Nokia Online Calculator unlocks your Nokia for free

Colin Dunstan · 07-18-2005, 05:25 PM

If you own a Nokia phone you should be able to unlock it online for free with the Nokia Online Calculator. You can obtain your IMEI number by entering *#06# into the phone. Then enter the Network that the phone is locked to (not the one you wish to use). Make sure you don't forget to remove the SIM card before you enter the generated code!

I am not a lawyer, though I've heard that it's not illegal to unlock a phone, even if the operators might like you to think it is. Only be careful when entering the unlock sequence. As far as I know you got 5 attempts to unlock by code; after that you would have to call your network provider to unlock the phone for you.

Note that a few of the newer Nokia models are not supported, inluding the 6630, 6680, 7710, 9500, 9300 and 6620.

hacker · 07-18-2005, 07:44 PM

Pardon my ignorance... but if your Nokia phone works perfectly on your provider's network, what benefit could "unlocking" the phone have?

Maybe I don't quite understand why you'd want to unlock it in the first place, unless you roam between countries that your provider does not support (US => Europe => Australia for example).

Colin Dunstan · 07-18-2005, 07:48 PM

I could immediately think of three scenarios:

1. You want to switch your provider but at the same time keep your old phone to save the few bucks needed to buy a new phone.

2. You are out of cash and want to sell your phone on eBay.

3. You feel somehow cheated by knowing that your phone is "crippled"

Alexander Turcic · 07-18-2005, 07:51 PM

You may want to add that sometimes locked phones are also crippled in features and use branding "features" such as your providers logo as a non-removable background tag or customized menu items.

hacker · 07-19-2005, 07:29 AM

Ok good answers... we use Cingular here, and from what I can tell, out units are left untouched from Nokia directly (we can change background images, edit menu items, etc.) ourselves.

I don't know about switching providers so I can't speak to that point, but I doubt I'd want to move away from Cingular to any other (US-bound) provider. When going overseas of course, I might want to.

sUnShInE · 07-19-2005, 08:52 PM

That's cool Colin. Wish I had had it when I went through the unlock dance with TMo. You gotta call and ask them for the unlock code. It's sort of like asking permission really. Europeans and Asians can do it online themselves, which is how it should be!

07-18-2005, 05:25 PM	#1
Colin Dunstan Is papyrophobic! Posts: 1,926 Karma: 1009999 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: USA Device: Dell Axim	Nokia Online Calculator unlocks your Nokia for free If you own a Nokia phone you should be able to unlock it online for free with the Nokia Online Calculator. You can obtain your IMEI number by entering *#06# into the phone. Then enter the Network that the phone is locked to (not the one you wish to use). Make sure you don't forget to remove the SIM card before you enter the generated code! I am not a lawyer, though I've heard that it's not illegal to unlock a phone, even if the operators might like you to think it is. Only be careful when entering the unlock sequence. As far as I know you got 5 attempts to unlock by code; after that you would have to call your network provider to unlock the phone for you. Note that a few of the newer Nokia models are not supported, inluding the 6630, 6680, 7710, 9500, 9300 and 6620.

07-18-2005, 07:44 PM	#2
hacker Technology Mercenary Posts: 617 Karma: 2561 Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: East Lyme, CT Device: Direct Neural Implant	Pardon my ignorance... but if your Nokia phone works perfectly on your provider's network, what benefit could "unlocking" the phone have? Maybe I don't quite understand why you'd want to unlock it in the first place, unless you roam between countries that your provider does not support (US => Europe => Australia for example).

07-18-2005, 07:48 PM	#3
Colin Dunstan Is papyrophobic! Posts: 1,926 Karma: 1009999 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: USA Device: Dell Axim	I could immediately think of three scenarios: 1. You want to switch your provider but at the same time keep your old phone to save the few bucks needed to buy a new phone. 2. You are out of cash and want to sell your phone on eBay. 3. You feel somehow cheated by knowing that your phone is "crippled"

07-18-2005, 07:51 PM	#4
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,175 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	You may want to add that sometimes locked phones are also crippled in features and use branding "features" such as your providers logo as a non-removable background tag or customized menu items.

07-19-2005, 07:29 AM	#5
hacker Technology Mercenary Posts: 617 Karma: 2561 Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: East Lyme, CT Device: Direct Neural Implant	Ok good answers... we use Cingular here, and from what I can tell, out units are left untouched from Nokia directly (we can change background images, edit menu items, etc.) ourselves. I don't know about switching providers so I can't speak to that point, but I doubt I'd want to move away from Cingular to any other (US-bound) provider. When going overseas of course, I might want to.

07-19-2005, 08:52 PM	#6
sUnShInE Drama Queen Posts: 784 Karma: 11712 Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: United States Device: Palm Tungsten T\|T3	That's cool Colin. Wish I had had it when I went through the unlock dance with TMo. You gotta call and ask them for the unlock code. It's sort of like asking permission really. Europeans and Asians can do it online themselves, which is how it should be!

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