The Unofficial Speak Out Wireless Canada Consumer Page - Topic: Unlock 7-eleven phone and use overseas https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/ Simple:Press Version 5.7.5.3 fraser34 on Unlock 7-eleven phone and use overseas https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-3/#p26337 Speak Out in other countries https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-3/#p26337 This is what I received after asking to unlock my Nokia 1661:
"Hello,

Unfortunately we are not able to provide the unlock code for your handset as we do not have codes for devices that are over 2 years old."

Too bad...

]]> Fri, 09 Mar 2012 10:03:39 -0800 chimpanzee on Unlock 7-eleven phone and use overseas https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-3/#p23965 Speak Out in other countries https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-3/#p23965 almost all android can take micro SDHC so kind of expandable and they are all world phone as all are quad band GSM.

It is the 3G part which some are better. If it is a dual band, it usually doesn't work in Asia/Europe for a NA model(just like the good old days of GSM when dual band GSM is not compatible between these two place).

]]> Sun, 21 Aug 2011 16:15:42 -0700 rainforest on Unlock 7-eleven phone and use overseas https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-3/#p23964 Speak Out in other countries https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-3/#p23964 Thank you chimpanzee i will just stay with this sony ericsson as it is quad band
Now to find a cheap way to unlock it.

Also just for others the samsung 550 walmart phone has expandable memory and gives a scandisk chip with it also. It is world phone
I heard in another thread that somebought the same phone and did not get the chip.

]]> Sun, 21 Aug 2011 09:55:07 -0700 chimpanzee on Unlock 7-eleven phone and use overseas https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-3/#p23963 Speak Out in other countries https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-3/#p23963 if you like touch screen, the Galaxy Gio is a slightly better one(my Optimus one while were a nice device is a bit slow due to the 600Mhz CPU), assuming it is unlockable.

One thing I am not sure is that their HSDPA seems to be dual band and so it may not work in Asia/Europe, but it can always fall back to GSM/EDGE, just slower.

]]> Sun, 21 Aug 2011 09:42:02 -0700 rainforest on Unlock 7-eleven phone and use overseas https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-3/#p23962 Speak Out in other countries https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-3/#p23962 Thank you Chipanzee and Other forum members for the input.

I purchased the sony ericsson phone t715a for $75 and it works by fido. I went to return it but future shop just told me to hold the on button for a while and it worked.

Now i have to unlock it will use those links given in the earlier of this post.

Not sure if i can do it for free like bridonca did.
Yes the samsung 550 seemed to be a good phone the sale is in walmart until Aug 25 and even President choice is selling it for $75 but i am sure they will do a price match if you show the walmart flyer if walmart runs out of this phone. I liked the touch screen for typing text without a keyboard.

]]> Sun, 21 Aug 2011 09:31:12 -0700 chimpanzee on Unlock 7-eleven phone and use overseas https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-3/#p23958 Speak Out in other countries https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-3/#p23958 didn't know there are android for bell, may be that is a different scene. It probably is as my Optimus One was unlocked really cheap. And yes, people are very keen on Android, got 3 of them for about 40 bucks each and sold @ 170 on ebay.

]]> Sat, 20 Aug 2011 21:51:25 -0700 bridonca on Unlock 7-eleven phone and use overseas https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-2/#p23957 Speak Out in other countries https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-2/#p23957 I got a Bell Galaxy 550 at Walmart for $68 that is really easy to unlock for free and upgrade to 2.2 if you know how to read instructions. I had the browsing working on Speakout. After I got bored with it, I sold it on kijiji! Bit of a sellers market for unlocked 3G Android 2.2 phones, so I made a few bucks on the sale. Only asked for $100, should have asked $120.

When at Zellers, I also bought a Galaxy Gio, which has better specs than the 550 for the same price. It already has Android 2.3 installed. I have not unlocked it yet.

Needless to say, these are really good phones, and probably the best phones you can get at this price point!

]]> Sat, 20 Aug 2011 19:25:31 -0700 rainforest on Unlock 7-eleven phone and use overseas https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-2/#p23955 Speak Out in other countries https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-2/#p23955 sorry for the error ......Future shop has another phone T249 it comes unlocked was intoduced by rogers in april 2011

should read as ....
Future shop has another phone T249 was intoduced by rogers in april 2011 - it is LOCKED....

Thank you Chimpanzee for your prompt suggestion, i will not purchase the pc telecom phone.

I will check out the T249 it is thru rogers.. The E-3 phone or any phone with querty keyboard i am not used to it thank you for the suggestion. appreciate it.

]]> Sat, 20 Aug 2011 11:17:07 -0700 chimpanzee on Unlock 7-eleven phone and use overseas https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-2/#p23953 Speak Out in other countries https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-2/#p23953 president's choice moible = virgin = bell = cannot be unlocked by third party and bell would not do it(even you want to pay).

Get Rogers which there are numerous third party do it for pretty low cost.

I still think Rogers/Chatr C3 being the best option price wise. speakout is fine but the extra unlock fee(30?) made it less attractive now. I was lucky to get it free.

]]> Sat, 20 Aug 2011 10:50:33 -0700 rainforest on Unlock 7-eleven phone and use overseas https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-2/#p23952 Speak Out in other countries https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-2/#p23952 Hi
I was wondering if you all can tell me if it is easy to unlock a pctelecom phone. Or is it the same version of bell virgin mobile.

I purchased a phone from future shop a sony erricsson t715a it is a discontinued phone - all sent back as no storage space to keep them after new ones came in, they had only 2 phones the one i purchased does not turn on.

Future shop has another phone T249 it comes unlocked was intoduced by rogers in april 2011

I am debating to get this one or get the same samsung galaxy 550 (which i previous bought – carrier is bell) but this is now available in pctelecom.
Any difference in pc or bell carrier unlocking?

Thank you for your suggestion.

]]> Sat, 20 Aug 2011 10:44:28 -0700 rainforest on Unlock 7-eleven phone and use overseas https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-2/#p23942 Speak Out in other countries https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-2/#p23942 Thank you Chimpanzee I will wait with the samsung 550 until next week for back to school sale for other models and carriers but if nothing suits my budget then i will just unclock this. Yes you are right that it is hard to get the code to unlock bell. As one of the stores doing unlocking told me so. And if the store who told me it will cost $40 suddenly says it to more hours and will then ask me to pay $90 the it becomes an expensive phone. As one ofthe stores did tell me anywhere between 50 - 90$

i am not in favor or LG due to the experience we had with a few of their earlier models a few years ago

Thank you 46jimbo ---- for the link i had ordered by mail from the amazon website which i normally do and i for first time had a bad experince i never order electronics but i did order a cell phone a few weeks ago,the brand new phone said unlocked and quad band it was not so. Therefore am hesitant to purchase anything thru mail especially electronics. And the box came with another language so i did not know what was included in it.

Tyronne if you can please let me know what is the cost approimately to unlock thru that website if i choose to do that route then i would be glad to know.
Thank you again to all for the suggestions.

]]> Fri, 19 Aug 2011 08:06:56 -0700 Tymone on Unlock 7-eleven phone and use overseas https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-2/#p23939 Speak Out in other countries https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-2/#p23939 Me too unlocked my Nokia E71 phone from the Vodafone network and use it with the local GSM network in Spain. There are many sites providing unlocking codes. I got the unlock code from the TheUnlockSpot.com which is a reliable service unlocks the phone within 30 minutes and also cheap.

]]> Fri, 19 Aug 2011 04:02:04 -0700 46jimbo on Unlock 7-eleven phone and use overseas https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-2/#p23936 Speak Out in other countries https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-2/#p23936 Rainforest, check out this site for unlocked gsm phones

http://factorydirect.ca/catalo.....38;page=60

The Motorola Razr at $49.99 should suit you well.

If you look at other models, just be sure to check the specs to be sure its quad band. I've bought phones from them in the past. They are usually refurbs and they've worked fine for me.

]]> Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:02:01 -0700 chimpanzee on Unlock 7-eleven phone and use overseas https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-2/#p23932 Speak Out in other countries https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-2/#p23932 Even at 20 we are talking about 90 bucks which you can get a Koodo Optimus One which is guranteed to be unlockable(I used to do it for 5 bucks on ebay) and it is a much better Android than yours.

Just FYI.

]]> Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:03:36 -0700 rainforest on Unlock 7-eleven phone and use overseas https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-2/#p23930 Speak Out in other countries https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-2/#p23930 Thank you Chimpanzee i phoned around after reading your message and found some in my area who would do the unlocking

Omegacell they do it for $70 if that is the case i would return my phone

The link below says they will unlock for $20 but i guess they will give me to do most of it I did enter my IMEI number to see if they can unlock it and they said yes

http://www.mobileincanada.com/.....#038;u=all

Anyone used this link to unlock their phones?

There are some other local ones who quoted 30 – 40$

]]> Thu, 18 Aug 2011 11:41:09 -0700 chimpanzee on Unlock 7-eleven phone and use overseas https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-2/#p23929 Speak Out in other countries https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-2/#p23929 return it. I failed to find anyone to unlock bell locked phone. Get a Koodo or Telus Optimus one which I know there are unlock code available. Around 100 bucks.

]]> Thu, 18 Aug 2011 10:09:28 -0700 rainforest on Unlock 7-eleven phone and use overseas https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-2/#p23926 Speak Out in other countries https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-2/#p23926 Thank you chimpanzee i did go to walmart and the C3 to buy it out without a plan is 98.$ I am not too comfortable with that qwerty key board. Also i do not use a cell phone here only when travelling overseas so i am not a pro and wanted something a bit simple.

But i found a samsung galaxy 550 smartphone touch screen, it is global access, android OS. (i dont know what all these mean and not interested as long as it suits my needs) it was 98$ but it is on sale for 68$ until Aug 25

It is has the quad band but the carrier is bell and it is locked now i have to find a local person who will unlock it

Too bad unlike speakout who unlocks their phone for a fee now ( i got it done for free a few days before they annouced the fee) the other phones should provide this service.

Thank you for mentioning walmart that made me go there and saw it on the flyer.

Thank you to all other SO forum members for their kind help.

]]> Thu, 18 Aug 2011 08:57:28 -0700 rainforest on Unlock 7-eleven phone and use overseas https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-2/#p23911 Speak Out in other countries https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-2/#p23911 Thank you chipanzee for your suggestion, i will go to walmart and check it out and get the feel of it and it weight i may be in that neighbourhood today.
Thank you again

]]> Wed, 17 Aug 2011 08:46:50 -0700 chimpanzee on Unlock 7-eleven phone and use overseas https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-2/#p23905 Speak Out in other countries https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-2/#p23905 there is a PAYGO C3 on sale @ walmart which is supposed to be roger branded so can be unlocked via ebay. It is at 70 dollars, if you are interested. C3 we know is a quad band GSM phone that can be used almost anywhere except may be Japan/Korea(where I think they don't have GSM network).

]]> Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:01:47 -0700 rainforest on Unlock 7-eleven phone and use overseas https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-2/#p23898 Speak Out in other countries https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/speak-out-in-other-countries/unlock-7-eleven-phone-and-use-overseas/page-2/#p23898 Thank you Adrian and Chimpanzee for your suggestions
I am not looking for such an expensive phone specially just using for overseas use

Thank you again

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