I went to the misnamed “SuperMall” in Auburn, WA last night with my girlfriend to buy a gift for her friend and some supplies for us.
Of course, the night before, my girlfriend and I were looking at T-Mobile’s plans and the Nokia 6101 online. She needed a flip phone (as much as I personally hate their form factor) because she is somewhat hard on them and needed to better protect the keypad.
So as we’re walking by a store, one of the sales reps at a T-Mobile kiosk asks us “What service provider are you with?”. Taken in by my hatred towards Cingular, I tell him, “I’m with Cingular, I hate them, and if you’ll pay me to break my contract, I’ll switch”.
Well, obviously he didn’t pay to break my contract. But I wanted to buy my girlfriend the Nokia 6101 for her birthday anyway, but the retail price was about $150-$200 online. We looked up her account and since she was elegible for a phone upgrade, I paid for the phone upgrade (about $60 plus a $35 rebate) and signed myself up for T-Mobile on a “Family Plan”.
T-Mobile is awesome. I told them my Cingular contract expires in January, but I didn’t need/want a new phone. The guy said he can’t activate new service without a new phone, so I ended up getting a POS Samsung SGH-C225 and a T-Mobile SIM Card for free. He also set it up for a “Delayed Activation” until January 17th, 2006. So, my girlfriend gets a cheap phone upgrade, and we don’t switch to the Family Plan until January! Sweet!
Now, to unlock the phones …
The Nokia 6101 I unlocked on the 2nd try (Phew!). I had to use the following settings Read the rest of this entry »