WARNING: T-Mobile MDA Vario 2 (=Hermes) WILL be Netlocked

[stupiddog]

According to the T-Mobile Germany Homepage (http://www.t-mobile.de/shop/handy/0,4855,2963-_5540-0-1-0,00.html).

So, for god's sake, if you are in Germany, better buy the O2 Trion (=Hermes), which is not locked (http://shop2.o2online.de/o2/interessenten/necos/details/index.html?articleId=4510%20070023%2000&contractId=O-GEN-H-F&duration=24&salesChannel=SHOP&categoryId=1120)

[Severok]

it's true

i hold today some in my hands -> Netlog

[rabmc]

isnt there a way of unlocking it....?

[ptm]

I'm happy to say the Vodafonev1605 is comletely unlocked. I tried a T Mobile sim in it with success.

I'm assuming this is still the case in Germany too.

PTM

[nforsans]

funny they are unlocked in germany, cause in the UK they're all locked whatever the network (on contracts). But maybe the phones are more heavily subsidised in the Uk than they are in germany..

[skipjack]

Got the MDA VarioII on t-mobile UK, and can confirm it is network locked :(

[MSG]

T-Mobiles MDA Vario II is NetLocked in Germany, whereas the o2 Trion isn't. Unlocking whithin the 2 years period is 99,95 € from T-Mobile, after that time it's free. Right now there is no free tool to unlock a Hermes, as far as I know. But at http://www.imei-check.co.uk/m3100unlock.php you can unlock it for aprox. 30,- €.