Unlock Fire Phone: SIM unlock
If you want to unlock your Fire Phone because you prefer a different mobile operator than Telekom, this is completely uncomplicated and quick to do. Amazon is extremely cooperative in this regard, so you can use your Fire Phone without a SIM lock with a mobile operator of your choice.
Fire Phone from Amazon without SIM lock
If you have a Telekom SIM card, you do not have to unlock your Fire Phone because it is activated for the Telekom D1 network. Otherwise, just follow the steps outlined below:
- After you have received a shipping notification from Amazon, the online shop will send you another email relatively quickly - usually within two days. This contains the eight-digit code that you can use to unlock your Fire Phone.
- Before you can unlock the Fire Phone, you need to insert the SIM card of your mobile service provider into the switched-off smartphone. You will find a suitable tool in the packaging to make it easier to open the SIM card compartment of the Fire Phone. If you accidentally threw it away, just use a paper clip or something similar.
- Insert the tool into the corresponding opening in the SIM card compartment and apply slight pressure. The card compartment should then pop open relatively quickly.
- As soon as the SIM card compartment is open, insert the SIM card of your mobile service provider into the compartment and close it again.
Unlock the fire phone
- After the preliminary work has been completed, switch on the Fire Phone and enter the corresponding PIN for your SIM card.
- The Fire Phone registers that it is not activated for the network and the mobile service provider and you will receive a corresponding message on the display asking you to enter the corresponding unlock code.
- Finally, enter the eight-digit unlock code from Amazon and you can now use your Fire Phone without SIM lock with any mobile service provider of your choice.
- Tip: You can not only unlock the smartphones that you now purchase from Amazon for free. Any Fire Phone purchased from Amazon since September 2014 can be unlocked free of charge. If you did not receive the appropriate code from Amazon automatically, contact Amazon Customer Service.
If you have a WiFi network at home, it is useful to set up your Fire Phone for WiFi as well. In the next practical tip, we will explain how you can do this quickly.