"tester" <noone@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> On 6 Apr 2007 19:39:04 -0700, clarkfeng2006@gmail.com wrote:
>
>>On 4ÔÂ7ÈÕ, ÉÏÎç5ʱ56·Ö, "Mike P" <priv...@privacy.net> wrote:
>>> Can someone please recommend someone to unlock my K800i? I have no
>>> problem
>>> sending the phone away for a few days..
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Mike P
>>
>>yes, i think i can help you, i know someone who know how to unlock
>>sony erricson cellphones, ,but i am in china, how can i help you ?/
>
> If it's O2 locked then I believe the answer is no - some claim to
> unlock them but when asked they all say 'not yet possible' - O2 will
> unlock it through working with Sony for £15, but you have to have a
> year with them before they will do this, and that means start using
> their service and paying them - registering the sim / phone will not
> be good enough.
>
> It may be possible to unlock it with complete firmware re-blowing, but
> the famous sites are either down, cannot unlock O2 locked k800i's, or
> scam you. I bought an unlocked O2 sim phone off ebya, it was selaed as
> new, but found it locked and have found no one capable of unlocking it
> - I email them, phone them, ask shops, no one can do it. Still, O2 are
> the best and cheapest anyway for most things, and Tesco use O2 and are
> cheaper for UK only for short periods of time - but are dearer as you
> pay per minute and O2 charge 5p on normal Tariff after 3 minutes.

I'm pretty sure http://www.totalserver.net can do it.
I used their service to do a W810i, not cheap but worked perfectly.
Buy the cable and two credits (£16), one to flash firmware and other to
unlock.