Attn: Singapore Live Journal friends!

[chrishansenhome]

HWMBO, my husband, is currently in Singapore for CNY visiting his parents. He brought a mobile phone we no longer use to give to them. However, it was asking for a password, and none of the passwords I knew fit it.

HWMBO was just going to give up, but last night it occurred to me that the phone is probably still locked to Vodafone here in the UK—we never bothered to unlock it as we only used it for lending to houseguests and we had Vodafone SIM cards for that.

I'm not up on the latest information about handphone unlocking in Singapore (or even whether it's available—but I'll bet it is) so could one of my kind wonderful Singaporean Live Journal friends tell me whether unlocking is freely available in Singapore and, if it is, where to find someone to unlock the phone? I'll bet Sim Lim Square, but I'd be happy for any information you can give me.

Next time I'm in Singapore, I'll take you out to your favourite restaurant in return!

Thank you in advance for any help! It is much appreciated.

Comments

[smlee4.livejournal.com]

I think when u get a new sim card from either singtel or starhub or m1, u can ask them to unlock ur phone as well?

Whats e brand n model?

[chrishansenhome.livejournal.com]

It's a Motorola KRZR K1.

[smlee4.livejournal.com]

He'll be using the phone with a SIM card. Ask him to call the provider of the SIM card (M1 starhub or singtel), and ask if they can help to unlock the phone.

A phone call should be enough.

Otherwise, a trip to Sim Lim Square may be needed.

[thoburn.livejournal.com]

IDA do not allow telcos in Singapore to lock their phones to any particular network. So, I am really not sure if the telcos here offer such services. Hmm.. I'll try to ask around for you. May go to Sim Lim tomorrow.

[thoburn.livejournal.com]

check this out http://campaigns.vodafone.co.uk/UnlockCodeRequestForm/

[chrishansenhome.livejournal.com]

There are numerous places here which unlock phones, not just Vodafone. When I had a locked RAZR, years ago, I went to a shop underneath the taxi concourse at Waterloo Station. They did it for me for £10. If I'd realised that this phone was still locked (or that HWMBO wanted to give it to his parents) I'd have done the same with this one.

If you catch anything at Sim Lim Square, please advise. Otherwise, I'll ask HWMBO to bring the phone back and we'll get it unlocked here. Thanks for enquiring.