Good news, T-Mobile customers. The AT&T Dell Streak can now be unlocked in a matter of seconds with the Rebel Sim II. I had tried many, many times to unlock the Streak with this card in the past, but what made it work this time is the firmware.
Version 1.2 of the firmware was released two weeks ago, and I can confirm that it is able to unlock the AT&T-locked Streak for use with T-Mobile (voice and EDGE). The Rebel Sim II does not void your warranty because it doesn't modify any software or permanently unlock the device; once you remove the card, the Streak is back to its AT&T-only state. Put it back in with your T-Mobile SIM, and it's unlocked for T-Mobile again. Take it out and your Streak is locked to AT&T.
Want to use your official AT&T Streak with T-Mobile (and other carriers)? Here's how to do it.
1. Buy the Rebel Sim II for £10. You can buy it with the SIM cutter too if you want, but a regular hole puncher works just fine.
2. Punch a hole at the top of your T-Mobile SIM card. It doesn't affect the card's usability (you're just punching through useless plastic) and the hole doesn't have to be precise.
All you need to do is make sure the black square on the Rebel Sim II is exposed when the cards are stacked. That little chip is the source of the magic.
Here's a more technical explanation:
"The Rebel Simcard has an IC on the FPCB and this intercepts some of the communication between the network simcard and phone and enables the use of other network simcard's in a otherwise locked phone."
3. Slide the stacked cards into the Streak's standard SIM slot. They won't stay together very well on their own, so you can use a small piece of tape on the edge if you can't get them in correctly. There's very little room for imperfection when inserting the cards (i.e., they really need to be lined up correctly for this to work), so be patient and keep trying.
4. Once the two cards are inserted, put the Streak's battery back in, replace the back cover, and turn it on. If the cards are in correctly, you'll see T-Mobile in the status bar as soon as the Streak boots up and prepares the SD card. If you don't see it, take the cards out and try again.
And that's it.
I've got Android 2.1 on my official AT&T Streak, and it works with no problems on T-Mobile.
After I removed the Rebel Sim II and T-Mobile SIM card, I put my AT&T card back in and it was like nothing had happened.
I'm back on AT&T and fully locked to the carrier until the next time my Rebel Sim II wants to take a ride in the Dell Streak.
If you already have a Rebel Sim II card with the old firmware, you can download the new firmware and load it onto the card with a compact programmer.
Woo Hoo!
I ordered one a couple of days ago and was banking on it working!
I want to purchase this so bad but I don’t have the 300. Does anyone know when amazon will get this bad boy? If they do get it will they lower the price? I even tried looking for that electronics and accessories coupon.
Hopefully it hasn’t been used yet.
This is a 15% off coupon!
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Jen, is that ADW.Launcher you’re running on the home screen?
And…what time/date/weather widget is that?
Jenn,
As far as I know, Rebel SIM II with 1.1 firmware had problems with 3G, so T-Mobile test is not definitive, as it only proves it works in 2G mode.
Anyone to confirm the 1.2 FW works with 3G? Canadian bros? Someone on Rogers/Fido/Bell/Telus?
HS: is it possible to have the meteo an clock widget on the standard home?
Which one is it?
Thanks
No Dice. Thank you tho.
It would not work on 3G with TMo anyway because of the bands. Rebel did not work at all with this Streak before (no voice or 2G) so this is definitive proof that it works with TMo.
I live in Canada and ordered it.
I hope it arrives by Friday Sept 3.
I will post my result in the forum if it’s not posted before by someone else.
thats the beautiful widget home widget
i live in Canada too and ordered sim card yesterday.
banking on it working with streak on rogers.
don’t have streak yet though.
I’d like to know too…
Just to clarify. It would only work with T-Mobile for Voice and Edge, no T-Mobile 3g. Is this correct?
It says voice and edge in the second paragraph.
Has anyone tried this on an O2 streak to use with orange network? Rebel showed it will work with UK orange network but I don’t really believe them because they claimed the same with rebel sim one but it just don’ work.
I am also interested in the widget…..
I still have my beta test streak and it works fine on t-mobile (without 3g). Anyone know why I didn’t have to hack it?
The beta Streaks are already unlocked.
Ok this is awesome for me since I was thinking about just going with the G2 since I couldn’t have the Streak.
I know it only works for Voice and EDGE.
I have a question.
I’ve dabbled around in the Android Market on the Streak while it was locked to AT&T and compared to my G1 on T-Mobile there weren’t that many apps to pick and choose from.
Could this have been because of the lock that AT&T has put on the phone or is it because not to many app developers have gotten around to fixing their apps for the larger screen size?
Sorry if my grammer was a bit weird here.
it’s beautiful widget
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So the Rebel Sim will unlock the $550 Dell Streak. Is it impossible (because of need to activate via ATT) to buy the Streak for $299 and unlock it with the Rebel Sim, and use with TMO? As I understand it the Streak will only work with TMO 2G because it is missing the 3G frequency?
The only way to get the Streak for that price is to sign up for a 2-year contract with AT&T, but yes, the Rebel Sim would still work for T-Mobile EDGE and voice only. I suppose you could cancel the contract early and just pay the ETF ($200?).
Use the Dell Streak Unlocker because it is permanent:
http://www.unlockstreak.com/products/unlock-dell-streak
you can do this by code too…..
http://unlockcellphonecode.com/code-for-unlocking-dell-mobile-devices
I’ve dabbled around in the Android Market on the Streak while it was locked to AT&T and compared to my G1 on T-Mobile there weren’t that many apps to pick and choose from.
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Use UnlockStreak software
Thank you! I went to the link and just got my code. worked perfectly..
im now using a different sim card..and i didnt need to do anything but enter the unlock code.