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O2 HTC Desire - possible to unlock??

  • 21-05-2010 2:14pm
    #1
    thirtythirty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,178 ✭✭✭


    I switched from 3 to O2 today and was going to get a sim only plan, but asked about the Desire just off-chance. Turned out they had one in the shop even though it's not officially launched there yet.

    Anywho, I have a milestone and so was only getting it to sell to my mate. He's Vodafone though so obv it needs to be unlocked.

    Unfortunately the O2 desire has a 0.80 bootloader so the current root process listed a few threads below wont work for it.

    Does anyone know if there is a root (and hence unlocking) procedure out for the O2 Desires yet? Or is it possible to simply ring up O2 and get a code to unlock it??

    Cheers


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  • #2
    Professey Chin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,054 ✭✭✭✭Professey Chin


    Heres a root process for the .80 bootloader but rooting doesnt unlock the phone.
    A sim lock can only be unlocked with an unlock code. Since youve just bought the o2 phone I doubt theyd unlock it but theres a few websites that can apparently provide one.Never used any though so I dunno which are successful

    http://android.modaco.com/content/htc-desire-desire-modaco-com/307365/04-may-r4-htc-desire-rooting-guide-now-with-hboot-0-80-and-os-to-1-21-support/


  • #3
    thirtythirty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,178 ✭✭✭thirtythirty


    Rooting doesn't unlock it? I could have sworn it did when i did it on my old Samsung Galaxy. Cheers for that anyway


  • #4
    mickoneill30
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,073 ✭✭✭mickoneill30


    spottyelephant wrote: »
    Anywho, I have a milestone and so was only getting it to sell to my mate. He's Vodafone though so obv it needs to be unlocked.

    Try the Vodafone Sim anyway. I got one from Vodafone a week ago. It wasn't locked or branded in any way. I think with the new phones they send the first few straight to the shops to get the stock out there.


  • #5
    Professey Chin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,054 ✭✭✭✭Professey Chin


    spottyelephant wrote: »
    Rooting doesn't unlock it? I could have sworn it did when i did it on my old Samsung Galaxy. Cheers for that anyway
    The Galaxy could be different but it doesn't with the HTCs anyway.interesting about the Galaxy though


  • #6
    Obskure
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 296 ✭✭Obskure


    spottyelephant wrote: »
    Rooting doesn't unlock it? I could have sworn it did when i did it on my old Samsung Galaxy. Cheers for that anyway

    To answer you question: I contacted the admin of HTC Code to see about unlocking a desire from meteor! This was the reply
    "Hi

    We can unlock the phone.
    It will be 15 EUR or $20.
    You can purchase it off the website or pay to admin @ totalgsm . org

    Regards"

    Lots of iffy feedback earlier this month, but seems to have been sorted @ this stage. Plus I think the charge is €21 now, payable via Paypal rather than through the site. I didn't have to use the service, thank God. Vodafone Desire came unlocked.
    Good luck with it either way!


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