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Originally Posted by matcat

Ok here is the deal, I have an unactivated Sprint TP2, I am trying to figure out how to sim unlock without paying money to someone who as undoubtedly already received much moola for his unlock which should be free and public domain, however for some the alimighty $ is more important, anyway... Im my experimentation I found and ran the SimSecurity program, it tells me: "Your phone is SIM Unlocked.", So I put in a Cingular SIM Card (No good though), it reads its phone #, and Contacts, however in network settings I could not get it to find any networks. I am working on getting a good SIM to try this with.

So my question is, does this mean I do not need to do any sim unlocking? Or am I missing something here. Also I want to know how olipros sim unlock procedure works, either way I will reverse engineer it if I can get a copy of it.

First off, if you had taken the time to read over various posts on the subject, you would have undoubtedly uncovered the fact that while the Sprint Touch Pro 2 does indeed come sim unlocked, the radio firmware blocks registration on US GSM networks (ie. AT&T and T-Mobile). Olipro and Cmonex lent their time (on top of working out an unlocker for ROM flashing) to creating a radio security unlocker as well as patched radios for those who have unlocked to flash to.

I have two huge HUGE problems with your post. 1) The reason that OliNex can charge for a security/radio unlocker is because they are two of the only people in the world that know how to do this type of thing. They already created and released a Hard SPL for everyone to use FOR FREE to unlock the phone to use custom ROMs. Not everyone needs to use a SIM card as well, and as such, not everyone will need to purchase the unlocker software to enable this particular functionality. They have every right to charge for their work. And obviously curb the abuse of the product by freeloaders like yourself. 2) You come into a public forum, belittling these developers for asking for compensation for a completely different product by implying that they're only run by greed for money and that they are obligated to provide everyone this software for whatever reason you've conjured up in your head. What's more is that you've actually had the audacity to claim that you're going to attempt to reverse engineer their hard work if someone will provide you the unlocking software to do so.

I really just don't get people like you. Where the heck does you're undeserved sense of entitlement come from?

Edit - And while you say you might be a new player on this block, but not to the game, boy, you've got a lot to learn.