Vodafone UK are supplying almost all of their handsets UNLOCKED AS STANDARD,
(Blackberry Storm excluded, and a few others)
This means that NO UNLOCKING IS REQUIRED by code or otherwise, as no UK Magic is supplied locked, confirmed to me by the HTC Employee doing my product training, and by Vodafone Second Line Technical Support.
Should you source a UK Magic that is locked, VODAFONE UK WILL UNLOCK FOR FREE, for contract customers (different terms for PAYT and Enterprise)
PM me for any queries you may have.
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ok, guess we shall wait and see. but my experience as a corporate buyer from vodagroan business
all have been locked recently and cant be unlocked if they have an exclusive. just me experience.
anyway unlocked for us htc magic users is still good news non the less.
The devices are supplied from a single SKU code (it is the same phone regardless of who/how supplied)
and they are all sim free.
I can confirm... my Vodafone Magic is supplied unlocked - my Three SIM works in it. I didn't get a 3G data connection, but that's probably just a configuration or network issue - I didn't get the time to look into it.
yea my magic also came unlocked, my o2 sim worked fine.
My Magic cam unlocked too. Can confirm that my Orange Sim works fine.
We don't have the same luck in Spain.
My Magic came sim locked.
I noticed their are already loads of these on e bay, oddly some are marked as unlocked & some not which is confusing?
All Magic are unlocked, some sales chimps from Vodafone do not know this and so the customers also don't know or bother to check
How safe is it too buy a Magic off ebay?
It's just I was reading a few horror stories about the G1 off ebay in the relevant part of this forum.
viw9419 said:
All Magic are unlocked, some sales chimps from Vodafone do not know this and so the customers also don't know or bother to check
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I think that this comment can lead into confusion.
As i said, my Magic that i got from VF Spain came sim locked.
Maybe in UK and Germany are all unlocked. But based on my own experience, mine was locked.
I needed to buy a code in order to put a sim card from another company (another country).
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I needed to buy a code in order to put a sim card from another company (another country).
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How much did you pay for it?
Can you tell us where did you get it?
Vodafone Spain Magic's are locked.
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Vodafone Spain Magic's are locked.
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I wonder why they seem to be unlocked in the UK but not other EU countries?
In Germany Vodafone versions are also supplied unlocked (not only in UK)
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How much did you pay for it?
Can you tell us where did you get it?
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I paid 17.50EUR for the code. I got it in 5 minutes in my email.
I'm not sure if I can say the web page here (long time without reading the rules) but it was a very easy url link that appears one of the top when you search in google.
Something like unlock now, or similar.
Anybody in the U.S. been able to import one yet? Seriously interested in this phone
I can confirm that UK Vodafone Magic's seem to be unlocked..
I have just received one and it's working fine with an O2 Sim right out of the box!
unlucky in france
with SFR (vodafone in france)
it's locked
voila
any idea for unlock it will be welcome... or I ll wait 6 mounth (french law about unlocking)
Super Chimp said:
How safe is it too buy a Magic off ebay?
It's just I was reading a few horror stories about the G1 off ebay in the relevant part of this forum.
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I was that man...
I'm now running a Magic - bought in store at a Phones4U retail outlet as a "handset only" deal. The sales guy was very helpful and tested it out with my O2 SIM before I purchased. Cost GBP440 - about 100 more than they're going for on eBay but I couldn't face the risk again.
Caveat emptor big time..
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Hello anyone knows how to unlock the Blackstone?
many thanks
HTC Touch HD
Me too, how to unlock the HTC Touch HD locked to Oange?
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there this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=430048
HTC Touch HD
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there this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=430048
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I meant a cheap unlocking!
IF you mean free then I dont know but theres a link to 22$ unlocking service, not too much.
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I meant a cheap unlocking!
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thats the cheapest so far ... unless you ask your carrier for the sim unlock code. I know in US your carrier has to give it to you after 3 months of service don't know about UK regulations.
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thats the cheapest so far ... unless you ask your carrier for the sim unlock code. I know in US your carrier has to give it to you after 3 months of service don't know about UK regulations.
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Only here they are alllowed to charge you for it, 20 pounds for orange unlock code but thats not even posssible as the phone is only a month old in the UK I think
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Only here they are alllowed to charge you for it, 20 pounds for orange unlock code but thats not even posssible as the phone is only a month old in the UK I think
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aah that sucks ... sorry .. That was a suggestion for op as he didn't want to pay the 50 (wait it out another 2 months ).
UK providers
UK phone providers Orange - will ask for the full value of the contract to unlock it - ie if you have 12 months left at £30 then £360 for the code + unlock fee £20 quidish.
Not sure about T-Mo - but i believe at the end of the contract they will give it for free, but dont say your going to another network, as they'll charge you for the privilidge.
Been there done that... htccode.com appear to be the cheapest at present at £15.
Reviews of service appear to be very positive!
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UK phone providers Orange - will ask for the full value of the contract to unlock it - ie if you have 12 months left at £30 then £360 for the code + unlock fee £20 quidish.
Not sure about T-Mo - but i believe at the end of the contract they will give it for free, but dont say your going to another network, as they'll charge you for the privilidge.
Been there done that... htccode.com appear to be the cheapest at present at £15.
Reviews of service appear to be very positive!
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Found this Forum whilst looking for quick way to unlock HTC Touch HD - follwed this recommendation and it's unlocked From sending Paypal payment to getting code took about 5 mins - made contact via MSN and they are really good - if anyone is going to do this, saves asking them the same question as I did - when you enter the unlock code it'll say it's accepted but will then say it's locked again - enter the code once more - that'll do it
hi
i need help i recently got a HTC Touch HD on a orange UK contract 18th of december to be precise from buymobilephones.net. The problem is i cannot unlock it i have tried (unlock-HTC.com0 and (htccode.com) both of them gave me the same code for my phone and it didnt work i have attempted it 7 times now and my phone has a long time out in order to try again please is anything i am doing wrong or do i have install something before inserting a sim locked card i am in the process with htccode to see if they can do anything for me or is it a case that the unlocking code isnt available i prepared to pay a donation or what ever it is to get it unlocked thanks.
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devioust said:
hi
i need help i recently got a HTC Touch HD on a orange UK contract 18th of december to be precise from buymobilephones.net. The problem is i cannot unlock it i have tried (unlock-HTC.com0 and (htccode.com) both of them gave me the same code for my phone and it didnt work i have attempted it 7 times now and my phone has a long time out in order to try again please is anything i am doing wrong or do i have install something before inserting a sim locked card i am in the process with htccode to see if they can do anything for me or is it a case that the unlocking code isnt available i prepared to pay a donation or what ever it is to get it unlocked thanks.
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I have the owner of HTC Code on my MSN Messenger contacts - I will quiz him about this and then get back to you mate... hang on. I intended to use HTCCODE as well upon delivery of my handset.
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devioust said:
hi
i need help i recently got a HTC Touch HD on a orange UK contract 18th of december to be precise from buymobilephones.net. The problem is i cannot unlock it i have tried (unlock-HTC.com0 and (htccode.com) both of them gave me the same code for my phone and it didnt work i have attempted it 7 times now and my phone has a long time out in order to try again please is anything i am doing wrong or do i have install something before inserting a sim locked card i am in the process with htccode to see if they can do anything for me or is it a case that the unlocking code isnt available i prepared to pay a donation or what ever it is to get it unlocked thanks.
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I have the owner of HTC Code on my MSN Messenger contacts - I will quiz him about this and then get back to you mate... hang on. I intended to use HTCCODE as well upon delivery of my handset.
What's funny, I bought my HD at Bouygues Telecom in Paris. They claimed it's locked to them. Once I came to the hotel and inserted my SIM card - it worked with no problems. They lied! Actually, I think the same thing was at Fnac. They had two versions of the phone - locked to one of French providers for EUR 589 and unlocked for EUR 699. I guess it was the same phone. I bought my one for 549, flashed to WWE and it works like a charm!
its illegal
In france, its against the law to sell phones that are locked
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In france, its against the law to sell phones that are locked
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huh????? I get plenty of phones LOCKED to french networks from visitors here in Canada! what r u talking about?
Hello,
Probably will buy this device tomorrow, used, dont sure ifs its unbranded or Vodafone (Portugal) branded.
I have a question ...
- If it's unbranded (and so on unlocked), there's anything I need to know (something in the firmware), so I can install "anything" I want?
- If its branded and sim locked... it's easy to unbrand and unlock? Should I take a look of something on the firmware?
Really appreciate your help.
Thanks,
Tiago
There is no good way yet to unlock the htc tattoo locked to orange uk except from using the ismart sim 2008. Besides the simlock problem, you have a smaller screen than other android devices. So some apps or games might not work properly.. but most of them do. Also you have limited access to the market, that is, you can access products that have been specified htc tattoo compliant only unless you root the device and install the cracked market app. Besides that everything is ok.
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There is no good way yet to unlock the htc tattoo locked to orange uk except from using the ismart sim 2008. Besides the simlock problem, you have a smaller screen than other android devices. So some apps or games might not work properly.. but most of them do. Also you have limited access to the market, that is, you can access products that have been specified htc tattoo compliant only unless you root the device and install the cracked market app. Besides that everything is ok.
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I never said it's tattoo orange uk... I said maybe its vodafone portugal tattoo...
smaller screen? what's the normal screen for tattoo ?
he ment its small screen, compared to other HTC phones, most phones got 3+ inches screen, tattoo is 2.8.
about unlocking - its ur rights to try put ur sim card in the phone before u buy it. Myn was unlocked, thought they sayd its locked to they network. At same time - they use same phones for selling as locked to they network with a contract, as same phones for selling it for full price...
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he ment its small screen, compared to other HTC phones, most phones got 3+ inches screen, tattoo is 2.8.
about unlocking - its ur rights to try put ur sim card in the phone before u buy it. Myn was unlocked, thought they sayd its locked to they network. At same time - they use same phones for selling as locked to they network with a contract, as same phones for selling it for full price...
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I dont want to count with simcard... always had problems with it.
So its not easily possible to unlock and unbrand a tattoo ?
Dude, if I had the chance I would have bought a device which is easily upgradeable to another Android OS or other ROMS (maybe with different OS').
But returning to your issue:
Unbranding shouldn't be a problem (I removed Vodafone Germany branding), but with unlocking there are problems with certain providers. Just put your SIM in first and see if it boots, otherwise I would take another device if the tattoo should be locked.
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Dude, if I had the chance I would have bought a device which is easily upgradeable to another Android OS or other ROMS (maybe with different OS').
But returning to your issue:
Unbranding shouldn't be a problem (I removed Vodafone Germany branding), but with unlocking there are problems with certain providers. Just put your SIM in first and see if it boots, otherwise I would take another device if the tattoo should be locked.
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But if I put my TMN sim card on Vodafone Tattoo, it's suppose to work ?
Not understood what you explained, sorry.
Some carriers sell phones that are locked to them, others sell unlocked phones.
Here in the UK for instance, vodafone phones are not locked and an HTC Tattoo bought from them can be used with any SIM. Ones sold by Orange are locked to them and can only be used with an Orange SIM.
I do not know if Vodafone in Portugal lock their phones or not, the simple way of checking is by trying your non vodafone SIM and seeing if it works.
Unlocking the Tattoo can be done but costs $15 or so I believe (although with the Desire they then charge you another $20 - a very dodgy practice), far better to buy one that's not locked in the first place unless you want to use it on the carrier it's locked to.
You posted a couple of days ago - have you already bought the phone? Was it unlocked? Or have you not bought it yet?
Confucious said:
Some carriers sell phones that are locked to them, others sell unlocked phones.
Here in the UK for instance, vodafone phones are not locked and an HTC Tattoo bought from them can be used with any SIM. Ones sold by Orange are locked to them and can only be used with an Orange SIM.
I do not know if Vodafone in Portugal lock their phones or not, the simple way of checking is by trying your non vodafone SIM and seeing if it works.
Unlocking the Tattoo can be done but costs $15 or so I believe (although with the Desire they then charge you another $20 - a very dodgy practice), far better to buy one that's not locked in the first place unless you want to use it on the carrier it's locked to.
You posted a couple of days ago - have you already bought the phone? Was it unlocked? Or have you not bought it yet?
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Now I understood.
Here in Portugal, ALL phones are SIM Locked. Unlock goes from 50$ to 150$.
That's why I asked if it's easy to do it by us.
HTCCode.com say on the front page that it costs $15 but people in the Desire forum are saying they are being told that their device costs more - but only after they've paid the $15.
i am not a tmobile customer (rogers), and i don't have a credit card (well i do but i'm also FLAT BROKE) is there anyway i can unlock my htc dream?
+ how do you even go about unlocking the phone once you have the "code"
please answers are appreciated i am quite desperate i leave in a week (to europe) and have no money to buy a cell phone there
Unfortunately eBay is your only friend
The cheapest (and fastest) method I have seen is eBay. There are no other ways to unlock your phone. If you have a t-mobile phone on the rogers network, shouldn't your phone already be unlocked? If it is a G1 and not a Dream, that is.
Most people either unlock through the vendor in this case t mobile, or alternate sites offering unlocking services generally between 10-35 bucks. Most sites I've seen are around 25
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and the second part of your question, "how do you even go about unlocking the phone once you have the "code""
you put a different carriers sim card in your phone and it will ask for the code.
just an update here i contacted rogers and they pretty much refused to give me the code, even if i paid them. found a trusted/guaranteed seller on ebay plan on trying that on thurs, will update with details
I tried to talk to Rogers about it too, right after the e911 debacle, but even in the time of need, the would not budge. The CSR tried to say that putting another SIM in my phone would work, LOL.
Where are you going in Europe? I can recommend a good provider for England and/or Italy
lisbon then porto form 1month then paris for another how did u get your phone unlocked?
When I was in Europe I already had an unlocked phone with my, an i-Mate. With my Dream, the second I put a foreign SIM in it and turned it on it asked for an unlock code, which I bought from eBay.
I have not been to Portugal, I almost went last January, they had a last minute sale for 8 nights Hotel+Flight+Rental car for $550 including taxes. I had to work though.
This thread had to appear at somepoint.
I will soon have a phone from A1 Austria, so..
Anyone had success unlocking the phone already?
There are unlocking code sites, but not one of them offers a straight code for A1 of Austria for example. I guess you could get a code for unlocking a T-Mobile or Orange phone.
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This thread had to appear at somepoint.
I will soon have a phone from A1 Austria, so..
Anyone had success unlocking the phone already?
There are unlocking code sites, but not one of them offers a straight code for A1 of Austria for example. I guess you could get a code for unlocking a T-Mobile or Orange phone.
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you can just pay the operator a fee to unlock, otherwise it has to be rooted first.
Got mine on Monday, from Vodafone and popped my old orange sim in while waiting for my number to port and it worked so the 16gb from Vodafone is unlocked or I got extremely lucky
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Got mine on Monday, from Vodafone and popped my old orange sim in while waiting for my number to port and it worked so the 16gb from Vodafone is unlocked or I got extremely lucky
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Yea, some of them have never been locked by the operator. But the rest of them have.
For example Saunalahti here in Finland doesn't lock their HTC phones. They say it saves them money.
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you can just pay the operator a fee to unlock, otherwise it has to be rooted first.
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What you mean by rooting first? Could the phone be unlocked if rooted?
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Got mine on Monday, from Vodafone and popped my old orange sim in while waiting for my number to port and it worked so the 16gb from Vodafone is unlocked or I got extremely lucky
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Does it have the Vodafone start up animation & any other voda crap on it. Thanks
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Does it have the Vodafone start up animation & any other voda crap on it. Thanks
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None at all, no external badging and no internal ROM changes.
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None at all, no external badging and no internal ROM changes.
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So its basically an unlocked vanilla handset
rkantos, any news on the A1 locked version of the Galaxy s?
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So its basically an unlocked vanilla handset
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Mine's the same, so unless Lamatrast got it from the Reading Oracle Vodafone shop and they randomly had a batch of unlocked ones, Voda don't seem to be branding or locking them at all. Have tested with Voda, T-Mob and O2 sims and they all work fine.
Hiya
Is buying an unlock code the only way to unlock the phone? Or is there a more reliable way? Even if it's more complicated
Hey its not just Vodafone
Got my new Galaxy S from Orange, FREE on a £15 a month contract, (think they messed up). Tried to get a code to unlock it, and the guy said the "number" wasn't in their database.
Saw this thread, and thought hey what the hell, tried my 3 card in it and it's not locked either! strange thing is though, it has the specific orange apps (including Orange Maps) pre-loaded.
There is a GOD after all.
Just bought a brand new virgin contract card off ebay and put my orange sim in it, its not locked either, nice surprise Now to compare it to my desire!
keeping my fingers crossed for the Bell Vibrant (SGS i9000 850), hoping it is unlocked out of the box
so Bell's Samsung Galaxy S is not unlocked. Does anyone know how I can get it unlocked?
thanks.
via turbo sim / isim and other alikes, until some one can complete the software unlock
What would be the turbo sim / isim?
What about those apps on the market, like Galaxy_S Unlock?
I have to admit I am a little skeptic about them, but they have decent reviews and I am a noobie, so...
Just install and run Galaxy_S Unlock from the market. Worked for me on Gingerbread 2.3.4 and 3UK. I can use any sim now.
I went into a retail store of SFR and asked them about the Nexus one. The woman told me that the phones where locked to SFR network.
That girl told me that SFR will only unlock the phones after 6 months. I'm leaving the country in 25 days... She also told me that if I wanted to unlock it before I'll have to make it unlocked somewhere else... so
I've been browsing the net and honestly, It's hard to know where I can get unlocking codes for nexus one. Most websites I found weren't looking very legit...
And most people still believe that nexus one is always unlocked...but since Vodafone got exclusivity in France they decided to lock the device...
So yeah, where/how can I unlock a nexus one? (Receiving unlock codes)
Have you actually tried another carrier's SIM on your nexus one? In Spain Vodafone sells the nexus one unlocked and I bet most of the representatives don't even know about it, since they lock pretty much every other phone.
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So yeah, where/how can I unlock a nexus one? (Receiving unlock codes)
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Read this > http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=616045
Read this > ...forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=616045
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Already read it... Unsure if it's all good. I read in the forums lots of bad comment about htccode and some good comments. Hard to know if this thing is real or good comment are posted by puppet accounts.
Have you actually tried another carrier's SIM on your nexus one?
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I didn't bought one yet since I really need to be sure that I can unlock it before I leave. I can't tell if the girl is wrong about it but I called an other store and on the website, it's written that the phone is limited to SFR network. So unlike other EU countries. SFR apparently locked them.
I'd suggest getting a different sim from a friend and trying it out. I can't really believe they'd lock the N1 after all the publicity of it being an unlocked phone.
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Already read it... Unsure if it's all good. I read in the forums lots of bad comment about htccode and some good comments. Hard to know if this thing is real or good comment are posted by puppet accounts.
I didn't bought one yet since I really need to be sure that I can unlock it before I leave. I can't tell if the girl is wrong about it but I called an other store and on the website, it's written that the phone is limited to SFR network. So unlike other EU countries. SFR apparently locked them.
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They are not locked, mine is a SFR version, and it's unlocked, no nexus one has ever been sold locked, not even the Korean versions.
SFR staff and the phone house will tell you it's locked because they don't know better and all the usual SFR pack phones are locked but it's not.
I confirm also, bought mine from SFR to use it with a Sim from Orange.
People at SFR say it is locked, which is wrong.
@Doume
Really? when did you buy it?
As far as I know, phone sold before july 24 (or something like that) where unlocked. They were available in many store but now new phones are only available in "Espace SFR". Tomorrow I should get one and will be able to confirm if they are locked or not.
All nexus ones are unlocked. Even the vodaphone ones.
I should receive my nexus one in 2 or 3 days, retail stores we out of stock again so I ordered it online. Will update once I get it.
Ok so,
[off topic]I canceled my order from sfr. On all the step before getting that phone from a online order. I didn't go farther than the identity validation in 5 days. [/off topic]
So this morning I got my nexus one from someone who got it as a replacement for a nokia. He sold it as he had a blackberry. Anyway, a brain new nexus one for a fraction of the price they sells it without contract.
I inserted my old fido (rogers) sim card and it appears to work. There is a little "SFR" drawn inside but thats it.
I got some error reading the gsm card but I think it's an other issue.
So yeah, even if everybody in the SFR society thinks that it is locked. It is apparently not. On a side note, just to show how uninformed they are. On the spec of the phone they says that the screens only has 16bit colors. While it has been proven to have 24bit and able to do 32bit opengl. 24 bit RGB and 8 bit alpha.
Anyway, I'm happy. I have it now.
ps: the problem with my order wasn't exactly sfr's fault. The people to blame are the people at fia-net.fr. 1 week to identify who I am to sell me an overpriced phone vs 1 random guy that sells me a brain new phone (unpackaged) for a fraction of the price. It just doesn't make sense. I say that, but I'm still in the process of the cancellation of my order.
I bought a n1 this morning at a SFR store, Build EPF21b, and no simlock. Just the little red SFR symbol inside the phone - thats all.
Just went to look my build version. I remember it was something similar to you. But now after update, it is now FRF91. Not sure if that means we will receive OTA updates from google or from Vodafone. One thing is that we have a different set of "stock" app than the US version.