hahaha cyberharke wat was all that about??...anyways jayamatadi... there are diff ways to unlock the fones.. cingular can actually unlock it for u ..call them up and tell them u r planning to go back home n u wud wanna use this fone, and they will give u the code and instruction to unlock it, this might take a while tho.. or else u can take it to some store and they can unlock it to, they will charge u like $5 or $10, i dont know where u live, but if u r in dallas, u can take it to harryhines..there is this store names national wireless they can do it or some accessory store in irving mall do it too. o ya if u want u can get the code online as well www.cellunlocks.com. i hope this helps