Hi all,
Nokia 6680
Having just upgraded to the iPhone, I then had the task of disposing of my old phone(s) – The problem is that the kids always want to steal my previous devices, but are on a different network to me.
One of the phones (a Nokia 6680) was SIM-Locked to Orange. This phone is of the type ‘BB5’, this means that the only way to unlock this till recently has been to take it to a shop. Well not any more!
This is the step by step guide to unlocking Nokia’s of the type: 6630, 6681, 6680, N70, N71, N90, N91
- Get a DKU-5 (or equivalent F-Bus) cable. The normal USB cable that comes with the phone is not suitable, it must be an F-Bus cable.
- Install Nokia PC Suite (any recent version)
- Plug the cable into the phone and then into your USB port and let your phone get detected.
- Close down any Nokia Applications that might start up.
- Right-Click on My Computer, and then on ‘Manage’
- Click on ‘Hardware Manager’ in the left-hand pane
- Expand the ‘Ports’ section and check which port the Nokia phone is on – NOTE THIS DOWN!
Ok – Next stage is to get the software.
You need to get the BB5 Calculator from here: http://users.net.yu/~dejan – [Direct Download LINK]
- Unzip the file to C:\bb5_unlocker
- Edit the “bb5_unlocker.cfg” file and change the COM Port to the one you noted above
- Double-click on install.bat
- Click on “READ PHONE”
- When it says ‘Done’, click on “MAKE LOG”
- Copy the xxx.log file (e.g. 317617303633274_BB5.log) from the /logs subfolder into the /psw folder
- Click on Exit
- Double-Click on BB5_calc.exe – it should say “Done”
- In the /psw subfolder, there will now be an xxx.psw file. Open this is in Notepad, and you will have all the unlock codes. You can either enter these manually, or :-
- double-click on BB5logunlocker.exe
- click on SP Unlock
Following these instructions, I managed to unlock two 6680’s in 2 mins flat!
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