The SIM-lock usualy lays in the baseband (radio) parts of the phone.
Other phones (whatever OS) needs a special bootloader to go into service mode for the baseband module, then unlock the radio with unique keys. On 8 Juli, 04:36, Avatar Ng <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I bought a "looks brand new" Tmobile Dream phone from eBay, sim-locked > (no sim provided). > I wonder can I use any of those available rom+radio update to this > phone directly (with the hope to crack it's sim lock) ... > Will I end up bricking my phone by doing above steps?? > > or can anyone explain to me how SIM-lock works? > I'm staying away from US (in a country with no T-mobile Service > Provider), > ... so pls don't ask me to stay using T-mobile (I dun have one), > ... and pls don't reply ask me to pay to unlock (I will NOT), unless > official unlock. > > I've search else where .. even the popular xda-developers.com, but > seems that it requires a cost to unlock this ... isn't this a free > platform ||| > > -- > Thanks & Regards, > Avatar ng > ----------------------- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ unsubscribe: [email protected] website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
