Comments on: Cellfservices Unlocking Wind Mobile Blackberry Bold 9700

By: joel

joel — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 04:43:37 +0000

don..
that is by far the best answer i have seen in 3 hours of research. Thank you. It sucks to know that i unlocked a rogers phone i cant use on mobilicity but all i wanted is an answer and you gave it. thank you!

By: Don

Don — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:57:40 +0000

Oh Dear,

People are really getting messed up with all the misinfo out there about cellular connectivity.

Folks: here’s the info you need if you want to unlock BlackBerrys and use them with other carriers.

Bell, Virgin & Telus provide:
3G service on the UMTS Band 1 frequency: 2100 MHz
2G service on the dying CDMA standard

Rogers & Fido Provide:
3G service on the UMTS Band 1 frequency: 2100 MHz
2G service on the GSM standard

Cityfone provides:
2G service on the GSM standard

Public Mobile provides:
2G service on the CDMA standard

Wind Mobile & Mobilicity provide:
3G service on the UMTS Band 4 frequency: 1700 MHz
2G service on the GSM standard

In the USA T-Mobile provides:
3G service on the UMTS Band 4 frequency: 1700 MHz
2G service on the GSM standard

If you buy a Blackberry Bold 9700 from Wind Mobile, it *only* supports UTMS Band 4 1700 MHz and GSM.

If you unlock a Wind Mobile BB 9700 phone it will

1 – work just fine on Mobilicity

2 – work just fine on T-Mobile if you get a plan in the USA

3 – work only in 2G GSM mode on Rogers, Fido or Cityfone (2G EDGE connectivity is incredibly slow for internet access, you’ll miss having 3G)

4 – not work at all on Bell, Telus or Public Mobile

Roaming: if you unlock the 9700 you can use it on GSM networks anywhere in the world.
Note: CDMA has lost the format wars for 2G cellular connectivity. Many manufacturers have stopped developing new phones that support it, and only sell legacy phones for CDMA. Worldwide in countries that still only have 2G connectivity, GSM is the international standard, only a few small African countries still have CDMA networks. RIM is one of the few manufacturers who still bring out new models to support CDMA, and it’s not clear how long RIM will continue to support it. The 9700 is one of their models that does *not* support CDMA.

If you go to the USA, you can roam on any of the carriers that have GSM connectivity, but data under the old 2G EDGE standard will transfer very slowly, racking up big roaming charges. See if you can select roaming on T-Mobile manually if your 9700 connects automatically to some other network while you’re travelling.

Now: Blackberry 9700s sold by Bell, Telus and Rogers *only* support 3G UTMS Band 1 2100 MHz and 2G GSM connectivity.

That’s right: Rog/Tel/Bell sell *different* 9700 phone that Wind/Mobilicity do. They have the same model number, but they support different 3G frequencies, and the only way to tell which is which is to determine which phone company sold it.

Since Wind and Mobilicity only provide 3G UTMS Band 4 service, if you unlock a Rogers, Telus or Bell 9700 phone it will be completely unusable on Wind or Mobilicity.

By: Ezac

Ezac — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 01:39:27 +0000

Hey…. I just unlocked my windmobile blacberry cuve 9300 but it dosent work with telus sim card no Service how can i make it work

Thanks

By: hotair

hotair — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:28:52 +0000

been trying to port from wind to telus, and no luck. Wind unlock code entered and still in SOS mode. read all this noise about only accessing 2G network, also that you can only use an unlocked 9700 with telus or bell. Well smarty pants, when i scan for available wireless with my telus sim card in the only thing that is available is Rogers 2G. Telus personal cant help…Wind Customer service is the worst to deal with PERIOD. believe me folks its not worth saving 15-20 a month. Wind has to put tickets into IT for everything and it takes weeks for a repsonse.

By: Sameer J

Sameer J — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 02:04:23 +0000

hey admin I’m currently on Bell (on contract for the next year or so), and I don’t use data just voice and text. does this mean I could purchase a wind mobile BB Bold, unlock it, and use it on bell, and then once I later on switch to wind I could then still use the BB on wind and possibly have data?

By: admin

admin — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:55:35 +0000

You should not be charged for Roaming. Try to do a battery pull and see if it’s still there. You may call Fido as well but it is likely that they will tell you that you they do not provide support for unlocked phones.

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 21:07:15 +0000

I have an unlocked WIND Mobile Blackberry 9700. I insert my FIDO sim card and on my home screen I have a ROAMING ICON ON!!! Can you tell me why my phone is telling me I am roaming when I have a local phone number and I am home and still it says I am roaming? Will I be charged roaming fees now for calling a local number locally?

By: Khawaja Elahi

Khawaja Elahi — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:20:48 +0000

Hi Folks,

I am really stuck, I bought a new BlackBerry bold 9700 from T-Mobile in US, when I came to Pakistan, I asked a freiend to unlock so that I can use it here in Pakistan. He tried to enter MEPD code and entered wrong code all the time, Now problem is that he used all the attempts and nothing left to try. Seems that phone is useless for me. I need help how to unlock and make it useable for me.

Looking forward to heairng from you soon.

Sincerely,
Khawaja.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 01:50:55 +0000

It’s possible that one of your keys may not be functioning. Try to open the memo pad and type in mepd and mep2. They do not need to be in capital letters.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 01:49:30 +0000

Hello,

You can get a prepaid SIM card in any telecommunications shop wherever you are travelling. The data plans vary depending on which network carrier you are looking to use your phone with. Most prepaid carriers do not allow data services, but there’s no harm in asking