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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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| chriskelich | Registering/Activating an unlocked sidekick 3 on other networks | 5 | Jan 13 2012, 5:18 AM EST by mofendc@hotmail.com | ||
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Thread started: Feb 20 2011, 12:14 PM EST
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after u by bass the screen by holding the button with the three bars and the L button holding at same time for like 2 sec after ur at the main screen hit the menu button thats the one with the three bars go to settings network options scroll down to network APN now click the change network apn and erase the tmobile one thats there leave it blank then hit the menu butten and click done with in a few seconds or instantly like it did for me it will activate and u make a new user name or use one u have if u do that is and my email started up and the download catalog worked and my sidekick 3 said i was registered text me at 9736104730 (im on att) or email me at kelich@tmail.com it took me like 6 days to get my phone to activate and i was getting mad and i did this by mistake and im glade it works now lol att pay as you go on sidekick 3 loving it
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| himateja | how to use internet in sidekick lx2009 | 1 | Dec 18 2011, 8:29 AM EST by ShinuJohn | ||
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Thread started: Dec 6 2011, 3:59 AM EST
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iam in india i have sidekick lx 2009 phone but iam not able to connect internet from it what should i do iam using tata docomo sim plz help me plzzzz!!
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| KisambiraSarah | sidekick lx 2009 | 1 | Jun 14 2011, 10:04 PM EDT by justarep | ||
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Thread started: Jun 13 2011, 9:26 AM EDT
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i would like to know how to register or activate sidekick lx 2009 on other networks. please cause ever since i was updated my t mobile account became in active and i cannot read my emails and no acccess to internet please help!
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