ROMMMELLL

Thanks N

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

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 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