I recently bought Huawei Ascend Y530 which is SIM-locked in a swiss provider, swisscom that is. I checked through the web to find how can a sim-locked phone be used with any sim, but surprisingly I couldn't find something usefull.
There are a lot of entries, about companies that give you an unlocking code, by providing them, the device's IMEI. Unfortunately this doesn't come free of charge let alone the questionable reability.
I contacted Huawei to provide me with the code, but they couldn't.
The most relevant information I could find was from xda-developers forum, where someone can find a lot of information about rooting or unlocking bootloader but not on how to unlock the sim.
Another interesting question was Is there a free way of unlocking an Android phone from a particular network?. There, someone can unlock the phone just by giving the IMEI number. Rather sadly however, this app can only be used for a certain provider and a specific device.
I don't know if I factory-reset the phone will be unlocked or even rooting it.
Does anyone know how to unlock the phone, so as to use any sim card? Is there a way to get access to the SIM-unlocking code, just like it can happen with a lot of Samsung devices?
