phone not allowed MM6 bb

[eddie4x]

hi just unlocked my bb curve 9300 and now when i put my sim in it comes up with phone not allowed MM6 any idears on it? looked about and some people online are saying its been barred which i dont understand how that would of happened??
its a vodafone phone and im putting 3 into it

[Jim.Mahoney]

hi just unlocked my bb curve 9300 and now when i put my sim in it comes up with phone not allowed MM6 any idears on it? looked about and some people online are saying its been barred which i dont understand how that would of happened??
its a vodafone phone and im putting 3 into it

What happens with a Vodafone SIM inserted?

[eddie4x]

the one i got says sim not provisioned:2 it works fine with my dads tesco mobile sim it just seems tobe my 3 mobile sim it dont like

[Canker_Canison]

Put the tesco SIM in the phone & go to....

Menu > Settings > advanced > SIM

type MEPD

this should show the SIM lock screen. are any of the MEPS active?

[eddie4x]

no all 5 are disabled it was just network before i unlocked it??

[eddie4x]

it sometime comes up with sim card rejected aswell this is confusing stuff

[Canker_Canison]

Many things are buzzing around my head.

SIM not provisioned:2 - this usually points towards either a blocked handset or a faulty SIM

Does the 3 SIM work in a different phone?

Tesco use O2 for their network coverage, can you put a working O2 SIM in the phone?

Where did you get the phone from?

It's possible the original network had the 3G compatibility removed from the handset. It doesn't happen very often, but it has been done in the past.


Another option is that the data services need activating with 3. But I've never known issues like this to be related to the data.

Personally, my moneys on the phone being blocked. It can take up to 3 months for all the networks to block a handset. If a known working Voda SIM shows 'SIM not provisioned' when in the blackberry, the phone has been blocked.

[Jim.Mahoney]

I just thought... Didn't we have someone with a faulty 3-UK SIM a while ago?

It's worth a try setting the handset for 3G only mode, it should stop it from trying to roam onto O2...

The longest it takes to blacklist a handset here is 24 hours from all networks!

[eddie4x]

its not blocked i just tried it with an orange sim and worked fine to the voda sim is well old and iv never used it sooo..
i just put my 3 sim back in and its come up with sim card rejected and im pretty sure that in the uk the phone gets blocked doesnt it? rather then network block?
it says it where the network is shown!

[eddie4x]

and also my 3 sim works in other phones so would it be faulty sim? this is over my head for sure gona go ask at my local 3 shop tomo and phone is a friends ex contract phone..
tried it on 3g only and still no luck.

[eddie4x]

theres alot of people saying tht for some reason some phones do get unlocked to the 3 network gona ring 3 up and find out pretty shaddy though

[eddie4x]

sorry for keep on posting but found this but i cant seem to enter the mep4 once on the sim if you know what i mean

1. Ensure a SIM Card is inserted

2. Go to 'Manage Connections'

3. Click on 'Turn All Connections Off'

4. Go to 'Options'

5. Click on 'Advanced Options'

6. Click on 'SIM Card'

7. Type 'MEPD' (letters will not appear on-screen but a menu will pop up.)

8. Type 'MEP2' (user will be prompted to enter MEP code)

9. Enter the MEP2 code (CONFIRM you get "Code Accepted" message)

i. *If you also have a MEP4 code, type 'MEP4' (you will be prompted to enter MEP code)
ii. Enter the MEP4 code (CONFIRM you get "Code Accepted" message)

10. Reboot device

11. Go to 'Manage Connections'

12. Click on 'Restore Connections'

13. Device is now unlocked

[Canker_Canison]

You can only enter codes that need to be entered. So if the MEP 4 lock is disabled you won't be able to enter a code.

It is possible the sim needs to be updated or the provisioning checked.

[rayjay]

we did one of these on a 9300 the other night originally on orange. used orange sim during the unlocked but somehow it corrupted the sim during unlock. phone is fully restored to factory settings but the sim just crashed. i understand it as the sim didnt like what was happening during the unlock removing the orange lock on the phone and it just corrupted itself. just a simple job of going into orange shop and getting that sim re-issued with serial swap.
the lesson is keep spare sims they dont need to be active, just open to the lock itself

[eddie4x]

but my 3 sim works in my nokia??
shame none of my mates are on 3