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International Sidekick Usage
Can I use a Sidekick with _______ carrier?
Can I use a Sidekick in _______ country?
The short answer is...no.
NEWS: You may be able to get a Sidekick at home! Check on the International Sidekick Carriers page
If you are not in one of the countries listed in the International Sidekick Carriers page, please keep reading.
The T-Mobile family of Sidekick devices is locked to T-Mobile USA. Due to several reasons, technical and legal, T-Mobile will not give out unlock codes for the Sidekick LX, Sidekick Slide, Sidekick 3, the Sidekick iD, any Limited Edition Sidekick, or any older Sidekick device.
Something that is very important to understand about the Sidekick is the server architecture necessary to support it. The Sidekick is unlike any other wireless device because it automatically (and securely) synchronizes with T-Mobile's servers, which allows you to be able to recover your information if something happens to the Sidekick and it has to be reset to fix the problem. This back-end hardware is proprietary (to Danger, in fact), and it must be in place for the Sidekick to work.
If you take away the data servers away, three things will happen to your Sidekick:
If you take a Sidekick to a different carrier (if it could even be unlocked to do that), you would probably end up with the problems just above: No data and lots of error messages. It wouldn't be pretty.
Now, you just might be able to unlock your Sidekick without getting a code from T-Mobile, but be very careful--if it's not Danger or T-Mobile, it might not be legit. Once again, T-Mobile will not unlock Sidekick devices.
Can I use a Sidekick in _______ country?
The short answer is...no.
NEWS: You may be able to get a Sidekick at home! Check on the International Sidekick Carriers page
If you are not in one of the countries listed in the International Sidekick Carriers page, please keep reading.
The T-Mobile family of Sidekick devices is locked to T-Mobile USA. Due to several reasons, technical and legal, T-Mobile will not give out unlock codes for the Sidekick LX, Sidekick Slide, Sidekick 3, the Sidekick iD, any Limited Edition Sidekick, or any older Sidekick device.
Something that is very important to understand about the Sidekick is the server architecture necessary to support it. The Sidekick is unlike any other wireless device because it automatically (and securely) synchronizes with T-Mobile's servers, which allows you to be able to recover your information if something happens to the Sidekick and it has to be reset to fix the problem. This back-end hardware is proprietary (to Danger, in fact), and it must be in place for the Sidekick to work.
If you take away the data servers away, three things will happen to your Sidekick:
- You will only be able to make phone calls and send text messages (no email, no Internet, no ringtone downloads, no games)
- Your Sidekick will throw error messages at you all the time because it wants to connect to that data server and it can't
- YOUR PHONEBOOK WILL LOSE EVERYTHING WHEN THE SIDEKICK POWERS OFF (except contacts saved to the SIM card). Also, text messages, and photos saved to the phone. (Photos saved to the microSD card are safe.)
If you take a Sidekick to a different carrier (if it could even be unlocked to do that), you would probably end up with the problems just above: No data and lots of error messages. It wouldn't be pretty.
Now, you just might be able to unlock your Sidekick without getting a code from T-Mobile, but be very careful--if it's not Danger or T-Mobile, it might not be legit. Once again, T-Mobile will not unlock Sidekick devices.
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| vperales520 | UNLOCKING A S.K SLIDE | 1 | Mar 26 2009, 8:42 AM EDT by justarep | ||
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Thread started: Mar 23 2009, 12:05 AM EDT
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ok someone plzz help i've trying to figure this out all day.. im trying to unlock a slide to use 4 at&T i know theres a way to do it cuz i seen alot of ppl selling unlocked phones.. T mobile says it cant be unlocked.. But i looked online and there is way to do... There was one way to do it worked 4 a lil but then it started asking for the pin code and all that stuff... is htere a simple way to do so itll be unlcoked for good??? One customer service lady told me to go att and theyll do it 4 me.. but idk... CAN YOU PLZZZ HELP!!!!??? ASAP!!!
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| angeloishmm | im sidekicking in the Philippines | 3 | Jan 12 2009, 1:41 PM EST by sphinx809 | ||
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Thread started: Dec 31 2008, 12:44 AM EST
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if you the amount of the sidekick and the features dont really matter to you then its cool to use it outside the country. I use my sidekick 08 with this thing called a turbo SIM, im not sure if its available outside of asia. I dont get updates, i dont get internet, or instant messaging, none of the perks of having a sidekick. I think its a cool phone, and the re-sale vaule here is VERY HIGH. i go through 2-3 phones a year. So if your just looking for a cool looking phone, then the sidekick is still great, but if your buying it for the features then i say keep it in the country
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| islareina | Unlockable | 3 | Jun 17 2008, 7:20 PM EDT by bluepills | ||
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Thread started: May 16 2008, 10:22 AM EDT
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I just wanted to back up the above story. I just called T-Mobile because I'm leaving the country for a year and T-Mobile in the past has told me that all I need to do is call their Customer Service to get my phone unlocked. So I called and they gave me a code (*#06#) and then the IME number appeared. When I gave the rep this number, he said "oh, you have a Sidekick. Those phones cannot be unlocked at all". So there you have it.
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