A few weeks back I got a hold of 3 classic cellphones from T-Mobile. A Sony Ericsson T616, Sidekick 2, and a Sidekick 3. I was then curious if a Sidekick would work here in the Philippines. After much surfing I found out that most of the features (email and IM) could not be activated since it passes through T-mobile and Sharp's servers. So I just tried to see if I could just make it work here even for just calling and texting. Further research says that the original owner should call T-Mobile to get a sim subsidy for a local sim to work. Since it was just sent to me from the US, I won't go through the trouble. But further prodding shows signs that the SK 3 could be made to work here. Here's what I did:
- After the phone asks for a sim unlock code, just press cancel
- Go to Settings and select Sim Center
- Choose Enable Sim Password (If already enabled select change password)
- Type in the password then re-enter
- On the "waiting for activation" screen, Press Menu + L to bypass
- Go to settings and select network options > Rescan and Select Manually
- Select your network and your good to call and text
Hope this helps. Although being able to use only half of it's potential sucks but if you just want to play with it, this is a good way to make it work.
