Telus Milestone unlocking and updates

[aciampoli]

Hi Everyone, this may sound like a stupid question it's a little unclear to me.
I'm planing to buy a Telus Milestone, unlocking it and using it on Fido (another canadian provider)

My question is this, will I still get OS updates even if my phone is not one the Telus network?
Who provides the over-the-air-updates, Telus, Moto, Google?
Is it "like" a Windows Update server where you phone checks a generic server on the internet for updates?
Or will I have to apply manual updates?

Thank you for your time.

Adriano

 

[jphccfc]

yes you will get the required update. My milestone is on Fido, hoping for the 2.1 update to come out in the next few days.....keep checking!!

 

[aciampoli]

yes you will get the required update. My milestone is on Fido, hoping for the 2.1 update to come out in the next few days.....keep checking!!

Sweet, Thx man!
How is the 3G on fido?

 

[MountainDrew]

The 3G on Rogers is great, I assume Fido will be the same.

 

[ashman70]

I am using a Milestone on Fido, the 3G is fine, no different really then it was with my iPhone.

 

[aciampoli]

hey guys i got my unlock code from unlocking.com
when i boot up my milestone with my Fido chip i get SIM network unlock PIN
I tried the first 2 codes but no luck I could not try the 3rd code for it had an E in it and in this box i can only put numbers. also the instructions from unlocking.com are as follows:

1. Reboot your phone with an unaccepted SIM card in.
*If the display reads

 

[ashman70]

Send this email to unlocking.com they are the ones that provided you with the code and the instructions.

 

[aciampoli]

Send this email to unlocking.com they are the ones that provided you with the code and the instructions.

already did, waiting for a reply.
I was getting impatient so I taught I'd ask.

 

[ashman70]

So you can't use the keyboard to enter letters?

 

[aciampoli]

nope it defaults to a phone keypad

how did you do it? or was yours already unlocked?

 

[ashman70]

Mine was already unlocked.

 

[aciampoli]

sucks to be me!

 

[MountainDrew]

It sounds like they are giving you instructions for a different type of Motorola phone. There shouldn't be any letters in the unlock code. I've unlocked two Milestones, and on both I just put in my Rogers SIM and it popped up a box saying basically "enter unlock code", I typed it in (all numbers) and hit ok on the screen. That's it.

I got the codes from ebay, seller's name was "mobilexpresscanada". Under an hour to get the codes both times.