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> Hi,
>
> Im trying to unlock a Nokia 6100 before sending it on to someone else and
> Ive tried Trycktill with prodigy box-serial. Codes 1 & 7 dont work (both
> codes tried after SEPARATELY retyping typing IMEI and double checking it
> so I doubt its an IMEI typo thats causing the problem).
>
> Can anyone suggest what I need to do in Trycktill to get it working?
>
> P.S. - Mysteriously, it has options for 6100, NEW & OLD, and I chose NEW.
> How can you tell whether your phone qualifies as NEW or OLD?
>
> Id rather not be recommended a download piece of software as I would
> invariably have to faff around switching between OSs (Im not on windows
> natively) and Id like to get it to the PO this afternoon if poss.
>
> cheers,
> RM

> Reestit Mutton wrote in message
> news:41c6ec38$0$9348$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net...
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Im trying to unlock a Nokia 6100 before sending it on to someone else and
>>Ive tried Trycktill with prodigy box-serial. Codes 1 & 7 dont work (both
>>codes tried after SEPARATELY retyping typing IMEI and double checking it
>>so I doubt its an IMEI typo thats causing the problem).
>>
>>Can anyone suggest what I need to do in Trycktill to get it working?
>>
>>P.S. - Mysteriously, it has options for 6100, NEW & OLD, and I chose NEW.
>>How can you tell whether your phone qualifies as NEW or OLD?
>>
>>Id rather not be recommended a download piece of software as I would
>>invariably have to faff around switching between OSs (Im not on windows
>>natively) and Id like to get it to the PO this afternoon if poss.
>>
>>cheers,
>>RM
>
>
>
> Will gladly provide codes from my software if you email the imei and which
> network its locked to.
>
>

>
> Just for the record, David was kind enough to send me codes for both OLD
> and NEW 6100 but, like me, he doesnt know how to tell the difference
> between the two. As Ive wasted 2 codes already (using codes 1 & 7 for
> the NEW 6100 with Prodigy boxserial setting on Trycktill) Id be
> grateful if someone can remove this variable from the equation by
> telling me how I can tell which set of codes I should be trying.
>

> Latest update...Dave has kindly sent me a set of codes from
> unlock.nokiafree.org and, apparently it says that my phone is a NEW 6100
> - yet Trycktill claims that the set of codes that Dave has given me is
> for an OLD Nokia 6100 using box serial 33820 (v2).
>

> Reestit Mutton wrote:
>
> > Latest update...Dave has kindly sent me a set of codes from
> > unlock.nokiafree.org and, apparently it says that my phone is a NEW 6100
> > - yet Trycktill claims that the set of codes that Dave has given me is
> > for an OLD Nokia 6100 using box serial 33820 (v2).
>
> There was also a recent discussion over on MSE about problems
> encountered unlocking Argos 6100s and the guy that sorted them out has
> acknowledged to me that he managed to do his with box serial 33820. So I
> decided that teh weight of evidence was enough for me to give it a go
> and now I have an unlocked 6100.
>
> Anyway...I just thought Id update the NG as its not much use me
> solving my problem if no-one else knows how I finally did it (just in
> case anyone else comes across the same problem).
>