Unlocking mobile phones.
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When I turn this Sony Ericsson K600i on the screen tells me the phone is locked. I know it is not the SIM card. Is it illegal to get this phone unlocked?
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although it may be a phone lock code it is asking for and not the unlocking code
if so the default is 0000 i think
If it's been stolen and locked because of that, then yes it's illegal.
As others have correctly stated, there is nothing illegal about unlocking a mobile to use on all networks. If there were, there wouldn't be a sticky at the top of this forum offering a free remote unlocking service. Unfortunately a Sony Ericsson cannot be remotely unlocked for free, but a market stall will unlock it for you for about £10 or less. It doesn't matter what network it is currently locked to, even if it is not locked to a network in this country. You don't even need to know which network it is currently locked to if using a market stall unlocker.
However, is this a network lock, or just a handset lock applied (i.e. needs a PIN to unlock the handset)? Normally the error message on a SE in such case is "Pin blocked - Unblock?"
If the handset comes from Asia, I doubt it is blacklisted - the blacklist system does not operate worldwide.
Unlock it and use it!!! Finders keepers!!!