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Re: [Debconf-discuss] SIM cards for DebConf11 attendees



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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