lugmok!

here we go again. like usual, i'm a total odd ball at meetings, i couldn't keep up with the terms and the entire thing just blew my head off! i understood a bit (like 1/10 of the entire agenda) about the whole project but i can't imagine how to execute that. codes yknow. java know. i die nao. when i came back to my desk i was so lugmok, actually thinking of resigning and calling pointwest if we can still discuss about their job offer after i declined a month ago. i mean, i was thinking maybe they also have a +2k basic pay increase for high flyers (urgh. yeah roight), that would really mean a lot. it's like, 2 days of actual work at smart and here i am thinking i'm better off locked for 3 years at pointwest. hahaha >XS i totally missed the importance of what pointwest said where it doesn't matter if you don't know anything because they will provide you with complete training. training, yeah. that's what i'm kindof looking for. i miss the classroom. hayy.

anyway. a bit of pep talk with my colleagues jeanne and janine, and i kindof felt a little better. though you know, who knows.

How to permanently and easily unlock your Samsung GT-E1080F (Network Lock, Sim Lock)

My phone was initially Sun locked and i wanted to insert a Smart Buddy sim on it. i searched around and this is what i found effective:

1. insert wrong sim card to phone. in my case, i inserted a smart buddy sim card on my sun locked phone.
2. turn it on. it will ask for a Network Code (or similiar). choose SOS (for emergency calls) and dial: *2767*3855#
-while typing you will notice that the 3855 part is masked with multiple dashes (i.e. it will appear *2767*----#).
-it will cause your phone to restart.
3. change the network code by dialing: *7465625*638*00000000*00000000# (that's 2 sets of 8 0's for you)
-if it restarts and asks you for a Network Code, key in 00000000 (eight 0's still >:D)
4. then permanently unlock the phone by dialing: #7465625*638*00000000# (still eight)
5. check the phone lock status by dialing:  *#7465625#
- it should display INACTIVE on the item Network Lock

there you go! worked for me! i restarted the phone and re-inserted the sim to see if it really works, and it did! >:D

Comment if it worked for you too! >:D

8/1/2013 UPDATE:

Thank you for all the positive feedback! Glad to be of help :)

Some of you were asking why it doesn't work on your phones and honestly, i couldn't answer specifically because i never ran into any problems when i tried this fix. Anyway, here are my suggestions in case you're stuck somewhere along the tutorial...

1. make sure it's Samsung GT-E1080F Model
there are lots of other models with the SAME LOOK so please make sure that you're working on that specific model, otherwise i cannot guarantee anything.

2. make sure that you dialed the numbers CORRECTLY

3. i cannot verify if this guide is specific only to SUN LOCKED phones, but according to one comment it also worked on a SMART LOCKED phone.

that's all i can suggest. thanks for reading!

8/24/2016 UPDATE:

To those who have successfully unlocked the network but are experiencing SIM LOCK problems, try these. No guarantees though 'cos I just found these codes from a forum and haven't tried them yet.

#0111*0000000# -  removes SIM Lock
or
#7465625*746*00000000# disables SIM lock

hmm

sometimes i'm thinking if all of this was worth it. if my choice was right. that in exchange of a better sounding company and a 5 thousand salary difference, i'm facing a lot of hassles in life, stress and my kryptonite -- java. i'm thinking if the experience will be worth all the hardships, the weight loss and the exponential depletion of my self-esteem. i'm thinking if i'm just overreacting, and mostly unaware and not confident of my own competency (which i'm seriously not banking on). i'm thinking if i'll survive. if i'll make it on the next 6 months. i'm no good at this seriously. i may just be treading the wrong path, swerving away from my comfort zone with a promise of a better market value after what, 3 years? too freaking long.

>XS

adjustment bureau

no not the movie, just yknow, something i think i'm kindof touring right now.

so you see, i can live with the haggard commute home, standing on the bus from ayala to guadalupe at the least (megamall at worst), the seemingly endless walks, and the muscle pain, EVERYDAY. yes, i can totally live with that. every time i stand on the bus and hold the hand bars for dear life, i see it as a toning exercise. now my arms hurt like crazy. but that's okay, no muscle pain, no muscle gain hahaha

but really, first day of office deployment and i feel stressed already. so much to learn and so many intiimidating people. hay

tiring days

i'm actually pretty scared to start working, mainly because i just realized how dynamic and fast-paced Smart is. i dunno if i could handle the workload, the technology shifts every now and then, and the travel. took me 2 hours to get home because of heavy traffic. >XS plus i'm like so nega about getting regularized, i don't think my knowledge and skill sets are enough to get me through the tough process. paranoia probably but it just gets me so scared. >XS

anyway, just got our IDs today! yeyyy >XD yah i'm so happy i could resign with just this HAHA

the best thing about the week long onboarding program is probably the FOOD. HAHAHA saya eh

sometimes i don't get myself

or girls for that matter...

// signed 2 contracts today! the first one was for REX, it's for the yearbook. the committee just signed for 120 copies so yeah. i really hope this pushes through. just a few more numbers to reach. hay Lord, help.

// the other contract was for smart. yey finally i'm an official employee of smart! will start this friday! the entire week is pretty much orientation and blah then june 11 is the deployment date. Lord help me. >:D

// i don't know. no matter how much i try to convince myself that it's gone, i don't think it'll ever be. my insecurities are deeply rooted i doubt anyone could ever pull them out without scathing me. plus the fact that i'm probably subconsciously holding on to it. who cares.

// bought a few clothes and (finally) a pair of walking shoes! i'm super pleased with my new shoes! found em at trinoma, so freakin comfortable to wear! but of course, hush puppies are still the best in terms of comfort. how i wish i could afford those. >:'(

// irok2 sucks big time. won't let me create a username, says melodia04 is taken, suggests melodia04111 but it's already freaking taken. i mean, it's probably a bug. ariannegracecredobirog is taken daw. really now.

// i want a full body massage. my entire body is exhausted. >:'( and i'm like soundtrippin on audrey assad's restless during my makati escapades hahahaha. big help? when i hear it i just want to kneel and let God carry me to a sofa. then again, not enough faith... or craziness.

another tiring daaaayy

Thursday, May 24
// i did say i was supposed to get my NBI clearance then go to makati and blah. and i did! i woke up soooo early that day, like 4am! haha i arrived at ever around 5 and i'm already the 25th in the line. it was a freaking looong wait. from 5am till 8am i waited, along with a lot of hopefuls, for the opening of the office. the process was pretty quick if you don't include the long queue per station... but the line was just really horrible. NBI only accommodates 500 people per day and i couldn't image how unfortunate it will be if you're the 500th person. yer gonna have to wait inside that cave-like and burned up cinema pretty much the entire day! whew >XO i finished around 9:30 so that's a total of 4hours 30mins for someone who lined up 5am and was the 25th head count. >:D

// ate breakfast after while waiting for jeckie hehe >XD and theeen, we went to makati together! yeyyy!!! lunch lunch, then walked to the clinic to check my results, then walked to smart tower to deliver my NBI clearance blah blah blah the long walks were so freaking exhausting. we even walked to the atrium to check if my RDO has already been transferred. and to my dismay, it's still not there. haaay sayang lakad! it was super duper draining! grabe grabe grabe sobrang nakakapagod! >XO but i thank God jeckie's with me, it made the torture worthwhile hihi >X3


Friday, May 25
// someone bought my laptop bag from ebay and has paid already so i had to ship the item that same day. it's a 16" lenovo laptop bag by dicota. i thought shipping would be cheap, after all it's not even a kilo but when i came to 2GO they said they have to put it in a box (which costs 700 something! even more than the selling price of the thing! what the fridge) cos it won't fit in the largest pouch they have (which costs 190 freaking pesos, and i thought 2GO was cheap!) unless i fold it but i can't freakin fold it cos it might be damaged >X(

// i left 2GO feeling heavily disappointed and worried that the money the buyer paid will just all go to shipping. huhu why didn't i think that larger objects require bigger cases and bigger cases are more expensive? it's the biggest item i've shipped so far. i just usually send books off. huhu so i tried to research for other couriers nearby and i found AIR21 on the net (many thanks to my membership at fitness first, it has catered to a lot of emergency situations), it has a branch on fairview which (after a long while) i figured was just at FCM (and i travelled all the way to SM hayyy), and it also has a branch at SMF according to the site. though i didn't trust it cos i don't see any AIR21 at SMF, i thought it might be unupdated. hehe

// anyway, i listed the numbers down and (many thanks again to fitness first) called them on landline. some numbers were busy. luckily the one at FCM answered and asked me to call another number. badtrip yun eh and sungit ng boses! lechugas grrrr blah blah blah. in the end i gave up all hopes of contacting AIR21 FCM and just headed back home.

// but before that, i wanted to make sure if there was really an AIR21 at SMF so i asked the information lady and wew, there really was one! it's located at the far end of the main building, lower ground floor. dulong dulo talaga and it shares a stall with FEDEX. grabe thank you Lord! and when i came there, they suggested the same thing, to fold the bag so it would fit their pouch (which only costs 101 pesos yeyy). buti na lang, the guy there was very accommodating, he helped me fold the bag where it won't be damaged so it fit perfectly! yeheyyy

// oyan ang haba ng kwento ko nagpa-ship lang naman ako! hahaha

// it was around 5 when i headed home. i was supposed to go to school to fetch edlaine and charissa and pass their endorsement letter but it was too late so i just asked them to go ahead. hehe

// tentenenen! ICON TURNOVER! the whole gang (sans 3) came to the house for some sort of meeting and turnover of course. it's the part where i advise them on what to do with ICON and blah. it was crazy fun. i believe in these kids, i truly do and the way i see their bond (yak ang drama e no), i know they're gonna turn ICON into a better ICON. >:D yeyy go goys! >:D

// skip skip!

Today, May 29
// went to the atrium earlier to have my BIR FORM 2305 stamped. and wtfudge the BIR guy won't sign my paper because it's the wrong form! so i had to get another form, fill it and have my employer sign it so i could complete my requirements. hay. so from atrium, i walked aaaaaall the freaking way to smart tower to explain that the BIR guy said i got the wrong form. but HR insists that's it's the right form so whatever! i just had her sign the new form irregardless if it was the right one cos i don't wanna walk in vain yaknow. and so, i went back again to atrium to confirm about the freaking forms. BIR guy explained it naman to me, that the previous TIN i registered was not for local employment rather for self-employed so i had to fill another form so they'd tag my TIN with "for local employment". i believed the guy naman, HR didn't know i was self-employed in my previous job anyway. hehe so he stamped my forms yehesss huhu

// and you know what's next, i walked the mile to smart tower again. my feet were so freaking sore already i swear. there was a time i was looking for somewhere to sit but the couches at greenbelt were full so i just went to the CR and locked myself in a cubicle and frakking sat down for like 10 seconds hehe before i embark on yet another journey. haayyy grabe and when i came there, i had to wait for some stupid 30 minutes but after that it was okay na! haaaay super duper kaduper rewarding! i mean that's like, atrium to smart then atrium to smart again and when i boarded the bus, there were no more seats. typical monday rush hour so i forgave the circumstance. i just wanted to go home. in peace. haha

// thank you Lord. will be going to school early tomorrow to pay for the yearbook downpayment with REX, then contract signing with Smart at 2pm.

// hay Lord, give me strength. >XD i'll be starting on June 1! >XD

// and no, i don't wanna learn that there's an easier way from atrium to smart tower and vice versa without having to cross the bridge way that crosses glorieta, landmark and greenbelt. no. don't tell me. >:|