Comments on: FTCR Sues T-Mobile, AT&T and Cingular for ‘Locking’ Phones http://www.legalnewswatch.com/372/ftcr-sues-t-mobile-att-and-cingular-for-locking-phones Stories That Impact Your Rights Sun, 12 Oct 2008 04:28:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Barb http://www.legalnewswatch.com/372/ftcr-sues-t-mobile-att-and-cingular-for-locking-phones/comment-page-1#comment-3233 Barb Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:23:43 +0000 http://www.legalnewswatch.com/?p=372#comment-3233 If you were an ATT customer, you cannot put a Cingular sim card into it. Certain phones, like the V600 we own, are hardlocked. Neither Cingular nor ATT will give out the codes. Apparently, there is some small print in the ATT contract that states that you can never use the phone with another carrier. Which is ludicrous. I have been a Cingular customer for 8 years. My husband bought the ATT service for international travel. He still has the ATT service, but the bill comes from Cingular. This is insane. Cingular owns ATT. There is no reason that we should not be allowed to unlock the ATT phone and put a Cingular sim card into it. They aren't losing any business! We still have 2 cell phones that are billed by Cingular. This is just maddening.... If you were an ATT customer, you cannot put a Cingular sim card into it. Certain phones, like the V600 we own, are hardlocked. Neither Cingular nor ATT will give out the codes. Apparently, there is some small print in the ATT contract that states that you can never use the phone with another carrier. Which is ludicrous. I have been a Cingular customer for 8 years. My husband bought the ATT service for international travel. He still has the ATT service, but the bill comes from Cingular. This is insane. Cingular owns ATT. There is no reason that we should not be allowed to unlock the ATT phone and put a Cingular sim card into it. They aren’t losing any business! We still have 2 cell phones that are billed by Cingular. This is just maddening….

]]> By: Barb http://www.legalnewswatch.com/372/ftcr-sues-t-mobile-att-and-cingular-for-locking-phones/comment-page-1#comment-3232 Barb Mon, 12 Dec 2005 22:46:50 +0000 http://www.legalnewswatch.com/?p=372#comment-3232 If you were an ATT customer, you cannot put a Cingular sim card into it. Certain phones, like the V600 we own, are hardlocked. Neither Cingular nor ATT will give out the codes. Apparently, there is some small print in the ATT contract that states that you can never use the phone with another carrier. Which is ludicrous. I have been a Cingular customer for 8 years. My husband bought the ATT service for international travel. He still has the ATT service, but the bill comes from Cingular. This is insane. Cingular owns ATT. There is no reason that we should not be allowed to unlock the ATT phone and put a Cingular sim card into it. They aren't losing any business! We still have 2 cell phones that are billed by Cingular. This is just maddening.... If you were an ATT customer, you cannot put a Cingular sim card into it. Certain phones, like the V600 we own, are hardlocked. Neither Cingular nor ATT will give out the codes. Apparently, there is some small print in the ATT contract that states that you can never use the phone with another carrier. Which is ludicrous. I have been a Cingular customer for 8 years. My husband bought the ATT service for international travel. He still has the ATT service, but the bill comes from Cingular. This is insane. Cingular owns ATT. There is no reason that we should not be allowed to unlock the ATT phone and put a Cingular sim card into it. They aren’t losing any business! We still have 2 cell phones that are billed by Cingular. This is just maddening….

]]> By: Al http://www.legalnewswatch.com/372/ftcr-sues-t-mobile-att-and-cingular-for-locking-phones/comment-page-1#comment-3231 Al Sun, 11 Dec 2005 21:22:48 +0000 http://www.legalnewswatch.com/?p=372#comment-3231 I was an AT&T customer up until the merger. I have been unhappy with the service and have been thinking about changing services when my contract expires in a few months. I was talked into keeping Cingular/ATT by my family who also have Cingular and can talk for free and not use any minutes. I wanted to buy a new phone and was told that I needed to switch over to Cingular and that I was still with AT&T. I was also told that I needed to buy new phones and sign up for a new plan. I added up the cost and this new plan was going to cost me an additional $65 a month plus that purchase of new phones. I must say that I only wanted to purchase one phone in the beginning the other two phones on my plan work well. I was told by a Cingular rep. that the sims cards in the AT&T phones will not work in the Cingular phones. This is so crazy. I feel like a gun is being held to my head and can do nothing about it. What is the average person to do. I can see the land fills being filled up with cell phones from AT&T. I was wondering if I could find an AT&T cell phone to buy and put the sim card in it. Would this work? I was an AT&T customer up until the merger. I have been unhappy with the service and have been thinking about changing services when my contract expires in a few months. I was talked into keeping Cingular/ATT by my family who also have Cingular and can talk for free and not use any minutes. I wanted to buy a new phone and was told that I needed to switch over to Cingular and that I was still with AT&T. I was also told that I needed to buy new phones and sign up for a new plan. I added up the cost and this new plan was going to cost me an additional $65 a month plus that purchase of new phones. I must say that I only wanted to purchase one phone in the beginning the other two phones on my plan work well. I was told by a Cingular rep. that the sims cards in the AT&T phones will not work in the Cingular phones. This is so crazy.

I feel like a gun is being held to my head and can do nothing about it. What is the average person to do. I can see the land fills being filled up with cell phones from AT&T.

I was wondering if I could find an AT&T cell phone to buy and put the sim card in it. Would this work?

]]> By: Marshall Lee http://www.legalnewswatch.com/372/ftcr-sues-t-mobile-att-and-cingular-for-locking-phones/comment-page-1#comment-3230 Marshall Lee Tue, 06 Dec 2005 06:59:34 +0000 http://www.legalnewswatch.com/?p=372#comment-3230 I don't know if anyone else had this problem, when my phone went out At&t would not let me buy a new phone unless I switched to cingular. So I have a year left on my contract for At&t, yet cingular wants to charge me for another year contract and to buy new phones on order to just use a cell phone! This is robbery! I can't afford to pay for two services, nor buy another phone! Cingular will not honor any of At&t's old agreements, so getting phone service again means paying another bill ontop of the old one, and buying a new phone for cingular! Screw Them! Everyone go to Verizon #1 Coverage and extremely flexible with their plans. Go down in flames cingular! I don’t know if anyone else had this problem, when my phone went out At&t would not let me buy a new phone unless I switched to cingular. So I have a year left on my contract for At&t, yet cingular wants to charge me for another year contract and to buy new phones on order to just use a cell phone! This is robbery! I can’t afford to pay for two services, nor buy another phone! Cingular will not honor any of At&t’s old agreements, so getting phone service again means paying another bill ontop of the old one, and buying a new phone for cingular! Screw Them! Everyone go to Verizon #1 Coverage and extremely flexible with their plans. Go down in flames cingular!

]]> By: Mae Clayton http://www.legalnewswatch.com/372/ftcr-sues-t-mobile-att-and-cingular-for-locking-phones/comment-page-1#comment-3229 Mae Clayton Sat, 22 Oct 2005 23:24:31 +0000 http://www.legalnewswatch.com/?p=372#comment-3229 The marriage that has never become a partnership. I had AT&T before Cingular and at&t merged. I thought that both companies would have become one. To my amazement they are still two separate companies under one name. My son who is sick switched my contract over to Cingular. I had the hardest time to switch back, because they were giving me a new 2 year contract. I had to spend hours going from one person to another trying to find to whom I should state my complain, Whenever I called the number on the bill I was told that I had an AT&T employee and I need cingularone. When I called cingular, I was told I need AT&T service. Which was very harassing, because my bill says Cingular. Tody I had the hardest time trying to get rid of a bill Cingular sent me. I was charged for the whole month of September up to October. Then AT&T charged me for that same time for the use of the phone. My son threw away his phone in the trash and I am trying to get a used phone so I can get someone to take over his contract. I now need a at&t unlock phone with a sim card. AT&T is charging me $25.00 for a sim card. I need their phone, their GSM, and there sim card. Isn't that high way robbery? I am very happy they are going after these companies. It is only te very poor and the very young consumers who are hurt from the companies' shady deals I am happy to see that they are bring these two companies to trial I am hoping that justice will be serve to all consumers. The marriage that has never become a partnership.

I had AT&T before Cingular and at&t merged. I thought that both companies would have become one. To my amazement they are still two separate companies under one name.

My son who is sick switched my contract over to Cingular. I had the hardest time to switch back, because they were giving me a new 2 year contract. I had to spend hours going from one person to another trying to find to whom I should state my complain, Whenever I called the number on the bill I was told that I had an AT&T employee and I need cingularone. When I called cingular, I was told I need AT&T service. Which was very harassing, because my bill says Cingular. Tody I had the hardest time trying to get rid of a bill Cingular sent me. I was charged for the whole month of September up to October. Then AT&T charged me for that same time for the use of the phone. My son threw away his phone in the trash and I am trying to get a used phone so I can get someone to take over his contract. I now need a at&t unlock phone with a sim card. AT&T is charging me $25.00 for a sim card. I need their phone, their GSM, and there sim card. Isn’t that high way robbery?

I am very happy they are going after these companies.

It is only te very poor and the very young consumers who are hurt from the companies’ shady deals

I am happy to see that they are bring these two companies to trial I am hoping that justice will be serve to all consumers.

]]> By: joe hills http://www.legalnewswatch.com/372/ftcr-sues-t-mobile-att-and-cingular-for-locking-phones/comment-page-1#comment-3228 joe hills Sun, 11 Sep 2005 22:32:12 +0000 http://www.legalnewswatch.com/?p=372#comment-3228 i just want to unlock my phone from t mobile and go to at&t i have a siemens cf62t ,if anybody can help me please email me or if anybody has any cell phones or palm pda systems for sale let me know please? Joe Hills i just want to unlock my phone from t mobile and go to at&t i have a siemens cf62t ,if anybody can help me please email me or if anybody has any cell phones or palm pda systems for sale let me know please?

Joe Hills

]]> By: CULICHI85 http://www.legalnewswatch.com/372/ftcr-sues-t-mobile-att-and-cingular-for-locking-phones/comment-page-1#comment-3227 CULICHI85 Sat, 10 Sep 2005 07:50:59 +0000 http://www.legalnewswatch.com/?p=372#comment-3227 HOW TO UNBLOCKED MY PIN CODE AND SIM CODE IF I DONT REMEMVER HOW TO UNBLOCKED MY PIN CODE AND SIM CODE IF I DONT REMEMVER

]]> By: Luann http://www.legalnewswatch.com/372/ftcr-sues-t-mobile-att-and-cingular-for-locking-phones/comment-page-1#comment-3226 Luann Wed, 31 Aug 2005 07:51:47 +0000 http://www.legalnewswatch.com/?p=372#comment-3226 I've had service with AT&T for two years. I signed up for the family plan just before the merger, but I told the customer service person that I would add my other phone at a later date. He said no problem. I was given an extra 100 mn a month and 7:00 early evenings if I would sign up for an additional year program at the same time. Well when I went to add the phone, I was told that I had to switch to Cingular because they don't support my phone, Sony Ericsson T715. So they locked me into another year, wants to charge me 7.00 a line for early evenings and charge me more for the same plan AND buy a new phone. I'm basically stuck until I get a new phone (which is a direct quote from the cust. rep) I’ve had service with AT&T for two years. I signed up for the family plan just before the merger, but I told the customer service person that I would add my other phone at a later date. He said no problem. I was given an extra 100 mn a month and 7:00 early evenings if I would sign up for an additional year program at the same time. Well when I went to add the phone, I was told that I had to switch to Cingular because they don’t support my phone, Sony Ericsson T715. So they locked me into another year, wants to charge me 7.00 a line for early evenings and charge me more for the same plan AND buy a new phone. I’m basically stuck until I get a new phone (which is a direct quote from the cust. rep)

]]> By: Jay http://www.legalnewswatch.com/372/ftcr-sues-t-mobile-att-and-cingular-for-locking-phones/comment-page-1#comment-3225 Jay Tue, 16 Aug 2005 19:38:47 +0000 http://www.legalnewswatch.com/?p=372#comment-3225 T-MOBILE SUX! YOU'VE BEEN WARNED! T-Mobile is misleading, terrible service, phones that don't work - dropped calls, can't complete calls, can't hear when you do get through... customer service? hours, & hours & MONTHS later, & 4 PHONES later, complaints lead to NOTHING, SO - when I stopped paying that got their attention - they just locked my phone & cancelled the service. I *suppose* T-mobile will unlock the phones if I pay for their NON_service. TOO BAD I HAVE 3 PHONES THAT CAN ONLY BE USED WITH T-MOBILE, AT&T/CINGULAR!!! T-MOBILE SUX! YOU’VE BEEN WARNED!

T-Mobile is misleading, terrible service, phones that don’t work – dropped calls, can’t complete calls, can’t hear when you do get through… customer service? hours, & hours & MONTHS later, & 4 PHONES later, complaints lead to NOTHING, SO – when I stopped paying that got their attention – they just locked my phone & cancelled the service.

I *suppose* T-mobile will unlock the phones if I pay for their NON_service.

TOO BAD I HAVE 3 PHONES THAT CAN ONLY BE USED WITH T-MOBILE, AT&T/CINGULAR!!!

]]> By: Jay http://www.legalnewswatch.com/372/ftcr-sues-t-mobile-att-and-cingular-for-locking-phones/comment-page-1#comment-3224 Jay Thu, 11 Aug 2005 21:56:35 +0000 http://www.legalnewswatch.com/?p=372#comment-3224 I have an at&t V600 and an ATT Blackberry 7210. Both are locked to ATT, this is a bit upsetting as a bought them at full price without a contract commitment so I could move carriers as needed. No one told me they were locked. Cingular was zero help, though the offered to sell me another locked Blackberry at full price without a contract! T-mobile has been excellent and has provided the unlock code in advance of my purchase. That is the type of company that gets my $79. per month. Watch out for Cingular, it is ATT all over again! I have an at&t V600 and an ATT Blackberry 7210. Both are locked to ATT, this is a bit upsetting as a bought them at full price without a contract commitment so I could move carriers as needed. No one told me they were locked. Cingular was zero help, though the offered to sell me another locked Blackberry at full price without a contract! T-mobile has been excellent and has provided the unlock code in advance of my purchase. That is the type of company that gets my $79. per month. Watch out for Cingular, it is ATT all over again!

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