Unlock Blackberry Bold for ATT

Okay, after a bit of searching, those of you that want a Blackberry Bold AND dont want to leave AT&T, here is a solution.

You must purchase the Bold 9500 since it has GSM.

How to unlock your Storm

 Storm Unlock instructions

 You must have a SIM card in your phone to complete these steps (can be active or inactive)

1. Go to settings menu => and then Options.
2. Select Advanced options => and then Sim card
3. Type MEPD using your Blackberry keyboard (NOTE: You will not see any text appear on the screen while typing MEPD)
4. Type MEP then type 2
5. You should be presented with a prompt "Enter Network MEP Code". Type in the 16 or 8 digit unlock code and press in the track wheel / jog dial to confirm
6. Your phone is now unlocked

You can call into at&t customer service and request the unlock code...if they don't happen to give it to you, you can try sites such as

 

http://www.cellunlocker.net 

 

or http://www.cellphoneunlock.net 

This will not work on 3G only the Edge network.

other sources

http://www.elite-electronix.com/blackberry-storm-9500-unlocked

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081103092048AAgx7Hm

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