Unlocking Nokia 6102i

[showe1966]

Dear All,

Just bought a Nokia 6102i that was locked to cingualr in the usa.
The lady at the cingular shop unlocked it for me using a code from your page(I don't know the code she used), but now I got back here to europe, I switched the phone on and it worked for a few days with my local provider (Telecom Italia), then it stopped working.
If I searched for networks, it picked up the other providers but not mine.
I then tried another SIM from another provider (Vodafone Italy), and that worked for about 6 hours and then stopped too.
I've tried a few unlock codes on it, specifically those for the 6100 with Cingular as the network, both code 1 and code 7 , but it just says that the unlock code is wrong.
Can anyone explain to me what is the problem ?

[subway999]

Dear All,

Just bought a Nokia 6102i that was locked to cingualr in the usa.
The lady at the cingular shop unlocked it for me using a code from your page(I don't know the code she used), but now I got back here to europe, I switched the phone on and it worked for a few days with my local provider (Telecom Italia), then it stopped working.
If I searched for networks, it picked up the other providers but not mine.
I then tried another SIM from another provider (Vodafone Italy), and that worked for about 6 hours and then stopped too.
I've tried a few unlock codes on it, specifically those for the 6100 with Cingular as the network, both code 1 and code 7 , but it just says that the unlock code is wrong.
Can anyone explain to me what is the problem ?

The phone is tri band 850/1900 and 1800

1800 is the bandwidth used by newer PCS networks in Europe, there is coverage on GSM networks however its only in larger metropolitan areas

[lrdeclpse]

My questions is about how to get the phone to verify it's unlocked. Once it comes up and says "Restrictions Off" and you put the SIM back in, is there a way to get the phone to verify it's unlocked past that?

[mestrini]

Two ways to do that:
1- Use SIM cards from a diferent providers
2- Type the same successful unlock code and see if the phone reports something like "Phone wasn't restricted"

cheers