Welcome to Universal-sim release V610 Universal-sim is a standalone unlocking device that can unlock your mobile phone. It should be used together with your operator simcard and should stay at all times inside the phone

B.Advanced Mode

Next you choose the mode you want to use. If you want to do more advanced settings to your Universal-SIM please check the Advanced checkbox and those possible settings will appear. To continue STEP 2 ( Advanced settings ) go to Advanced Settings Page in this manual.

The default "Use card IMSI" will work with all card types and most of the phones. For some models you can try to adjust IMSI by yourself selecting "Use CUSTOM IMSI". Here is how:

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   First 3 characters represent the MCC of the network. To unlock your phone this must be either 001 either the MCC of the network on witch the phone is locked.
   
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   Next 2 characters represent the MNC of the network. To unlock your phone this must be either 01 either the MNC of the network on witch the phone is locked.
   
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   The rest of the characters should be random number from 0 to 9.
   
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   EXAMPLE : 001-01-1121324354
   
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   Usually use this setting for Blackberry, AMOI phones!
   

Usually you don’t have to change this setting. If you have some phone reported working with some competitor card / setting you can use this feature to adjust Universal-SIM to work with that phone. FAKE SEQUENCE field can have maximum 16 characters ( characters must be “1”, “0”, “S” ). “1” means Universal-SIM will report fake IMSI to the mobile phone. “0” means Universal-SIM will report the real IMSI to the mobile phone. “S” means Universal-SIM will enter SLEEP mode and will continue reporting only real IMSI. So it’s better to write “011100S” than “01110011111111”.

Few things to know:

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  TESTCARD unlock type does not unlock your phone. It will only enable you to access phone menu.
  
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  Most usefull unlock types are: Direct Unlock / Unlock using phone menu / Direct Unlock experimental / Direct Unlock Fast / Direct unlock POLLING
  
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  Unlock using phone menu unlock type requires additional user intervention and will only work on simcards with STK menu enabled by operator.
  
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    You need to go to the simcard menu inside your mobile phone and select ANY option available there. What that option does it’s not important. Just select any option available there and wait for few seconds before the phones refreshes itself.
    
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    You need to repeat this operation each time you power on the phone!
    
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    Here is How to find Sim Application Toolkit Menu?
    
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      you have to be sure phone is Sim Application capable ( usually all GSM phones from year 2000 and newer have this option enabled ).
      
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      You have to make sure that the operator sim card supports Sim Application Toolkit. Usually the operator can tell you this, or it is printed on the SIM card when you buy it. Sim Application Toolkit enabled means the sim card has special additional services that you can access in the menu of the phone. ( like SIM Backup serivice from Orange, Some weather services, etc )
      
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      you have to make sure that UNIVERSAL-SIM has Sim Application Toolkit enabled. By default when you receive it, this option is enabled!
      
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      power on the phone! At this step you have 2 ways … if the phone is locked and won’t get unlocked you need to use another phone to get to the menu and program UNIVERSAL-SIM to work with the unlocked phone. If the phone works, and have no signal you need to find the menu.
      
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      to find Sim Application Toolkit menu you need to open the phone menu and search for it.
      
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      The menu can be in a lot of places, different from one phone to another. Check later in this page to find out where for some phone models
      

STEP 4:

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  Take OUT operator simcard from the ISO reader
  
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  Insert Universal-SIM into the ISO reader ( INSERT ONLY UNIVERSAL-SIM, not together with the simcard )
  
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  Press Apply Settings button and you are DONE!!
  

Presets.INI STRUCTURE:

PRESET_NAME = "Nokia 6120c" - preset name

PRESET_ATR = "C" - see possible ATR values

PRESET_IMSE = "C"

PRESET_IMSI = "001010123456789" - IMSI

PRESET_FAKE = "1111000000000000" - 16 char

PRESET_UTYP = "TEST" - see possible Unlock types

PRESET_TRIG = "6F36"

PRESET_SPEE = "LO" ( can be “LO” or “HI” )

PRESET_SHOW = "NO" ( can be “NO” or “YES” )

Unlock types ( PRESET_UTYP field ):

MENU = UNLOCK_TYPE_PHONE_MENU

EX = UNLOCK_TYPE_DIRECT_EXPE

FAST = UNLOCK_TYPE_DIRECT_FAST

TEST = UNLOCK_TYPE_TESTCARD

NOKIA = UNLOCK_TYPE_NOKIA

ADAPTIVE= UNLOCK_TYPE_ADAPTIVE

FULL = UNLOCK_TYPE_FULL

POLL = UNLOCK_TYPE_POOLING

D2 = UNLOCK_TYPE_DIRECT_EXPERIMENTAL_2

EVT = UNLOCK_TYPE_EVENT
ATR Values ( PRESET_ATR field ):
C = Use card ATR

U = Use UIM ATR

D = Use Dummy ATR
Possible Fake Sequence ( PRESET_FAKE ) :

0/1 - 16 times

Possible IMSI Modes ( PRESET_IMSE ):
C = CARD IMSI;

R = RANDOM IMSI;

U = CUSTOM IMSI;

D = DEFAULT IMSI;

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  Use Nokia Default and Nokia Default II for most of the Nokia phones *
  
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  Use Nokia Default II for example for N95 8GB if it dosen’t work with Nokia Default
  
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  Nokia Experimental II - 6F45 ( the same with Direct Unlock Polling - 6F45 )
  
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    Use this for new phone software versions that before wore working with Nokia Default and after update on Nokia website are not working anymore.
    
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    You can try to use as trigger 6F45 and 6F46.
    

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  Direct Unlock Experimental - 6F45
  
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  Direct Unlock Polling - 6F3A
  

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  Direct unlock experimental - 6F3A
  
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  Direct unlock experimental - 6F45
  
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  Direct Unlock Fast - 6F45
  

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  Direct unlock experimental - 6F3C
  

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  Select Sharp 770/550 and apply setting or try next setting if it's not working
  
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  Direct Unlock Experimental - 6F45
  

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  Direct Unlock Experimental - 6F45
  
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  Direct Unlock Polling - 6F45
  
  

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  FULL - 0000
  

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  Direct Unlock Polling - 6F3A
  

In Direct unlock Pooling mode, slow simcards can take up to 1 minute before fully registering into the network.

After bootup the phone will aquire network signal and after few seconds will lose it. It is normal. Please wait few more seconds for the phone to register second time to the network.

What 6FXX means ?

This is the trigger for the unlock process:

It means that the card will attempt to unlock your upon receiving from phone the select command with this arguments.

Possible settings that you can try are: 6F3A / 6F3C / 6F3E / 6F3F / 6F40 / 6F45 / 6F46 / 6FAE

FAQ / Known issues & problems

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   Phone cannot receive calls after you unlocked it with Universal-SIM
   
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      Try another unlocking method from the methods available
      
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      Use the read operator card functions and use the triggers provided there
      
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      Try to use another simcard to check if it’s simcard problem
      
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         If it’s simcard problem please post on the official forum simcard type/ phone model and we will try to help you
         
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         If the problem is the same with another simcard and you’ve try all options please check if your phone is supported by Universal-SIM by asking Universal-SIM supporters.
         
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   How to check for some phones if the Universal-SIM unlock solution is working good?
   
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      For LG U310 and other 3G LG models you can use the following procedure
      
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         566366#*#
         
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         Select Modem Setting -> Engineer Mode -> Debug Start
         
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         Press LEFT phone button 2 times until you see “DEVICE.. .. GSM”
         
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         Press BOTTOM phone button 2 times until you see “LAC/RAC/IMSI” fields
         
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         Check your IMSI
         
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            If IMSI is starting with “00101” that means the unlock procedure is not working or is not appropriate for your phone
            
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            If IMSI is starting with MCC+MNC of the simcard provider you are 100% SURE THAT Universal-SIM works good with your mobile phone.
            
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      For other models we don’t know yet how to reach the Field test mode menu and check the IMSI. If you find out this or you already know please post this information in out support forum. Thank you very much for your support!
      

Questions and Answers

Question: Does this method of unlocking affects my warranty?

Answer: No not at all, your phone is not modified, opened, etc.

Question: Does this sim work with Italian networks and with Italy released mobile phones like LG U310 and others ?
Answer: Yes it works on all 3G networks. Check the movies in our support section.

Question: Universal-SIM is a long lasting solution for unlocking my phone?
Answer: Yes, you can use Universal-SIM as long as you like. Even if you change your phone you will be able to use it!

Question: If i have problems with Universal-SIM how i solve them?
Answer: we are here on gsmforum to help you! Check for Universal-SIM Section in Hardware products.

Question: Is universal sim working with all operator simcards?
Answer: we have tested many simcards and found that they are compatible with Universal-SIM. Some however will not work. We are releasing updates every time we discover problems with card/phone compatibility. The Update & Configuration software will be updated as necessary.

Question: How long this unlocking solution will last?
Answer: in our best views be believe that this solution will last for the next 3 to 5 years. So you have enough time to use Universal-SIM even on newest phone models.

Question: What are the phones supported by Universal-SIM?
Answer: we provide on the www.universal-sim.org website and in the forum a list with most common models that are supported by Universal-SIM.
Because there are too many phone models in the market we can't test on all phones in existence.
In order to keep a shorter list and don't confuse the customers like other sim producers do, we will create a Tested and NOT SUPPORTED phones list, that we will update regularly.
We do this because there are more supported models than unsupported ones!
Also when talking about unsupported models, please remember that some cards are unsupported. Please contact us if you have such a card for assistance.

Question: we need to make extensive settings to the phone and the Universal-SIM ?
Answer: NO. For almost every phone, unlocking it's just a CLICK away. Some phone may require additional user intervention and we will make this process smooth for our customers.

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