G1 Succesfully Unlocked… For A Price
Our newest buddies over at Unlock T-Mobile G1 have brought us all some unlockin’ goodness after merely a week since the G1’s launch. Earlier, we reported that it would be just a few weeks before the G1 was unlocked. Well, if eight days means a few weeks, then we were correct.
For a fee of $22.99, you’ll now be able to be like the rest of the sneetches on the beaches and get a star on your unlocked G1’s back. You’ll be sent an unlock code by the company and will then be able to use any GSM carrier you wish worldwide. You’ll also need to do a little toying around to access data from your carrier.
It all seems pretty slick, but there will most likely eventually (and by eventually we mean pretty darn soon) be a free alternative. In review of this past week, the G1 has gotten a price drop at Wal-Mart to circa $150 and has been unlocked. So now you’ll be able to get your ballin’ unlock on for as much as the G1 originally cost! Except that if you’re making a 2-year commitment to get that $150 price, your need for unlocking just got flushed down the toilet.
Let’s hear what you think about paying for the unlock rather than doing what the iPhone crowd is doing (that is, NOT paying) in the comments. Or, for further discussion hit up our forums.
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This is the same thing that happens with every phone and it’s for people who don’t have the desire to wait a few days/weeks or do just a little more research.
1) Someone will just write an app that does the same thing and either post it on the market (which tmo said they can’t/won’t do anything about).
2) People can just call tmo, say “i’m going out of the country on business” and they’ll likely just give you the code which has worked for me before. I have tmo already, so I haven’t tried.
Yep.. tmo will give you ur code if u ask.
called today to request an unlock code, they where very nice, asked my to give them my IMEI id and an email, they will email the code with instructions. saved $23.00.
Online unlocking sites are spotty. I have always had better success directly dealing with TMo or ATT Customer Support when it comes to getting the Subsidy Unlock Code and the Instructions on unlocking devices. I have built a list of instructions on how to unlock devices here: http://www.mobileslate.com/blog/unlock-mobile-info/. I have verified the instructions as I have personally unlock all of these devices.
Well, some of the unlocking sites are a bit shady…but definitely not all of them. The one mentioned in this article is a great one, along with a new one called http://g1unlockcodes.com
Both will get your phone unlocked with no issues, and might come in handy for those that have special circumstances or just want to unlock an additional phone (to sell it on ebay, craigslist, etc…).