How To Unlock Your Nokia Cellphones

Typically when you purchase a cell phone, the company that sold you the phone (ex: Globe) 'locked' the phone before you bought it, so you can only use it on their network. This means that you can't use your phone on any other network, even if you change the SIM (which is an abbrevation for Subscriber Identity Module) card. The SIM card is the little piece of plastic that identifies your phone to the cellular network. Changing your SIM card to have your phone work on another network is useful especially if you want to travel to another country and want to buy a pre-paid SIM card so you can have cell phone access without roaming charges. There are services that offer to provide unlocking capabilities for a fee, but don't pay for them! You can do it yourself for free, which is the perfect price.

Steps

1. Download software to generate the unlocking code. Software is available on some websites for free and some pay websites that also offer support if things go wrong. Later in this page, I will also give you an external link to a website who offers a free Nokia phone code calculator.
2. Find the Serial number of the cell phone, also known as your IMEI number. This can be done by either removing the back of your cell phone and looking underneath the battery, or simply by typing in *#06# into your cell phone. It should looking something like: 010082321439976
3. Using the software you have downloaded, enter in your Manufacturer (which is in this case Nokia), your model number, and your IMEI number. Also enter your country and the Network. Calculate the code, this may be different depending on which software you are using. If your phone is the Nokia 3390 phone, select the model 3310, they are the same phone.
4. You will get a list of 7 groups of codes that look something like:
   • #pw+164284406576522+1#
   • #pw+183774224451117+2#
   • #pw+811821553272360+3#
   • #pw+884301222527445+4#
   • #pw+263725507471163+5#
   • #pw+806981342733625+6#
   • #pw+403927744443466+7#
5. Remove the SIM card from your Nokia phone. This is typically done by removing the back cover of the phone and removing the battery and sliding the card out. Put the battery back in and power the phone on.
6. You should see a message "Insert SIM Card". Enter all of the characters you see in your code, including the # symbols. To get a 'p' press * 3 times, to get a '+' press the * key 2 times, to get a 'w' press the * key 4 times. Disregard any spaces in the code.
7. In order to unlock you phone you generally need to enter only one code. Start with the first one. If your phone is not unlocked by typing the first code (MCC+MNC), use code "7" (Multilock)
8. Once you have finished entering a code that works you should see a message that says "SIM is not restricted" or "Restriction off" message depending on your model. If not, try entering another code. Messge "Cannot undo restrictions" means the phone is "hard-locked" and cannot be unlocked by code.

Tips

• Unlocking only applies to GSM phones, phones using other cellular technologies, cannot be unlocked without special software and hardware

Warnings

• Attempting to unlock your phone is done at your own risk. Although unlocking your phone is legal, some cell phone operators might choose to void your warranty should you unlock your phone (then again, some cell phone operators won't mind).
• Most phones only allow you to try a certain number of unlock tries, Nokia phones have a limit of 5 tries. After that, the phone becomes "hard-locked", meaning it cannot be unlocked without using special equipment.
• Most of the newer phones will not work with the codes generated by the free unlock programs.

Free remote Nokia unlocking: http://www.mob453.com/nokia/

Adopted from: http://www.wikihow.com/Unlock-Your-Nokia-Cell-Phone

Downloading and Installing Fonts

First, download the fonts. You will be prompted to choose where you wish to save the font file. Follow the directions below:

a) Make sure you have selected your C drive;

b) Click on the New Folder button;
c) Call your new folder "fonts" and press enter;

d) Click Save button to save downloaded font.

After you have downloaded and saved the fonts you want to install, you are now ready to install. Go to My Computer;



Go back to your C drive;



Select the "fonts" folder where you saved the fonts you want to install and click the folder to open;


A pop-up window will prompt you to extract the content of the folder. Click Extract to button;

Select the location of the folder where you want to extract the file. In this example, be sure to select your C drive and go to "fonts" folder then click the Ok button to extract the file to your desired location.


After extracting the file to your "fonts" folder. Go back to your C drive and locate the "fonts" folder to open it. Select the font you want to install from the folder;


A pop-up window will appear. Click the Done button to finish your installation.

Check your MS Word if you have successfully installed the font. If you have done so, you just learned a new skill in troubleshooting! Congratulations! (applause!) You should treat yourself!(:

But if you were not successful, do not let it ruin your spirit. You can always go back to Step 1 and follow the directions carefully until you get it. You may also email me, and i will walk you through every step of the way.