I got my MDA Vario 2 to UNLOCK!!!

pelicantacos · 23rd September 2006, 11:05 PM

I got my MDA Vario 2 to UNLOCK!!!

Ok, I'm just ecstatic b/c I just got my Vario II unlocked! I did have to pay for it but I believe anyone can do it (I'm in the US and it was just horrible when I got the Vario 2 and it was locked to the T-mobile UK when I us T-mobile US and they weren't compatible--but this process worked and should work to unlock it to all GSM networks).

Well here's what I did --I bought the unlock code (38 USD) from www.gsmliberty.com and then downloaded the unlocking program from www.imei-check.co.uk/m3100unlock.php I followed the instructions for the "imei-check" page with the unlock code from the gsmliberty page (b/c they didn't have the proper unlocking program, but "imei-check" did). So I had to do it a few times, but if you remove your microSD and even the "spacer" it should work. (I tried it once and it didn't work; I reset the device then removed the "plastic microSD spacer" and then it worked--I'm not sure if that was the problem or not--we are just in the beginning stages of this development.)

Ok, so if you do it PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE download the USB monitoring programs as it seems the developers are in need of the code you can retrieve from the usb reads. Save the log files and let us know when you get them.

The first usb monitoring program is from http://www.hhdsoftware.com/Products/...b-monitor.html and download the trial. The second is from http://www.sourcequest.com/template....AGE_ID=homeTry and you can download the trial there too.

Please help the developers to figure out why this worked. Everyone's effort is needed!

If you need any other info from me, let me know and I'll do my best to help out with this endeavor.

[It's a bummer b/c I had been monitoring all my USB activity with the USB Monitor and then the SourceQuest one as well, but I kept having to restart and reset my device and thought I wouldn't have any luck, so the last time I did it, I didn't run those programs, and of course that's the time it work--wouldn't you know.]

battletank · 24th September 2006, 06:55 PM

Re: I got my MDA Vario 2 to UNLOCK!!!

Perhaps I'm misunderstanding, but you paid money to this company who appear to be providing codes for IMEI-Check's technology either legitimately, or, more likely, fraudulently. You then ask everyone else to spend money with this same company, and even ask them to help reverse engineer the original technology which IMEI-Check have spent time and money developing?

So, would it be fair to assume you work for GSM Liberty?

zoidster · 25th September 2006, 08:40 AM

EH ? I don't get it ?

Why not just pay the $38 straight to IMEI-check and be done with it ?

Aside from the moral issue - I could understand (or at least see the point ) if the other company were selling codes for a lower price - but to suggest people pay the same amount to a third party company for the same code to use with IMEI check's unlocker is wierd , to say the least !

OR am I missing something ?

pelicantacos · 25th September 2006, 05:08 PM

I'm not a spy.

I do apologize. I didn't realize that IMEI-check was working for the Vario 2, so when I found out that the gsmliberty unlocking was working I thought I'd tell everybody. (Originally IMEI-check wasn't able to unlock the Vario 2--there was reported problems on the other forums.)

So I looked for another option. And of course after you guys wrote, I see IMEI-check can unlock it, so I didn't mean any harm or immoral action--just development of the unlcoking software for the xda developers.