Thanks K

Thanks S

Thanks P

Thanks S.

I understand.

In my case, I got the phone new in one country, where I used the 1st SIM card I put into it. I wasn't aware of any requirement to use any particular SIM card, or to use it for any particular time.

Some time later I was in another country. I wanted to put my 2nd SIM card in, but the phone wouldn't accept it.

I took it to a phone shop and had it unlocked.

I have been using this 2nd SIM card for years. This SIM card is in no way connected to the phone seller or phone maker, and it is from a different country.

BUT now I find that this 2nd SIM card is the ONLY SIM card the phone will accept.

How do you interpret this data ?

How would this lock be activated on an unlocked phone ?

Yours sincerely ROMMMELLL

Thanks H.

So, it was vodafone's website that you put your data into, to immediately free your more than 4 year old phone.

Am I correct in understanding that vodafone was both the phone seller and the SIM card provider ?

What data did you put into the website please ?

Yours sincerely ROMMMELLL

Dear A

Thanks for your reply. That is very helpful.

I didn't realize that about the UK.

If you were me, and you had a Samsung GT-E3210 dumb phone (keypad phone) made about 2013, that would only accept your current SIM card (the 2nd SIM card you've used with this phone) how would you go about unlocking it please ?

Yours sincerely ROMMMELLL

Thanks H.

I appreciate that it has been a long time.

If I understand correctly, your phone was locked to Vodafone Germany from the very start. Then, some time later you registered your phone on a website, and this action alone freed your phone.

One question : whose website did you register your phone on ?

eg. Phone maker ? Phone seller ? Provider of the SIM card ? other ?

Yours sincerely ROMMMELLL

Dear S

I think I have 2 problems.

1. I don't know who put the lock there - phone maker ? phone seller ? provider of 1st SIM card ? provider of 2nd SIM card ? other ? I just know that ONLY my current SIM card (the 2nd) works in my phone. No other SIM card will work in it.

2. I don't know the correct procedure to remove the lock without bricking the phone. Or, how to unbrick it, if I do.

Perhaps I am being too cautious, but some of what I have seen online seems a little dubious, and I'm not sure I can trust myself to distinguish between good info and bad.

You are one of the few who have actually unlocked a dumb phone in real time.

Could I be so bold as to ask if you would be willing to give some of your time to find a good tutorial with unlock codes for a Samsung GT-E3210 dumb phone made about 2013 ?

Yours sincerely ROMMMELLL

Dear S

Thanks for your reply.

Thanks for the tip re the pawn shop.

Did you ever go ahead and succeed in unlocking a dumb phone ?

Yours sincerely

ROMMMELLL

Dear C

Thanks for your reply.

Do you remember the model ?

How exactly did you unlock it please ?

Yours sincerely

ROMMMELLL

Dear K

Thanks for your reply.

Do you remember the model ?

How exactly did you unlock it please ?

Yours sincerely

ROMMMELLL

Dear H

Thanks for your reply. That is very interesting.

How did your phone become locked to vodafone germany ?

Could you talk me through the complete process, each step, that resulted in success please ?

Yours sincerely ROMMMELLL