Telus Milestone on Bell (in Canada).

[Andrewj67]

Mighty D,
as a general rule, you can't use anything except a BB with a BB internet plan, as mentioned before, all BB data routes through blackberry servers and they're either not compatible with or just programmed to ignore non-bb data.

BB's use a wicked compression technology for their data transmission and everything is done a little weirdly with them, but they do good work so who's to argue?

Cheers,
Andrew

[Mighty D]

Ok guys, here the update:

On Wednesday of last week the blackberry (i am assuming out of sheer spite) decided to die on me and I grabbed one of my older ones for a few days. Thursday I went to bestbuy and picked up a moto droid (or milestone.. whats the difference anyway?) locked to Telus. Went online to CellUnlockingCodes.com (where I have gotten 3 devices unlocked in the past with no problems) and purchased a code from them. This monday I got a response from one of their staff with the following:

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Hi,

Sorry I have been unable to generate the correct unlock code for your mobile. There are so many mobile out there sometimes the firmware on certain versions mean I can't generate the code.

I have sent your details over the accounts team who will send you a refund. Although normally quicker please allow up to 7 days for the refund to get back into your account.

Once again I apologise for not being able to get the correct code for your mobile. Your only option may be your network operator or a local shop who can unlock via a cable.

Thanks

Logan
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While I am happy that they arent keeping my 10 bucks, I still need to get this thing unlocked.. any ideas as to where I can do this online? Any suggestions?

Please help... the older bb is an even bigger pain then the 9000 was and I cant wait to get this sweet android up and running...

[Bossman74]

I got my unlock code at http://www.mobileincanada.com

Worked like a charm, that was about 3 months ago

The difference between the two versions is that the Milestone (Telus) is HSPA (gsm) and the Droid (Verizon) is CDMA, the rest is the same.

[Mighty D]

Thanks for that... just ordered the code now. Keeping my fingers crossed

[Mighty D]

This is strange:

mobileincanada.com sent me an unlock code, their tutorial shows that I should insert the SIM into the phone and a screen should come up with "enter code" but it doesnt. The device can make and receive calls just fine.. and do just about everything else as well. Thing is I have a hard time believing that bestbuy sold me a brand new, unlocked device. is there a way to see what the current locks are (i know how to do this on a bb but not on a droid)...

Any thoughts?