ATT and Cingular Users!

[Gelob]

Alright im sure all of you are aware that ATT and cingular have merged and Cingular is now taking over their towers.

Here is what i need help with.

I have 3 phones that are ATT.I recently had a digital phone that when i migraded to cingular i changed over to GSM so i took their free phone.

I now have 2 other GSM phones still on ATT that i want to migrate to cingular and be able to take advantage of the rollover and the family plan.Thing is i purchased my phone from ATT ONLY 2 MONTHS AGO! Cingular cells my phone and is now saying they are retiring it but are still selling it for full price as well as celling the new one for less.Thing is the new one doesnt have bluetooth or any infared.2 key things i need on my phone.

They wont offer me any credit to purchase a new phone and they also CLAIM that it is IMPOSSIBLE to unlock.They say its impossible and that even if you buy it directly from the manufacturer that it comes locked to all of a sudden 2 or 3 networks.

I KNOW for a fact that phones are unlockable via a data cable or on nokias by inputing a code. T-mobile does it for their customeres ONCE for free via e-mail. ATT and Cingular claim its impossible,agaisnt FCC regulations, and MULTIPLE reps from ATT and Cingular say that they have never heard of unlocking and that they have never seen it online.

My family is fed up with this bull**** (sorry for the language) and we want some answers.We might even go to T-mobile get a phone from them unlock it, sell it, and use that money to pay for a new phone for cingular or something similar.

I have come to neowin for answers.I need some suggestions. Its tottal BS that they make us purchase a new phone for the SAME company and that they say its tottaly impossible to unlock.Im not exaggerating, i literally asked 4 outta 5 reps if it was CLEARLY IMPOSSIBLE to unlock. Four of them said its COMPLETLEY IMPOSSIBLE to unlock. One said to call a number from cingular and they would help unlock. That number disconnects you after 5 minutes of waiting.

I dont understand why we can now take our numbers to differnt provides and keep them but NO NO NO NOT our phones.WHY? We own them, we arent leasing them they shouldnt be locked.I HONESTLY think that is the next law to come.

SO PLEASE NEOWIN, help me with this.Maybe some of you work for ATT or CINGULAR and can get us a deal on SE t637 or something else that has bluetooh. That or maybe someone is willing to sell us an unlocked phone (since i think it would be best) for a good price, or maybe somebody is willing to unlock it.

This is not a request to unlock but maybe some answers on my questions and i apologize in advanced for the language, anger, and CAPS in this post.

[bolix]

What's your cellphone?

Why do you apologize for CAPS, you still can remove them

[Gelob]

lol i made them so people would see KEY parts in the story instead of making it big and red.

I own the SE t637, my brother will use any GSM phone so he doesnt really matter.Aslong as its SE wich the z500a is fine for him.

[bolix]

Sony Ericsson are indeed unlockables

[Gelob]

I know that, *wishes he was rich so he can sue the ass off cingular for lying to him*

[bolix]

Try this page, haven't used it myself http://www.unlockthatmobile.com./

[dreamsINdigital]

Check out http://www.howardforums.com/

[jakkyl]

I think the reason they make you get a new phone is a difference in the SIM cards. My old ATT phone used a 32k SIM while my Cingular uses a 64k SIM.

  Gelob said:

I know that, *wishes he was rich so he can sue the ass off cingular for lying to him*

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[Gelob]

About the suing is that they told me it was impossible to unlock not that it was impossible to use with cingular.

Also if somebody can confirm if i do unlock can i use with cingular?