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Unlock codes

Many GSM mobile phones are sold "locked" to a specific network or networks. Most often it is Pay As You Go phones that are locked, but sometimes Pay Monthly mobiles are locked too. It is possible to obtain unlock codes for mobile phones so that they can be used with a sim card from another network. The phone networks will do this for you (at a price!), but you can do it cheaper online using an phone unlocking service, or you can buy a special unlocking clip or unlocking software. Once your phone has been unlocked, you can then use it with any network, provided that you have a valid SIM card.

The easiest way to unlock your phone is by obtaining an unlock code that you can then enter into your mobile yourself. There are a number of companies offering unlock codes for mobile phones on the web, and they are quite a lot cheaper than going to your dealer or network, provided that you have a compatible phone.

The way it works is like this: you need to find out the 15-digit IMEI number on your mobile (type *#06# into your phone to do this. NOTE - CODES ENTERED AT YOUR OWN RISK. WE ACCEPT NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE TO PHONES.) You then supply this number to the unlocking company, and they will give you a code that you can enter into your phone to unlock it. Some companies will do this by email or over the phone, which is more convenient than having to wait for the unlock code in the post.

Data cables & software

If your phone is not compatible with a remote unlocking service, it may be possible to calculate a code using a data cable and some special software. This method works with most Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia, Panasonic, Siemens and Samsung GSM cell phones. You can buy a data cable and unlock software online.

Unlock clips, cables & software

You can also buy unlock clips that generate unclock codes for mobile phones via a connecting cable. The software in the clip will automatically unlock your phone. The benefit of using an unlocking clip is that you can use it to unlock as many phones as you like!

Unlock mobile phones - compatible phones

Unlock Apple phones (Apple iPhone 3G iPhone 3G S iPhone 4 iPhone 4S)
Unlock BlackBerry phones (BlackBerry 8100 8110 8120 8220 8300 8310 8320 8520 8800 8820 8900 Bold Bold 9700 Bold 9780 Bold 9790 Bold 9900 Curve 3G Curve 9320 Curve 9360 Curve 9380 PlayBook Pearl 3G Storm Storm2 Torch Torch 9810 Torch 9860)
Unlock HTC Phones (HTC Mozart ChaCha Desire Desire C Desire HD Desire S Desire Z Explorer Flyer HD2 HD7 HD Mini Hero Incredible S Legend Magic One S One V One X Radar Salsa Sensation Sensation XE Sensation XL Titan Touch 2 Touch 3G Touch Diamond 2 Touch HD Wildfire Wildfire S)
Unlock Google Phones (Google Nexus One Nexus S Galaxy Nexus)
Unlock LG phones (LG Arena Chocolate BL40 Chocolate KG800 Cookie Lite Crystal GT500 GT505 GW520 KC550 Orsay KC780 KC910 Renoir KF510 KF700 KG225 Cookie KP500 KS360 Optimus One Optimus 2X Optimus 3D Optimus L3 Optimus L7 Optimus Me Optimus Black Optimus White Pop Prada Prada 2 Secret Shine U300 U400 Neo U880 U890 U8110 U8120 U8130 U8138 U8150 U8330 U8360 U8380 Venus Viewty Smart Viewty Snap Viewty KU990)
Unlock Motorola phones (Motorola Atrix Aura RAZR A1000 A830 A835 A920 A925 C350 C450 C550 C975 ROKR E1 ROKR E8 E365 E398 E550 E1000 E1070 Jewel MotoKRZR K1 KRZR K3 L2 L6 L7 SLVR L9 MAXX V6 MPX200 MPX220 T720 T720i U9 V3 V3i V3X V3XX V6 RAZR2 V8 RAZR2 V9 V80 V220 V300 V360 V500 V525 V545 V547 V550 V600 V620 V635 V975 V980 V1050 W220 Z3 ROKR Z6 RIZR Z8 RIZR Z10)
Unlock Nokia phones (Nokia 1100 1110 1200 1600 1650 2100 2300 2310 2600 2600 Classic 2610 2630 2650 2652 3100 3109 Classic 3110 Classic 3110 Evolve 3120 3120 Classic 3200 3220 3230 3250 3300 3310 3410 3500 Classic 3510 3510i 3600 Slide 3650 3660 5100 5130 XpressMusic 5140 5140i 5200 5210 5220 XpressMusic 5230 5300 XpressMusic 5310 XpressMusic 5320 XpressMusic 5500 Sport 5530 XpressMusic 5610 XpressMusic 5630 XpressMusic 5700 XpressMusic 5800 XpressMusic 6020 6021 6030 6060 6070 6080 6085 6100 6101 6103 6110 Navigator 6111 6120 6124 Classic 6125 6131 6136 6151 6170 6210 Navigator 6220 6220 Classic 6230 6230i 6233 6260 6270 6280 6288 6290 6300 6300i 6301 6303 Classic 6303i Classic 6310 6310i 6500 Classic 6500 Slide 6510 6600 6600 Fold 6600 Slide 6600i Slide 6610 6610i 6630 6650 6670 6680 6681 6700 Classic 6700 Slide 6800 6820 6822 7200 7210 7210 Supernova 7250 7250i 7260 7270 7280 7310 Supernova 7360 7370 7373 7380 7390 7500 Prism 7600 7610 7610 Supernova 7650 7900 Prism 8310 8600 8800 8800 Arte 8800 Carbon Arte 8800 Sirocco 8910i 9210 9210i 9300 9300i 9500 N-Gage Asha 201 Asha 302 C1-01 C2-01 C2-02 C3 C3-01 C5-03 C6 C6-01 C7 E5 E6 E7 E50 E51 E60 E63 E65 E66 E70 E71 E72 E75 Lumia 610 Lumia 710 Lumia 800 Lumia 900 N8 N70 N71 N72 N73 N76 N77 N78 N79 N80 N81 N82 N85 N86 N90 N91 N93 N93i N95 N96 N97 N97 Mini N900 X3 X3-02 X6 X7)
Unlock Panasonic phones (Panasonic GX1 GX10 GX10i GX15 GX17 GX20 GX25 GX29 GX30 GX30i)
Unlock Samsung phones (Samsung Armani Armani Night Effect A300 A800 Chat 335 D410 D500 D520 D600 D800 D820 D830 D840 D900 E250 E300 E310 E330 E350 E370 E390 E530 E590 E600 E630 E700 E710 E720 E760 E770 E800 E810 E820 E840 E870 E900 E950 F210 F300 F400 F480 F490 F700 G600 G800 G810 Galaxy Apollo Galaxy Ace Galaxy Ace 2 Galaxy Europa Galaxy Fit Galaxy Mini Galaxy Nexus Galaxy Note Galaxy Portal Galaxy Pro Galaxy S Advance Galaxy S Galaxy S2 Galaxy S3 Galaxy Tab Galaxy W Galaxy Y Genio Qwerty Genio Touch Genio Slide i8000 Omnia 2 i300 i8510 i8910 HD Marcel S3500 Monte S5620 Omnia 7 Omnia i900 Omnia Lite Omnia Pro Jet L760 L770 Pixon Pixon 12 P300 P400 P510 S300 S400i S500i S5560 S5600 S7220 S7330 Steel Tocco Icon Tocco Lite Tocco Ultra T100 U100 U600 U700 U800 U900 V200 Wave Wave S5250 Wave S8530 X450 X460 X480 X600 X640 X660 X820 X830 Z107 Z130 Z140 Z300 Z320i Z400 Z500 Z510 Z540 Z560 Z720 ZV40)
Unlock Sharp phones (Sharp GX1 GX10 GX10i GX15 GX17 GX20 GX25 GX29 GX30 GX30i)
Unlock Siemens phones (Siemens AL21, A31, AF51, ME75, AP75, AX72, SG75, SFG75, CC75, CF110, C72, S75, SL75, C75, SP65, SXG75, M75, CX75, CF75, CL75, AX75, A75, A70, SF65, CX Emoty, CX70, SX66, SK65, A65, A62, A51, SL65, CFX65, S65, M65, C65, CXT65, CX65, CF62, A57, ST60, CL55, Xelibri 8, Xelibri 7, Xelibri 6, Xelibri 5, U15, C62, A60, SX1, ST55, MC60, C60, Xelibri 1, Xelibri 2, Xelibri 3, Xelibri 4, U10, A52, M55, A55, SL55, S55, CL50, C55, A50, M50, S45i, SX45, SL45i, SL42, ME45, S45, C45, SL45, S40, S35i, M35i, C35i, C35, A40, A36, A35, S25, M30, C28, C25, SL10, S10 active, S10, S11, C10, C11)
Unlock Sony Ericsson phones (Sony Ericsson Aino C510 C702 C902 C903 C905 D750i F305 G502 G700 G705 G900 K300i K310i K330 K500i K508i K510i K530i K550i K600i K608i K610i K630i K660i K700i K750i K770i K800i K810i K850i P800 P900 P910i P990i Satio Spiro S500i S700i T200 T230 T290i T300 T303 T310 T610 T630 V600i V630i V800 Vivaz Vivaz Pro W200i W300i W302 W350i W395 W550i W580i W595 W610i W660i W700i W705 W715 W710i W760i W800i W810i W850i W880i W890i W900i W902 W910i W950i W960i W980i W995 Xperia Arc Xperia Arc S Xperia Mini Xperia Mini Pro Xperia Neo Xperia Play Xperia Ray Xperia X1 Xperia X8 Xperia X10 Xperia X10 Mini Xperia X10 Mini Pro Yari Z200 Z300i Z520i Z530i Z600 Z610i Z710i Z750i)
Unlock Sony phones (Sony Xperia P, Sony Xperia S, Sony Xperia U)
Unlock T-Mobile phones (T-Mobile G1)

User comments

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Comment by joseph from philippines on 13th Jun 2012
my galaxy is have a unlock pattern and i forgot it ? and also i forgot my google account in my galaxy ? how can i fix it ?

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Comment by marie from wallasey on 10th Jun 2012
iv got blackberry bold 9900 and am currently on T-mobile it is unlocked to any network apart from o2 and want to go onto o2 how would i go about it please help
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Comment by Michael from UK on 7th Jun 2012
If I buy a smartphone secondhand that previously been used PAYG on 02-UK 3G how do I find out if it's locked, or unlocked?
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Comment by CHRISTOPHE from FRANCE on 2nd Feb 2012
I HAVE A SONY ERICSSON XPERIA MINI E10I AND I NEED TO GET IT UNLOCKED.
THE IMEI NUMBER IS 012312000908215. IT IS LOCKED TO ORANGE.
CAN YOU ADVISE. THANKS KIND REGARDS.
CHRISTOPHE
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Reply by Alsi V from England on 20th Feb 2012
Try finding the NCK number/code, and then look online how to go to the special menu needed to enter it. NCK number usually given by SP (in your case Orange.)

Reply by Cornelius from UK on 22nd Feb 2012
Stop being useless and either get a new phone or sort it out yourself!

Reply by Mobile Phones UK from UK on 22nd Feb 2012
Actually, we are getting tons of "my phone is locked" comments that we are not putting up. This isn't really what this page is for.

Comment by paul holland from united kingdom on 2nd Feb 2012
I have a sony erissson w580i and i need to get it unblocked .

The imei number is 353448020176537. It is locked to orange.

The phone does not allow me to key in any numbers so it probably needs to be unlocked by cable.

can you advise. thanks kind regards. Paul.

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