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BlackBerry Storm unlocked for T-Mobile in U.S.?

Posted by Joe on November 28, 2008

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When there comes a new device, there come hackers who want to use all of its capabilities. We saw this last summer with the unlocking on the original iPhone. The BlackBerry Storm presents an excellent hacking opportunity because of its dual radios. Get the GSM radio working, and you might be able to get it up on T-Mobile or AT&T in the U.S. It appears that one Howard Forum member was able to get it done. A little description after the jump.

It actually doesn’t sound all that complicated. Verizon hands out unlock codes if you’re headed to Europe and want to use another carrier’s SIM, so you just call them up and tell them that. They’ll send you an email trying to dissuade you, but you can just say “that’s okay, I want my unlock code,” and they’ll give it to you.

After you get the code, you have to download the T-Mobile (or AT&T, I guess) service books. There are three additional steps as well. You can find instructions here. After you follow them, you should be up and running on T-Mobile’s 2G network (sorry, no 3G). The Howard user even says his VZNavigator works when he’s on T-Mobile. He also notes that you can switch between networks.

As of now I have no Storm, thus no way of confirming this. Anyone give it a try? If you do, leave a comment and let us know how it goes.

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24 Comments ↓

#8195 Matt on November 29th, 2008 at 10:19 am

Important note- 2G *only*.

I’ve found T-Mobile’s 2G network (GPRS) to be near-unusable. Quite often, I can’t get a BIS connection over their GPRS network, so only apps that can use a direct TCP connection will function. And very slowly.

This is cool from a pure techie perspective, but I wouldn’t call this a practical solution. Especially since Verizon won’t allow WiFi on their devices to mitigate this problem.

#8218 twenty on December 1st, 2008 at 7:41 am

Since it’s dual band will it work with sprint if unlocked? Also i heard the vondafone version would be easier to accomplish the at&t t-mobile sim swap.

#8221 weston on December 1st, 2008 at 2:11 pm

If the storm runs on T-mobile’s 2G network is it going to have the same speeds as the curve? or is it going to be slower? is it still EDGE?

#8355 Mii on December 8th, 2008 at 1:25 pm

Twenty: From what I’ve read/heard, Sprint will not let you activate any phone that isn’t Sprint branded. So, no, even if you get the Storm unlocked you will not be successful trying to get Storm working on Sprint. Sorry.

Weston: 2G is EDGE so it’ll be just as fast as your Curve. Keep in mind T-Mobile’s been working on converting some of their bigger markets to 3G, some of them already are 3G. The Storm is 3G capable so if you’re in one of T-Mobile’s big markets you should have 3G connection… If you’re as unlucky as I am and live in the boondocks, you will not get to enjoy T-Mobile’s 3G for YEARS to come. Yup.

#8373 rob on December 9th, 2008 at 6:15 pm

MII and Twenty,

I’m a sprint user and have called tech support recently asking if it were possible to use an unlocked phone on there network. The technician explained that the phone I wanted to try was not compatible with there network, but offered to try if I wanted to. I did not have the phone so I did not try. He was willing to try for me though. I’ve been thinking about trying to get a strom to try it but it’s a bit expensive to simply “try” to see if it works.

#8414 jordan on December 11th, 2008 at 12:29 pm

if you switch it to att can you use the 3g internet like if i took a iphone 3gs sim card and put it in the blackberry would it have the 3g internet

#8482 Pete on December 14th, 2008 at 10:33 pm

Okay the even if you unlock the storm to work on tmobiles 2g edge network it will NOT work on their 3g since the storm does not have the correct frequency bands (1700/2100)but will work as fast as the curve on edge.

#8521 JAY on December 16th, 2008 at 11:56 am

ANY ONE HAVE VERIZONS EMAIL??

#8531 Andy on December 16th, 2008 at 11:49 pm

I just got my Storm Unlocked for T-mobile today and it doesnt have any internet connection on it…Does anyone know where can I download the service book for t-mobile?

#8587 Secret Agent Man on December 18th, 2008 at 6:45 pm

Andy, here you go.

http://images.crackberry.com/files/kevin/101/stormunlock/tmo_servicebooks.zip

#8588 Will on December 18th, 2008 at 7:43 pm

Question for you guys…How can the storm work on t-mobile if it only has the dual international frequencies? Thanks in advance

#8632 andy beesla on December 20th, 2008 at 6:16 am

Unlock Your Verizon Blackberry Storm at http://www.Cellphoneunlockingonline.com

If you can’t get the code from Verizon, your best bet is to contact these guys, they
can unlock anything,

#8638 Alen Wong - CellphoneUnlockingOnline.com on December 20th, 2008 at 6:59 pm

Hi Will,

The Verizon Blackberry Storm 9530 is a CDMA phone, but is also has Quad Band GSM Coverage built in.

This, when the phone is unlocked will allow you to use it on any GSM network in the world

just get an unlock code from verizon, if they refuse to give you one, you can buy one from us.

enter it and your phone will be permanently unlocked to work with any GSM network including T-mobile.

Regards,

Alen

#8643 Tashi on December 21st, 2008 at 8:44 am

Andy,

I am curious to know how things are working for you…?

#8647 pt girl on December 21st, 2008 at 1:07 pm

I just chatted with someone on the Verizon website and they told me that the storm would work on other networks. I was specifically asking if it would work if I just put my sim card from my t mobile phone into the storm. And I asked her 2 times and both times she told me yes it will work and yes the storm will work on other networks. I would like to know if this is true before I purchase the storm.

#8650 lovelisa on December 21st, 2008 at 8:01 pm

Andy how did u get your storm unlocked

#8663 lovely on December 22nd, 2008 at 5:45 pm

I really need to know!!!!!!!! well, can the Storm become prepaid with T-Mobile?

#8679 Will on December 23rd, 2008 at 1:16 pm

Alen - thanks for the info. I was under the impression it only had dual gsm. I will give it a try.

#8684 saad on December 24th, 2008 at 12:32 am

I just got the storm and called verizon for the unlock coad and I just found out they don’t give out unlock coads is there any other way it can be unlocked ?

#8701 secret agent man on December 24th, 2008 at 6:45 pm

Ya, just buy a code
from Freeyourcellphon.com

#8709 Rupert on December 25th, 2008 at 6:33 am

Just Buy a code

#8710 jenn on December 25th, 2008 at 10:40 am

after i get the phone unlocked where do i go from there? how do i use the phone after its unlocked?

#8715 baba on December 26th, 2008 at 6:33 am

does have a slot for a sim card on the back

#8800 David on December 29th, 2008 at 1:51 pm

I found a company that unlocks the Blackberry Storm so you can use it on any network. http://www.cellularunlockcodes.com

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