Rhodium SIM Unlock w/o using another SIM Card??

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Ok, this is probably a stupid question but I can't seem to find an answer anywhere I look.

I got a SIM Unlock code from TMobile and everywhere I read the only way of entering it is to insert a non-TMO SIM.

I can't find my old AT&T SIM card to do this... So is there any way to get to enter the unlock code either without a SIM card at all or with the current TMO SIM?

I don't want to have to pester my friends to use their SIM cards.

Any ideas?

Originally Posted by lysergication

Ok, this is probably a stupid question but I can't seem to find an answer anywhere I look.

I got a SIM Unlock code from TMobile and everywhere I read the only way of entering it is to insert a non-TMO SIM.

I can't find my old AT&T SIM card to do this... So is there any way to get to enter the unlock code either without a SIM card at all or with the current TMO SIM?

I don't want to have to pester my friends to use their SIM cards.

Any ideas?

It has been a while since I did this, but I didn't have to change my SIM card to unlock my phone. It has been several years, and that was an HP phone...

However, maybe you could pick up a cheap one on ebay?

Originally Posted by lysergication

I don't want to have to pester my friends to use their SIM cards.

Any ideas?

Bribe them maybe? LOL seriously though, you'll need to get your hands on a card from another carrier to make this happen in the TP2, just for a few seconds.

Could you maybe just provide the unlock code you have now to whoever will be using the phone with a different SIM, and let them handle that last step of unlocking?

Originally Posted by sirphunkee

Could you maybe just provide the unlock code you have now to whoever will be using the phone with a different SIM, and let them handle that last step of unlocking?

That person would be me. I just like having it unlocked just in case. Even if I have no intention of switching providers yet.

But seriously, I don't understand why HTC did not implement an option to unlock a phone without physically switching SIM's. Oh well, I guess I will need to do that then.

Originally Posted by lysergication

Ok, this is probably a stupid question but I can't seem to find an answer anywhere I look.

I got a SIM Unlock code from TMobile and everywhere I read the only way of entering it is to insert a non-TMO SIM.

I can't find my old AT&T SIM card to do this... So is there any way to get to enter the unlock code either without a SIM card at all or with the current TMO SIM?

I don't want to have to pester my friends to use their SIM cards.

Any ideas?

thats not possible it only shows for unlocking code when there is a sim card which is locked to network...

Originally Posted by lysergication

Ok, this is probably a stupid question but I can't seem to find an answer anywhere I look.

I got a SIM Unlock code from TMobile and everywhere I read the only way of entering it is to insert a non-TMO SIM.

I can't find my old AT&T SIM card to do this... So is there any way to get to enter the unlock code either without a SIM card at all or with the current TMO SIM?

I don't want to have to pester my friends to use their SIM cards.

Any ideas?

Did you go over this with T-Mobile customer service? When I got my HP unlocked, there was a sequence I went through that caused the phone to ask me for the unlock code.

I think I just came across it...onslaught86 just posted over in the HD2 forums about a SIMLock app in the windows folder...run that and you should get the same screen you get if you put a different carrier's card in and boot the phone. Full credit def to onslaught...I had no idea such a thing existed

Originally Posted by sirphunkee

I think I just came across it...onslaught86 just posted over in the HD2 forums about a SIMLock app in the windows folder...run that and you should get the same screen you get if you put a different carrier's card in and boot the phone. Full credit def to onslaught...I had no idea such a thing existed

I hope this works, cause I'm in the exact same situation. I used to have an old T-Mobile prepaid SIM that I used just for this purpose, but apparently I've misplaced it. The Tilt 2 is at work, I'll try it first thing tomorrow.