unlock a blackberry 9500

[rayjay]

its on voda,mines t mobie,paid 53 and he sent me a tenner with the phone cos he was late sending it

my advice mate. sell it on ebay as locked to voda sell it for more than 43 you are in profit.

i wouldnt pay 30inc postage to a shop ontop of this for a 9500 storm. its an old model so you could just buy another one on fleabay for less than the overall cost and you will be protected by paypal anyhow on the new one...

we have unlocked quite a few storms and have never had the issue like yours..

just checked yes its defo 0mep

[porter1]

thanks rayjay for all the help,appreciated,problemis most of them go for 70+ on flea bay anyhow,and i know this one is in great nick,il have a think,cheers

[rayjay]

thanks rayjay for all the help,appreciated,problemis most of them go for 70+ on flea bay anyhow,and i know this one is in great nick,il have a think,cheers

ok mate try to make do with it for a lil bit as im being sent a 8520 motherboard today that needs playing with so as soon as ive repaired the imei and put back together il do a 0mep repair on it as not used this tool yet

only got one other bb here at the moment but its packaged up to be collected.

[porter1]

how is unbranding done,vodafone logo

[Canker_Canison]

how is unbranding done,vodafone logo

Using the blackberry desktop manager you connect the phone then search the RIM files on the pc for the vendor file. Delete it then update the firmware.

I've missed one of two steps out, but a google search will give you everything I've missed. I think Jim posted a tut on debranding a blackberry.

[porter1]

cheers canker

[scozzer]

Blackberry storm 9500 unlocking

Hi rayjay, i have the storm 9500 i was given off my brother inlaw for my step son...
i have put codes in the unlocking tool for blackberry that i downloaded from digi kaos
IMEI : 353472031637444
MEP : MEP-06814-004

gave me these codes
MEP Codes:
====================================

MEP1 :4806828451321418
MEP2 :7702030055039329
MEP3 :1081693656912670
MEP4 :8521702863225021
MEP5 :5861136235468882

I have not got the sim that was with it..but i have put my three sim in it... i have done as instructed by the how to...but when i get to the sim bit it says no valid sim card...
i have looked at some info and even though its a vodafone phone it says 02 network...do i need to use an 02 sim card or am i doing something wrong when i put my three sim card in.. when i first turned the phone on..it said do you want to unlock the sim card i put no !!!! any help much appreciated
if you need the PRD its PRD - 17491-002

[konatist]

has anyone tried DMboot's Free
Blackberry Unlocking Tool ???

my partner has just upgraded from a 9700 bb locked on o2 to a iphone 4s and i could do with unlocking her old phone to give to me son

[rayjay]

Hi rayjay, i have the storm 9500 i was given off my brother inlaw for my step son...
i have put codes in the unlocking tool for blackberry that i downloaded from digi kaos
IMEI : 353472031637444
MEP : MEP-06814-004

gave me these codes
MEP Codes:
====================================

MEP1 :4806828451321418
MEP2 :7702030055039329
MEP3 :1081693656912670
MEP4 :8521702863225021
MEP5 :5861136235468882

I have not got the sim that was with it..but i have put my three sim in it... i have done as instructed by the how to...but when i get to the sim bit it says no valid sim card...
i have looked at some info and even though its a vodafone phone it says 02 network...do i need to use an 02 sim card or am i doing something wrong when i put my three sim card in.. when i first turned the phone on..it said do you want to unlock the sim card i put no !!!! any help much appreciated
if you need the PRD its PRD - 17491-002

you dont need a simcard you can do it without but if it asks if you want to unlock it then chose yes, not all blackberrys let you do this so simply take battery out and put back in it shld ask for the code with the 3 mobile sim... put the mep2 code in 16 numbers

[rayjay]

has anyone tried DMboot's Free
Blackberry Unlocking Tool ???

my partner has just upgraded from a 9700 bb locked on o2 to a iphone 4s and i could do with unlocking her old phone to give to me son

use the mep tool to get the mepcode then simply use the blackberry tool for the mep2 code to unlock it

[scozzer]

you dont need a simcard you can do it without but if it asks if you want to unlock it then chose yes, not all blackberrys let you do this so simply take battery out and put back in it shld ask for the code with the 3 mobile sim... put the mep2 code in 16 numbers

Many thanks your a star.....

[Canker_Canison]

Hi rayjay, i have the storm 9500 i was given off my brother inlaw for my step son...
i have put codes in the unlocking tool for blackberry that i downloaded from digi kaos
IMEI : 353472031637444
MEP : MEP-06814-004

gave me these codes
MEP Codes:
====================================

MEP1 :4806828451321418
MEP2 :7702030055039329
MEP3 :1081693656912670
MEP4 :8521702863225021
MEP5 :5861136235468882

I have not got the sim that was with it..but i have put my three sim in it... i have done as instructed by the how to...but when i get to the sim bit it says no valid sim card...
i have looked at some info and even though its a vodafone phone it says 02 network...do i need to use an 02 sim card or am i doing something wrong when i put my three sim card in.. when i first turned the phone on..it said do you want to unlock the sim card i put no !!!! any help much appreciated
if you need the PRD its PRD - 17491-002

It's also possible the phone doesn't have the 3G compatibility you need for it to work on 3.

[rayjay]

It's also possible the phone doesn't have the 3G compatibility you need for it to work on 3.

it shld still ask for the unlock code tho even if not 3g