On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:55:39 -0700, Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 03:09:30PM +0200, micah anderson wrote: > > It seems like my phone is asking for a PIN password when I boot up with > > this SIM. Entering either the PIN or the PUK on the back of the card > > does not work. Perhaps this is an indication that the phone is not > > unlocked? If so, is there no possibility to unlock this? > > This is typical when inserting an off-net SIM into a locked phone, so if you > bought your phone with US cell phone company branding and haven't explicitly > unlocked it, that's my guess as to what's going on.. If you can get ahold > of your phone company's customer service from there, they may be willing and > able to get you the unlock code. Contacting t-mobile via their online chat and requesting my unlock code resulted in me getting it in email 24 hours later (although they told me it can take up to 2-3 weeks), so now I'm in business. Thanks for the suggestion! micah
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