Total newbie question about SIM unlocking Diamond

[akuru]

Hello everyone,

I'm thinking to buy an HTC Diamond over eBay, and have question about SM unlocking in my mind:

- Do I need to have a SIM card, which the device currently locked in, to unlock it or is it possible to execute the unlocking software without a SIM card installed?

They usually sell phones re-branded and locked to a specific network, and not every network operator works in my country. For example, if I buy a phone locked to Orange, it will be impossible for me to unlock it, if I need to run the unlocking software while an Orange SIM is inserted.

Thanks in advance.

[wizardlizard111]

Well I'm not completely sure that you need the sim to unlock it, but what I am sure about is that if you buy the HTC Diamond (not the T-mobile version, or whatever other carrier offers it) it will come unlocked. HTC simply makes the phones and if you buy one of their versions it will be unlocked as a standard.

Hopefully I helped answered your question instead of wasting time for both of us :D

[delboy1234]

every phone i have had to have unlocked can be done without any sim card in it

[akuru]

Thanks for your replies and sorry for a late response.

I have already bought my phone and waiting for its arrival. It is an Orange branded device, which is unlocked with a software obtained from unlock-htc.com, according to the seller. So, my problem with the SIM unlock seems solved :)

[smilepak]

I think the bigger question is, once you get it unlock can it be used with AT&T or T-mobile 3G frequency.

[akuru]

I think the bigger question is, once you get it unlock can it be used with AT&T or T-mobile 3G frequency.

We don't have those network operators here in Turkey. In fact, we don't have any 3G network operator at all :)

If we think that people are discussing about 4G technologies like LTE in north America and Europe, we can easily say that cellular network providers are evolving very slow in Turkey :) I don't think I will have problems with our current old school GSM providers with a SIM unlocked device.

I have to wait and see of course, I will let you know the results.