Official getting a simlock-free (GSM) Pre thread, all countries

**deadsoul** · 10/15/2009, 01:58 AM

i was supposed to have my german pre today,but the seller didnt ship it yet, the soonest i got it i will let you know, so the WebOS Doctor is almost ready to ship

**spud101** · 10/15/2009, 04:12 AM

Originally Posted by morgmel

I have acquired an Irish Pre.

Can you confirm whether it has SIM lock or not?

And since the German WebOS doctor is there, is there already any progress from the developers on the possibility to add different GPRS settings (APN etc.)?

**morgmel** · 10/15/2009, 04:30 AM

Originally Posted by spud101

Can you confirm whether it has SIM lock or not?

unfortunately, yes it has SIM lock

**spud101** · 10/15/2009, 04:44 AM

What I was wondering. The limitation of only German GPRS settings supposedly hardcoded in the device. Doesn't that limit the usability of the phone to Germany only, even for German people with a German SIM. If they go abroad, the local network settings of the provider they are connected to there will not be supported then, right? That's pretty pathetic for a phone also aimed at business users...

Or you have to actively select Vodafone or something as their settings are the same in every European country, right?

**thewhitetower** · 10/15/2009, 04:52 AM

Hi all,

Just wanted to report that I have just purchased a Palm Pre from a German eBay seler. Should reach me in Australia sometime next week. I'm taking a risk on whether it will work but think I should be fine.

**johncc** · 10/15/2009, 05:20 AM

Originally Posted by thewhitetower

Hi all,

Just wanted to report that I have just purchased a Palm Pre from a German eBay seler. Should reach me in Australia sometime next week. I'm taking a risk on whether it will work but think I should be fine.

Good luck with it. I look forward to hearing how you get on. It does sound like you need to activate it with a German SIM though. See this thread - http://discussion.treocentral.com/pa...rting-pre.html. Hopefully the guru's will have a solution.

**thewhitetower** · 10/15/2009, 05:36 AM

Originally Posted by johncc

Good luck with it. I look forward to hearing how you get on. It does sound like you need to activate it with a German SIM though. See this thread - . Hopefully the guru's will have a solution.

Bugger!! That's shattering! Have I just purchased a $800 paperweight??

Rod - you seem to know your stuff..please tell me that I'll be able to work around this issue!!

**steiale** · 10/15/2009, 06:31 AM

Originally Posted by thewhitetower

Hi all,

Just wanted to report that I have just purchased a Palm Pre from a German eBay seler. Should reach me in Australia sometime next week. I'm taking a risk on whether it will work but think I should be fine.

He shall activate it for you here in germany..!! Otherwise pn me and I will send you a kind of prepaid O2 package. No contract needed.

**rwhitby** · 10/15/2009, 06:37 AM

Originally Posted by thewhitetower

Bugger!! That's shattering! Have I just purchased a $800 paperweight??

Rod - you seem to know your stuff..please tell me that I'll be able to work around this issue!!

No idea - I will be getting a German colleague to test mine out before sending it.

-- Rod

**deadsoul** · 10/15/2009, 07:14 AM

Originally Posted by Goyena

Go here: https://ws.palm.com/SupportDownload/...47&cc=de&lc=de

And type in your serial number. (Can anyone who's done this fill in what happens after that?)

Or can anyone "hack" the URL (from Bell and Sprint) based on this?:
webOS� Doctor f�r Palm� Pre� (p100eww) - Build 108.100, webOS 1.1.3

hey check this post out?
http://forums.precentral.net/palm-pr...ing-pre-2.html
so the link you gave actually gives access to the webos doctor 1.1.3

**thewhitetower** · 10/15/2009, 07:23 AM

Originally Posted by steiale

He shall activate it for you here in germany..!! Otherwise pn me and I will send you a kind of prepaid O2 package. No contract needed.

Thanks for the offer, I might have to take you up on that as I think that the phone has already been packaged and sent!!

**steiale** · 10/15/2009, 07:26 AM

Originally Posted by thewhitetower

Thanks for the offer, I might have to take you up on that as I think that the phone has already been packaged and sent!!

Bad luck. Just let me know if I can help..

**deadsoul** · 10/15/2009, 07:27 AM

Originally Posted by steiale

He shall activate it for you here in germany..!! Otherwise pn me and I will send you a kind of prepaid O2 package. No contract needed.

hey do you think that a prepaid package could have data roaming included ?
if saw i can order one from ebay i suppose or if you can send me one that would be great too.

**steiale** · 10/15/2009, 07:31 AM

Somewhere here is a employee from O2. He should know. Forgot his nic. But I can call a dealer.
But that won't help with the APN issue. It will just let you make calls.

**steiale** · 10/15/2009, 07:51 AM

Called the O2 prepaid hotline right now. There won't be any internet with O2 prepaid in other countries except germany. But I will check Vodafone. I have a pre and a vodafone sim. So to activate it doesn't have to be a O2 sim.

**steiale** · 10/15/2009, 07:58 AM

Hotline kicked me out waiting too long for someone.. Will try later..

**deadsoul** · 10/15/2009, 08:02 AM

the question is even if you import a vodafone or T-mobile german sim, doesnt the phone have to have the data for local networks to connect to the internet, or it will automatically grab it?

**spud101** · 10/15/2009, 08:11 AM

Yes exactly. Abroad you will still be using a roaming profile of a local operator, which is in most cases different from the German settings of the oprator you bought the pre=paid sim from.

In case of vodafone you may be safe, I think they use the same settings everywhere in europe.

**ToniCipriani** · 10/15/2009, 08:13 AM

Originally Posted by Goyena

Go here: https://ws.palm.com/SupportDownload/...47&cc=de&lc=de

And type in your serial number. (Can anyone who's done this fill in what happens after that?)

Or can anyone "hack" the URL (from Bell and Sprint) based on this?:
webOS™ Doctor f�r Palm� Pre™ (p100eww) - Build 108.100, webOS 1.1.3

Try this: http://www.palminfocenter.com/images...re-vietnam.jpg

...and someone on WebOS internals got it:

http://palm.cdnetworks.net/rom/p113r...p100eww-wr.jar

**deadsoul** · 10/15/2009, 08:21 AM

very funny

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