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Unlocking Blackberry Storm 9530 – The Legal Way!

As discussed in this thread: http://forums.crackberry.com/f86/how-get-storm-unlock-code-101858/

If you are a current Verizon Wireless subscriber and wish to use another carrier SIM card, follow the methods below. It is useful in cases such as, you have one line for personal and another line for business. Or another scenario is you travel oversee to a GSM zone. You could purchase a pre-paid SIM card and stick it in.

Call 1-888-844-0395 to reach Verizon Global Phone Support Line. Tell them you would like to unlock your Blackberry Storm. They will ask to verify you are the phone owner and will read to you some legal stuff. Afterwards, they will give you the unlock code.

Follow instruction below to unlock. (http://forums.crackberry.com/f86/mep-unlock-screen-won-t-appear-165361/#post1925351)

To unlock the phone, the original Verizon Wireless SIM card must be in the phone.

1. Go to Options -> Advanced Options -> SIM Card
2. Flip your phone to horizontal mode and bring up the keyboard. To bring up the keyboard, hit the BlackBerry button and press Show Keyboard.
3. Type “MEPD” without the quotes. This will bring up the SIM Card screen.
4. You should see a list of Active and Disabled SIM locking categories.
5. This time type “MEP2″
6. You should get a dialog that says “Enter Network MEP code (10 left):”
7. Enter the SIM unlock code you got from Verizon and hit the Enter button.
***MAKE SURE YOU TYPE IT EXACTLY AS YOU WERE GIVEN IT*** If you type it incorrect 10 times, you will render your phone useless. If it doesnt work after the first 2 times, call Verizon back and verify the number you got is right.

Now that it is unlocked:
1. Pull the battery out and pull the Verizon SIM card out. Easiest way is with a pencil eraser.
2. Put the new SIM card from either TMobile of ATT in and put the battery back in.
3. When the phone finally boots back up go to Options -> Mobile Network
4. Change the Network Technology to GSM/UMTS
5. Hit the back button and wait as your GSM carrier is detected and the phone is registered with them.