Thread: Hermes 100 is this bricked?

Quote: Originally Posted by dona123 I just purchased HTC Cingular 8525 and was told that it was unlocked. Well it is unlocked to the sim card that it arrived to me with, but when I put my sim card (from different carrier) in it, it asked for the pass code. Being an idiot to all of this, I started trying to put the number in that would unlock my old phone. After a lot of searching, I found that I only have so many tries to unlock and then it...

I just purchased HTC Cingular 8525 and was told that it was unlocked. Well it is unlocked to the sim card that it arrived to me with, but when I put my sim card (from different carrier) in it, it asked for the pass code. Being an idiot to all of this, I started trying to put the number in that would unlock my old phone. After a lot of searching, I found that I only have so many tries to unlock and then it is bricked. Okay, my screen says...

I just purchased HTC Cingular 8525 and was told that it was unlocked. Well it is unlocked to the sim card that it arrived to me with, but when I put my sim card (from different carrier) in it, it asked for the pass code. Being an idiot to all of this, I started trying to put the number in that would unlock my old phone. After a lot of searching, I found that I only have so many tries to unlock and then it is bricked. Okay, my screen says...

I just purchased HTC Cingular 8525 and was told that it was unlocked. Well it is unlocked to the sim card that it arrived to me with, but when I put my sim card (from different carrier) in it, it asked for the pass code. Being an idiot to all of this, I started trying to put the number in that would unlock my old phone. After a lot of searching, I found that I only have so many tries to unlock and then it is bricked. Okay, my screen says...

Not bricked at all. Just locked, you will need the PUK code to unlock it probably.

Not bricked at all. Just locked, you will need the PUK code to unlock it probably.

Contact your carrier (Orange, O2 etc) and ask them for your PUK code

Just so ya know, the PUK code is relative to the sim card security. It just means what it's been asking for is YOUR pin code that you would at some time have applied to your sim card to secure it from prying eyes. Any phone you put your sim card in should ask for it each time the phone is turned on. The other code that is a possibility here is if the previous owner of the HTC entered a security code to prevent other sim cards being used...

Mi hermes show NO GSM helme if update from original ROM and brick in 11% if update radio brick in 0% Help me please...

my 8525 needed an eight digit number my code number was four digits So four 0's in front of it did the trick