i want one.

Anyone else think tweeting you IMEI number might not be the best idea?

i would love to unlock my Bold!!

This sounds like a great thing. However, i'm a little wary about having to tweet my IMEI information to get an unlock code. Think they should have a "dedicated" mailbox to handle the volume of requests; but i'm not thrilled sending my information via tweet....just my opinion!!!!

My twitter updates are protected, but I still don't want to give out my info. And you can't send a direct message unless they follow you. I agree with candigrl73, they should have done this another way.

I hope I can win!

hmm i did it and i didn't get anything.

if they are not following you how are they suppose to see your tweets directed to them?

Just looked on Twitter and searched for @cellfservices. I don't have a Twitter account, but I can see the tweets, and lots of peoples IMEI's, phone models and carriers.

Publicizing your info may not matter much, but I wouldn't feel too safe putting it out there. A catch all email to send it to would have been perfect!

something about this is fishy.

I don't understand what the big deal is about free unlock codes. I got a free code from at&t customer service. As long as you have an account with them and a BBRY in the system you simply call them and state you are heading overseas and need to have your phone unlocked. They either provide you with an email with instructions and a code within 5 business days or they supply code and instructions right then. Currently rockin an unlocked Bold and didn't have to jump through any hoops at all.

I don't see anyones tweets on their twitter right now.

>>> and the rep I talked to would NOT give me a code. They said that they had to to transfer me to the international provisioning center so they could set up my BB for international travel. They are not buying the "international traveling" excuse anymore because so many people are calling for a code. I think they have set up a department to screen out the folks who are just trying to unlock their phones!!!

i did the tweet. how do i know if they got it/saw it???? for these ppl that always say the carrier gives you unlock codes aswell, does that apply in canada to rogers? The ppl who always say it are in usa. does rogers do this too

Mine is now unlocked ; >

Carrier as in where the phone Came from? or the one that I'm currrently on. I have a 8310 i want to get unlocked that was from AT&T. Im on Tmobile.

I just checked their tweet home page and codes are being sent back via reply. Keep refreshing your twitter.

They just posted a message that said that were going to process IMEIs that required an "approval" last. What is the approval? What carrier is requiring an approval?

I think I'll "protect" my tweets and give it a try. I'm not sure what it could really hurt anyway.

What is the worse that could happen by having your IMEI out there?

i have to go the city(nyc) to get my phone unlock. plus i have to pay them a decent amount to unlock it. a free code would benefit me in so many ways.

I got my free unlock code within 2 hours. Worked perfectly.

I received my code and it works! Sweet!

Thanks Crackberry for the heads up!

I'm sorry for the lack of Twitter jargon. By "Approval" we mean where we have to request an approval to follow you. There are far too many requests to wait for each person to approve along with our normal daily operations. We will do our best to get around to it your request though! Hope that helps.

I got my code. Thanks Cellfservices & Crackberry

Received my unlock code fast and everything worked fine. Thanks, Cellfservices and CrackBerry!

Thanks to both Crackberry and Cellfservices. Received my code, unlocked my device. The only issue was I had to learn how to use twiter :)

Thought I'd share with you all, that the code he provided me worked perfectly on my girlfriend's T-Mobile blackberry. :)

Are there risks to posting your IMEI to the world?

Just did this, took a few hours, but they came through. I did it just because it was free and I could. I didn't want to pay for it, or call my carrier about it. I bet they're getting more than they bargained for.

sign me up please!

all the codes are the same for each model ... did anyone get the code for the curve 8900 from t-mobile ?

thanks

posted mine this morning, just got a response. hey i'll take it. thanks cellfservices.

Tweeted over 10 hours ago....confirmed my IMEI is right and all other info is good. They even started following me on Twitter....but no code....what gives? :(

Twitter has said that we are over the "status update limit" so we cannot send replies for the next few hours. We will however ensure that all requests made before midnight EST tonight will be returned as quickly as possible.

@ItalCanadese your @reply was sent back a while back.

I got my code a few hours ago, and just got around to entering it. Everything looks to have worked great. Thanks for the freebie.

I got my code and work out great. Thanks

i didnt get my code my mother and father didnt ether. we summited at 8pm i thought it wasnt over till 12am . if im right this is whats stated "Unlock company Cellfservices.com is giving away FREE unlock codes today until 11:59pm EST. All you have to do is send them a tweet, and they'll get back to you with an unlock code for your device" am i right . this is whats said on twitter at 1am from cellfservices "That's the last of them! Blog posting of results and special news will be up shortly :) Thanks everyone for participating!"
24 minutes ago from web
but before that it said "Promotion ends in 1 hr and 18 minutes. If your tweet or DM is dated after 11:59pm, we will not process the code."
about 4 hours ago from web
so i guess me my mother and father should be getting ower unlock codes then am i right

Sent this morning and nothing yet. I'll wait and I've send them a message on twitter. And yes I triple checked my numbers.

sent my info in the morning, and got nothing.. their response "The promotion is over already."

How can it be over when I sent it 17 hours ago?

sent my info at 6:40pm 10/05 got my code at 1:45 am 10/06 code worked just fine thanks again

I sent in my info yesterday afternoon.. before 4pm and didn't get a code.. double checked my info, everything was fine.. weird.

I sent in my information before 4:00 PM CST, and I never recieved anything from them, was this fraud??? or some scam to just get our phone info??? I need to know if this needs to be sent to apporpiate Authorities, I am willing to give this 24 hours from when I sent in my request. "R"

I submitted mine yesterday...no reply ever received...

Where is mine (hoser13)

To all those that did not get their code and followed the rules of our promo, please go to our blog http://www.cellfservices.com/blog and read through the section of "Why Haven’t I Received my Free Blackberry Unlock Code Yet?".

sent mine 23 hours ago (well before the deadline) and no dice...how do I send a DM to them if they aren't following me?

EDIT: Details, details...apparently the above announcement on Crackberry didn't include all of the required steps ("Just send a tweet..." didn't git 'er done).

The statement "All you have to do is send them a tweet, and they'll get back to you with an unlock code for your device", should have read "All you have to do is [follow them on twitter THEN] send them a tweet, and they'll get back to you with an unlock code for your device."

Apparently, they were just using this to artificially (and certainly temporarily) increase their twitter followers.

This morning cellfservices is saying to most people who didn't receive a code that it was because they didn't follow rule #1 (as posted on their blog) that "You must add them on twitter."

Yet nowhere on here (in the article, in the comments, in the replies that cellfservices was making) was this communicated. The only thing here was "send a message".

There was a statement made that if you were protected, you would be processed last. But never did they say during the promotion that you had to follow them.

It has been posted on our Blog since Sept 30 and Crackberry referenced the link as well.

Bull to just sending them a tweet, way to go.. Wonder how many people they pissed off.

I just un-followed them, nice cellfservice.. name says it all.

Followed Crackberry's simplified instructions, not knowing that there was a rule #1 - FOLLOW ON TWITTER. SO a lot of crackberry followers got f*cked because the blog ONLY said: "Just send a tweet with your IMEI, device model and carrier (unfortunately this is only for AT&T, Rogers or T-Mobile customers) to @cellfservices in the format:... "

Nothing referencing cellservices terms of the contest or even to go look on the website to make sure. Grats Crackberry, L2promote.

500 plus followers, 500 plus pissed. nice marketing, please do not do it again.

You mean the link in the text stating "If you aren't on these carriers, you can't still snag a great discount on unlock codes from Cellfservices. That have {beginlink} specials on CDMA codes {endlink} going on right now. "

Sorry, but that doesn't look like a link to rules to me...

crackberry says.. "All you have to do is send them a tweet, and they'll get back to you with an unlock code for your device"

what part of that indicates i was supposed to follow them first?

463 Codes were delivered yesterday through Twitter as well as some that we had legitimately missed today. Missed codes with all rules followed are being returned throughout the day through DM.

Cheers

463 delivered.

I searched the public timeline and had over 660 requests in the prescribed format (before twitter told me that older items were unavailable). That means that over 1/3 of the requests didn't follow the rules?

"It has been posted on our Blog since Sept 30..." They don't seem to understand that this doesn't matter (to us). I never saw the dang blog because I never had any reason to click the link (I have a AT&T BB - so no need for "specials on CDMA").

I'm sure they LOVED all the traffic they got from CB - just no love for those who followed CB's instructions.

Someone owe's me a unlock code for my Cellphone, there was nothing on here saying anything about following or this or that, and the only link posted was to buy a code for CDMA people. This is not right, and it needs to be made up either by cellfservice or Crackberry, because this was a fraudulent posting and very decieving. "R"

I removed my tweet to them, no point on having my info running for nothing.

I second the fraudulent posting.

Hello all,

First, this was not a fraudulent posting. We did indeed give out free Blackberry unlock codes. The mix up seems to be in the "following" which was not posted in this particular post but was posted in our blog since September 30.

However, we understand people's frustration who did not follow because they were not instructed to in this post. Therefore we will honor the following....

"Those that tweeted before 11:59pm EST on Monday, October 5, 2009 will receive an unlock code for a Rogers, AT&T or T-mobile Blackberry"

This means that any Tweets made AFTER 11:59pm on Oct 5 will not receive free unlock codes.

We will be posting a link in the comments here shortly with full instructions and/or details, so please hold tight.

Just received an email from Cellfservices stating I did not follow the rules of the giveaway. Specifically, I did not add them to my follow list on twitter. I responded that the blog entry on Crackberry did not mention following them. Their response was Crackberry missed it and I have not been able to get a response yet back from them. Crappy way to do business (or try to drum some up).

Thank you cellfservices for doing the right thing, and fullfilling these requests, although I feel you are not the only one at fault here, but so far the only one willing to stand up and do something. Once again Thank You for doing the right thing! "R"

Strength in numbers! Well Done People, Well Done!

Please visit us here and follow the procedures placed. To those who qualify, we will try to have your requests completed as soon as possible.

http://cellfservices.com/tweet.html

PLEASE read all details listed. We've simplified it as much as possible!

Instructions for followup are at http://cellfservices.com/tweet.html.

Many thanks.

Already sent in my email, will now have to see how it goes. Thank You cellfservices for following through with this, now we just have sit back and see what part Crackberry itself is going to play in this. I t would be nice to hear to hear from the website itself!!! "R"

Recieved my unlock code with no problem. Followed the rules, read the post, tweeted within the time period. They updated with tweeter. Thank you cellfservices and Crackberry

this after I deleted my tweet??

Many thanks to cellfservices for stepping up and honoring requests which were initially declined due to CBs incomplete article.

I hope CB steps up and helps cover the additional requests.

This is our last call to those who had tweeted on Oct. 5, 2009 without following or if we had simply missed your IMEI. Check out http://www.cellfservices.com/tweet.html for all details.

We are taking final orders until 3:00pm EST today.

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=250

Got my email when i woke up this morning, the phone is now unlocked. Thanks!

When I got up this morning, I also had my email with the unlock code. I have not used it yet... but Thank You Cellfservices. "R"

514 unlock codes given for free or $11,302.86 worth of codes. If you would like to share any tips on roaming/wireless usage, please help us out at http://cellfservices.com/blog/2009/10/08/tweet-for-a-treat-officially-ov...

Thank you everyone for participating!