CellC phone locking has nerfed my cell

w1z4rd

w1z4rd

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My main cellphone decided to go for a swim.. long story. So I bought a Nokia 6300 off someone that did not need it. Now the problem is that the phone it network locked to CellC. Im about its 4th owner.

This is not normally a problem with me as I use CellC.. but there are things about the locking thats making me very frustrated and basically making my phone useless.

1) I live in a cellphone signal blackhole. Theres terrible signal due to geography. When my phone loses signal for an instant... I get a "Sim card rejected by network"... which you usually get if you put the wrong kinda sim card like a Vodacom one into it.

I have to reboot the phone several times a day. When I am in a good signal area I never get this problem.

2) CellC have nerfed the phone so I cant change certain settings. I want to install Mobireader on my phone but CellC`s anti-debranding security means that most applications that read my phone dont work.

Are mobile network operators still allowed to nerf phones and lock people into them?

Whats the best way to get my phone unlocked? Considering I bought it like 3rd hand and dont have any papers or anything for it.
 
LOL... yes. I suppose.

Take it to one of those doggy cellphone shops... I'm sure they can flash the phone for you.
 
ICASA has made a ruling some years ago that cellphones cannot be network locked. I would suggest you take it to a CellC store and highlight the fact that's it is network locked and insist that they have it UNLOCKED.

Legally they are obliged to do it.

Good luck CellC is notorious for poor service.
 
I was under the impression that no phone worth more than R1500-00 could be legally network locked...
 
I'm not aware of any Nokia 6300 phones going out from Cell C ever being network locked.

The Cell C branded phones are just to show the Cell C logo when the phone powered up, and load the default network sms / mss and GPRS settings, not like some networks that load their own custom firmware that has their menu structure on it.

What you are describing sounds like a problem with the phone.
 
w1z4rd said:
Well my phone has being made less usefull. It can do less.. I assume nerfed meant roughly.. "stunted" or something along those lines.
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I assume you tried a Vodacom or MTN sim in the phone? Was it also rejected?
 
warwickw said:
I'm not aware of any Nokia 6300 phones going out from Cell C ever being network locked.

The Cell C branded phones are just to show the Cell C logo when the phone powered up, and load the default network sms / mss and GPRS settings, not like some networks that load their own custom firmware that has their menu structure on it.

What you are describing sounds like a problem with the phone.
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This 6300 is networked locked.
Its nurfing has effected my cellphone. I cant install ebook readers or pdf viewers.. and thats pissing me off (basically the bit of the application where you give it "always allow accesss" for read/write).
My phone works perfectly in good signal areas, and in bad signal areas gives me the network rejects my sim as though it were blocked. I have to reboot and hope for good signal.

Im hoping to get to a local CellC and ask them if they will unlock it.
 
I unlocked my BB 8700 using GSM Unlock International Customer Service - best $17 I ever spent!
 
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