Eyeball97
07-07-2004, 02:08 PM
I've been trawling through various web sites since my buddy came to visit with his phone from the UK, and we needed to unlock it so he could use it here while he's visiting. I'm in Africa, so it's not easy to get hold of hardware or whatever. Fortunately it was a Nokia and I was able to unlock it with codes only, once I figured out how.
This happens all the time, here. Phones needing unlocked with people visiting from abroad, and phones needing flash upgrades (latest version, etc - you know how people like to keep up to date with the latest goodies). "The latest" phones are very popular here even though none of the providers are even 2.5g yet - they're all 2g...
Anyway, I digress
What I need, is some of you more experienced people to help me select a universal box. Of all the ones I've seen, they're far from universal without buying a truckload of "add-ons". Some will flash but not unlock, some do some phones and not others, etc.
I'm looking for (without going daft buying the "Rolls Royce" of everything and making it cost prohibitive) the most cost effective/universal solution I can find, with a view to starting a little pocket money business here...
I'm sure a short thread with a list of the experienced out there's favourite gear would be useful to many people in this forum...
Thanks & regards
Eye
This happens all the time, here. Phones needing unlocked with people visiting from abroad, and phones needing flash upgrades (latest version, etc - you know how people like to keep up to date with the latest goodies). "The latest" phones are very popular here even though none of the providers are even 2.5g yet - they're all 2g...
Anyway, I digress
What I need, is some of you more experienced people to help me select a universal box. Of all the ones I've seen, they're far from universal without buying a truckload of "add-ons". Some will flash but not unlock, some do some phones and not others, etc.
I'm looking for (without going daft buying the "Rolls Royce" of everything and making it cost prohibitive) the most cost effective/universal solution I can find, with a view to starting a little pocket money business here...
I'm sure a short thread with a list of the experienced out there's favourite gear would be useful to many people in this forum...
Thanks & regards
Eye