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From: Borg on 22 Jun 2010 13:57
On 22/06/2010 15:43, Nick Le Lievre wrote:
> Borg wrote:
>> why not unlock it yourself. Its easy
>>
>> look on XDA developers
>
> Yeah I am going too, but wanted to know if an Orange PAYG sim would work
> on a Orange contract phone because I might need access to the phone
> before unlocking it.
>
> You see if I put my Airtel Jersey SIM in it will ask for the unlock code
> and I will not be able to access the phone should I need to flash it.
>
> I am hoping that the Orange PAYG sim will allow me to access the phone.
>
> You cannot get FREE codes to unlock the Hero.
>


You don't use a code you re flash the ROM to a better one, or the HTC one.
From: Nick Le Lievre on 22 Jun 2010 14:02
"Borg" <saerimner(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> You don't use a code you re flash the ROM to a better one, or the HTC one.

If the phone is locked is locked not matter which firmware you use, there is
way of flashing the Orange Hero to a certain Modaco rom which I think is
termed rooting, its a tricky to follow procedure but would allow me to
unlock the phone with a code which may not work with the Orange ROM. I am
hoping the latest Orange ROM allows unlocking as some people have suggested
certainly they have unlocked their phones without rooting. Once you unlock
the phone it stays unlocked no matter which firmware you use.

From: Borg on 22 Jun 2010 14:28
On 22/06/2010 19:02, Nick Le Lievre wrote:
> "Borg" <saerimner(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> You don't use a code you re flash the ROM to a better one, or the HTC
>> one.
>
> If the phone is locked is locked

No you unlock it with software then update the ROM, have you bothered to
go look at the site and read it ?
From: Nick Le Lievre on 22 Jun 2010 15:25
"Borg" <saerimner(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On 22/06/2010 19:02, Nick Le Lievre wrote:
>> "Borg" <saerimner(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:8cudnZ497PUTZL3RnZ2dnUVZ7s2dnZ2d(a)brightview.co.uk...
>>>
>>> You don't use a code you re flash the ROM to a better one, or the HTC
>>> one.
>>
>> If the phone is locked is locked
>
> No you unlock it with software then update the ROM, have you bothered to
> go look at the site and read it ?

Can you point me to the right place as cannot find it. As far as I was aware
you had to buy an unlock code then enter it when you put a SIM other then
Orange in and if it was either the latest ROM or the Modaco Custom Rom it
would successfully unlock the phone. If it was the older Orange ROM it would
hand whilst unlocking the phone and therefore not unlock it.

From: Nick Le Lievre on 22 Jun 2010 15:30
"Nick Le Lievre" <nicklelievre(a)jerseymail.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message
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>
> Can you point me to the right place as cannot find it. As far as I was
> aware you had to buy an unlock code then enter it when you put a SIM other
> then Orange in and if it was either the latest ROM or the Modaco Custom
> Rom it would successfully unlock the phone. If it was the older Orange ROM
> it would hand whilst unlocking the phone and therefore not unlock it.

This is the site I looked at which said you cannot unlock a Hero for free
http://www.foneszone.co.uk/unlock/how_to/HTC/Hero.php

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