - enable it for a trip when I'll spend a lot of time in a hotel (or airports, etc.) where they offer wireless and then cancel it at the end of the trip and I pay less than a single day of wifi at a major hotel.

(disclosure - I snatched this post off the T-mobile.com forum but I was going to say the same thing!)

I need to confirm this "add it when you need it". Not good for everybody but for those of us that need tethering a few times a month it's not so bad, 50 cents for one day. Tried via the chat on T-Mobile.com to confirm this but they are useless!
[G2 and Desire Z General] swags:
When I first applied the OTA and started playing with the built in tethering, I noticed some log entries from DataConnectionTracker whenever I turned tethering on or off. When I enabled temp root with Visionary and tried using the stand alone Wireless and Wired tether for root apps, these entries did not appear.

I haven't had time to play with it much, but it might be useful to run logcat with a filter for only DataConnectionTracker activity while trying a variety of tethering techniques under root and non-root circumstances.

Of course the experience reported by the HD2 user does not line up with this theory, but there may be multiple things going on. If T-Mo really is blocking based on data volume, it will completely blow up on them as people start intentionally doing data intensive things without tethering.
[G2 and Desire Z General] skiptomylou11:
I sure as hell hope they don't do this to the grandfathered plans... cause if they do, I'm gonna go on a *****-storm.

Edit: I'm tethering on the WiFi hotspot app and I didn't get any notice. Everything is as it has been since I've had this app. If not, I have Wireless Tether for Root Users. I refuse to pay $15 extra bucks a month when I paid for an unlimited plan a couple of years back.
[G2 and Desire Z General] havikx:
+1 man.

i find it funny that they come up with there new faster speeds, video calling and call this other data intensive stuff..... then complain when you use the new faster speeds. how can you have a 5 gig cap with "4g speed"? 5mb per second data connection x 60seconds is 300mb. 4minutes using their speeds is 1200mb, little over a gig. 1 gig=1024mb for those who are unaware.

you can literally, at their speeds, technically, blow thru your whole data plan cap within minutes. download some porn or some other movies. watch how fast you blow thru your 5gigs.
[G2 and Desire Z General] g_grey:
and now that we have flash player and can watch all the porn we want on the phone, some people are gonna blow through real quick. personally i refuse to pay the ISP in my area $60 a month for 2 years for 5mbps(and we all know i won't really get that speed EVER) since i pay half that for faster web on my phone. i have been tethering since 2006 and i don't plan on stopping anytime soon. if t-mo is going to charge me for tethering and enforce the 5gig cap i would rather switch to sprint where they have said on many occasions that their 4g really is unlimited. i will take slower speeds if i have to