aaargh! HTC Desire, Orange, Network Locked

[dd1989]

Debranded my Orange phone when I got it about 4 months ago, everything worked fine until last night.

Update came through OTA, upgraded the phone, rebooted and it's now Network Locked.

Tried to downgrade the ROM again and I get 140 Bootloader Error...

Help please!

 

[anoniemouse]

Debranded my Orange phone when I got it about 4 months ago, everything worked fine until last night.

Update came through OTA, upgraded the phone, rebooted and it's now Network Locked.

Tried to downgrade the ROM again and I get 140 Bootloader Error...

Help please!

looks like you will have to get it unlocked, their is one on ebay doing unlock codes for

 

[Pedro7]

can this be a problem caused by debranding?

was about to jump into creating a goldcard and get the debranding process underway but im unaware of the problems that can be caused..

is there a compiled list anywhere?

 

[anoniemouse]

can this be a problem caused by debranding?

was about to jump into creating a goldcard and get the debranding process underway but im unaware of the problems that can be caused..

is there a compiled list anywhere?

Orange branded phones are the most prone to simlock after you update the radio using the goldcard method.
Apparently some other branded phones can simlock too.

 

[lekky]

Like anoniemouse says, updating the radio causes a sim lock on orange phones which have been unbranded. The OTA will have included the updated radio resulting in the sim lock.

dd1989 have you tried flashing hte previous radio?

 

[dd1989]

I was getting pissed off so I just used some unlocking website and got a code for bout 12 quid.

Working now.

I guess now I am properly unlocked I won't have issues again.

 

[kappayi]

I found a seller on eBay called swiftsales714, they sell unlock codes for this. Really helpful, answered all questions and very fast code delivery.