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 Did You Buy Your Blackberry from eBay or a Private Seller?
Solution When unlocking a Blackberry handset; it is imperative you know which carrier and country your handset is locked to.  If you select the wrong carrier and/or country then a code can still be generated, but it will not unlock your phone.  If you purchased your phone from eBay or a private seller or store and it has not been connected to any service yet; you may have a difficult time knowing which carrier and country the handset is locked to.

You can determine 100% who your phone is locked to, by looking up the Vendor Id (three digit number).  There are several ways of doing this, depending on the model of your phone. 
  • Most models - Press Alt+Shift+h or Alt+Caps+h or Go to Settings >Advanced Options>Status
  • Storm - From the home screen press and hold escape, then press the left top corner, the right top corner, then the left top corner and right top corner again.  This will bring up the Help Me screen which contains your Vendor Id.
  • Pearl - Hold down the Alt key and type the letters R A C E, then let go of the Alt key.
Once you have your Vendor Id, then check this list to find out who your phone is locked to:

1      Rim                                                                           157  Aethur                                                          224  PCCW Sunday
100  T Mobile - US                                                            158  E Plus                                                           225  Hawaiian Telcom Credo Mobile
101  Cingular Wireless                                                       159  Base                                                             226  Verizon MVNO
102  AT&T Wireless                                                         160  Dobson Communications                                227  Mobily
103  Nextel                                                                        161 Vodafone - Egypt                                           228  BWA
104  Sprint PCS                                                                 162  Orange - Switzerland                                     229  02 - Czech Republic
105  Verizon Wireless                                                        163  Rim Wlan                                                      230  Hutchison - India
106  Alltel                                                                          164  T Mobile Suncom                                          231  Celcom
107  Rogers AT&T                                                            165  Maxis                                                           234  Dialog
108  Microcell                                                                    166  Vodafone - Denmark - TDC                         235  XL
109  Bell Mobility                                                               167  Vodafone - Singapore - M1                           236  Reliance
110  BT Cellnet                                                                  168  Vodacom - South Africa                               237  Verizon Wireless Whoesale
111  02 - Germany                                                              169  T Mobile - Poland                                        238  Vodafone - Turkey
112  Digifone                                                                      170  T Mobile - Czech                                         239  Telefonica - Morocco Meditel
113  Telfort                                                                        171  T Mobile - Hungary                                      240  Indosat
114  T Mobile - Germany - Austria                                      172  AT&T Sprint                                               241  Alcatel - Shanghai Bell
115  Tim - Italy                                                                   173  MTN - South Africa                                    245  3-UK-Italy-Swdn-Dnmrk-Astria-Irelnd
116  Hutchison                                                                    174  TIM - Chile - Entel - PCS                            247  Vodafone Essar
117  Bouygues - Telecom                                                    175  Orange - Spain                                            248  Centennial Wireless
118  Vodafone - SFR - France                                             176  Vodafone - Smartone - Hong Kong              250   T Mobile - Austria
119  Orange - France                                                           177  TCS Telecommunication Systems                254  OI - Brazil
120  Vodafone - UK - Netherlands                                       178  AVEA                                                       255  Telecom - New Zealand
121  Telcel - Mexico                                                            179  Fast 100                                                     258  Hutchinson 3G - Australia
122  Telstra                                                                         180  Turkcell                                                     259  Cable & Wireless - Trinidad Tobago
123  T Mobile - UK                                                             181  Partner Communications                             268  BMobile
124  Vodafone - Germany                                                    183  Orange - Romania                                      269  TaTa Teleservices - India
125  02 - UK - Ireland - Isle of Man - Netherlands                186  Orange - Romania                                      271  T Mobile - Croatia
126  Telus                                                                           188  Vodafone - Greece                                     273  BT - Italy
127  Smart                                                                          189  United States Cellular Corp                         274  1&1
128  Starhub                                                                        190  Mobilink                                                     277  MTS Mobility
129  Telefonica - Spain                                                         191  Velocita Wireless                                       278  Virgin Mobile
130  Vodafone - Switzerland - Swisscom                               192  Vodafone - Croatia                                    280  Orange - Slovakia
131  Cable Wirelss - West Indies                                          193  Vodafone - Slovenia                                   282  Taiwan Mobile
132  Vodafone - Italy                                                           194  Vodafone - Luxembourg                             285  Orange - Austria
133  Vodafone - Spain                                                          195  Vodafone - Iceland                                    286  Vodafone Malta
134  T Mobile - Netherlands                                                 196  Vodafone - Fiji                                           288  Base Jim Mobile
135  Cincinnati Bell                                                              197  Vodafone - Romania                                  295  CMCC Peoples
136  Telefonica - Mexico                                                     198  Vodafone - Czech                                       298  Digitel Wireless
137  Vodafone - Austria                                                       199  Vodafone - Bahrain                                    299  SK Telecom
138  Vodafone - Australia - Fiji                                             200  Vodafone - Kuwait                                     300  Solo Mobile
139  Vodafone - Ireland                                                        201  T Mobile - Croatia                                      301  Carphone Warehouse
140  Telenor - Sweden                                                          202  T Mobile - Slovakia                                    302  20:20 Mobile Group

141  CSL                                                                              203  Nortel                                                       308  XL - Indonesia
142  Orange - UK                                                                 204  China Mobile                                             309  FIDO Solutions
143  Vodafone - New Zealand                                               205  Movilnet                                                    310  Wind - Italy
144  Singtel                                                                           209  Sympac
145  Globe                                                                            210  Personal - Argentina
146  Optus                                                                            212  Etisalat UAE
147  Orange - Be - Mobistar                                                  213  Cbeyond
148  Vodafone - Hungary                                                      214  AMX
149  Bharti                                                                            215  Telefonica - Venezuela
150  KPN - NL                                                                     216  Telefonica - Brazil
151  Wind Hellas - TIM - Greece                                           217  Orange - Romania
152  Vodafone - Belgium                                                       218  KTPowertel - Korea
153  Vodafone - Portugal                                                       219  Rolling Stones
154  TIM - Brazil                                                                  220  Docomo
155  BT Mobile                                                                     222  Vodafone - Bulgaria
156  Earthlink                                                                        223  Nextel International

IMPORTANT:  This list is provided so you can determine who your phone is locked to.  It does not indicate the handsets that we can unlock.  You must first determine the carrier, and then check our website to learn whether or not we support unlocking that carrier.  If it's not listed, then we cannot unlock it. 

If your Vendor Id is 179 (F100 or Fast 100) the the phone is basically unassigned, and we cannot unlock these handsets. 

If you are unable to locate your Vendor Id on your handset, or you just have more questions, please contact support at 888-813-1575 or email us at support@uniquephones.com, or you can contact us live on our website. 

Remember!  You must be certain who your handset is locked to before you order an unlock code.   

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Created On: 27 Aug 2009 03:13 PM

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