The Unofficial Speak Out Wireless Canada Consumer Page - Topic: unlocking Nokia C3

gjk on unlocking Nokia C3

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:59:36 -0800

Thanks for the ideas. I see a Rogers Nokia E5 used on Kijiji Toronto for $80 - maybe I'll go that route.

dennismiller on unlocking Nokia C3

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 13:54:17 -0800

Go at it from the other end like I do. Buy a T-mobile phone and when you are a customer and have activated on their system and have a balance(prepaid anyway), they unlock for free(just did a huawei or whatever prism recently) and then use the T-mobile on Speakout Canada or Rogers or....
Got the prism with sim etc fro TM for $100. Unlocked for free.
Did that with a Nokia smart phone a couple years ago and my wife now uses it on Speakout and T-Mobile.

bstreet71 on unlocking Nokia C3

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 05:39:26 -0800

Buy a Rogers locked Nokia E5 (kind of a smartphone, sort of, Nokia style, fills the bill for cheap if you buy used) and unlock it. Put SO sim in it and off you go, UMB works out of the box on it. As do SIMS from TMobile. I have E5 and had a C3 both unlocked from Rogers and both worked fine with SO and any other GSM sim I put in them.

gjk on unlocking Nokia C3

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 08:58:14 -0800

Thanks bstreet71. I've got an Alcatel and will use it in a pinch, but it would be nice to get a basic unlocked smartphone that works with SO (without too much fiddling), has wi-fi access, and can do email and browsing. I've looked through these forums and elsewhere, but for someone like me without much smartphone experience, it's not clear where to start.

walter_wpg on unlocking Nokia C3

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 07:25:57 -0800

For what it's worth, a few years ago I bought a Rogers-locked pay-as-you-go Nokia C3, and I use it with my SpeakOut SIM. This past summer, I decided to get it unlocked, and I bought a code from cellunlocker.net for $7.99 US. Quick and easy. Too bad that SpeakOut-locked C3's are not as easy.

(I've been pretty happy with the C3, except that a recent software upgrade to ver 8.63 has somehow killed wi-fi access at McDonalds. But that's another story...)

bstreet71 on unlocking Nokia C3

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 04:29:37 -0800

gjk said:

I thought that the C3 was unlocked (without checking - duh!) and bought a Roam Mobility SIM in the airport and tried to use it in the US earlier this week. When I realized my mistake I tried to get help from Speakout and they were completely unhelpful - just a boilerplate response and a suggestion to "contact Nokia". I guess I can't complain too much since it was my fault for not checking - but still...
Anyway, the roam mobility service seems like a good deal for short trips to the US. If anybody has suggestions on a (relatively) inexpensive unlocked alternative to the C3 I'd be grateful - something that's less clunky than the C3 at accessing wifi would be a bonus.

The Alcatel they were giving away free was unlocked. I have one and it worked fine with a TMobile SIM in it. It works as a phone but if you want more than that, like web, email, forget it.

sp1903 on unlocking Nokia C3

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 19:19:29 -0800

I agree with chimpanzee re 3rd parties.

I've also been trying with Speak Out via e-mail, but they keep telling me their code generator machine is down and to try back. I have been, but so far to no avail. Will keep trying! If/When I have any success, I'll let you all know.

gjk on unlocking Nokia C3

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 12:27:41 -0800

I thought that the C3 was unlocked (without checking - duh!) and bought a Roam Mobility SIM in the airport and tried to use it in the US earlier this week. When I realized my mistake I tried to get help from Speakout and they were completely unhelpful - just a boilerplate response and a suggestion to "contact Nokia". I guess I can't complain too much since it was my fault for not checking - but still...
Anyway, the roam mobility service seems like a good deal for short trips to the US. If anybody has suggestions on a (relatively) inexpensive unlocked alternative to the C3 I'd be grateful - something that's less clunky than the C3 at accessing wifi would be a bonus.

chimpanzee on unlocking Nokia C3

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:58:55 -0800

doesn't work, trust me. All the 3rd party I have tried thought it works and ends up refund to me after they actually tried to search for the code.

pathfinder35 on unlocking Nokia C3

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 08:33:33 -0800

I would think you would specify Rogers as your network provider, not 7-11, as 7-11 uses Rogers network.

sp1903 on unlocking Nokia C3

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 15:54:46 -0800

hi shone,
I'm with Speak Out 7-11.

shone on unlocking Nokia C3

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:51:52 -0800

sp1903 said:

hello shone,

Thanks for the suggestion. After entering the info asked for, I'm getting the following message: We currently do not have any unlocking services that are supported by your mobile phone.

Thanks anyway!

Hi sp1903,
You have not specified your current network provider to which it is locked that's why i can't be able to guide you in the right way sorry for the mistake

sp1903 on unlocking Nokia C3

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:11:39 -0800

hello shone,

Thanks for the suggestion. After entering the info asked for, I'm getting the following message: We currently do not have any unlocking services that are supported by your mobile phone.

Thanks anyway!

shone on unlocking Nokia C3

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 02:15:55 -0800

sp1903 said:

Hi all,

I'd like to unlock my Nokia C3 so that I can use it with my T-Mobile SIM card when I go down to the US (a few days every month). I contacted Speak Out about this and they said "We are not currently providing unlock codes for any of our devices due to a technical issue with the code generator. Keep checking back." Any suggestions on what to do. I'm heading south of the border again in a few days and would love to be have this sorted ahead of then.
Thanks!

You can unlock your Nokia C3 easily without the help of service provider through online itself .To get code visit this site; Wickedunlock.com.To unlock your phone specify your mobile IMEI number,country and network provider name to which it is locked and they deliver you the code within a short period.

sp1903 on unlocking Nokia C3

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 07:01:48 -0800

Thanks chimpanzee! I contacted Speak Out again and they said they expect the issue with their code generator to be resolved in January, so I should keep checking back with them. Let's see!

chimpanzee on unlocking Nokia C3

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 18:45:26 -0800

i have tried three, all ends up cannot find the code and refund me. SO is such a small player than no one bother to do it(generating it i assume), rogers/fido i believe you can find third party

speakout gave me the code for free when they still did it. I don't think they do it anymore

sp1903 on unlocking Nokia C3

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 18:08:34 -0800

Thank you both!

iamdrumming: I have Googled but there's so much there, not sure where to go and who is legit.

chimpanzee: Are you saying the Nokia C3 phone is not 'unlockable' via a third party?

chimpanzee on unlocking Nokia C3

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 18:03:17 -0800

don't bother. i found three 'third party' and all refunded me.

iamdrumming on unlocking Nokia C3

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 17:10:22 -0800

I'm not sure. You can try Ebay, and find a seller with great feedback who can unlock a C3. I think there are some free Nokia unlock sites as well. Googling them might be worth a try.

chimpanzee on unlocking Nokia C3

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:23:45 -0800

get the alcatel, it is unlocked