How do I remove sim card on nokia 1616 - T-Mobile Sidekick

Try to hard reset but first backup your files then add the write code.
Warning : Do not enter any wrong unlock codes on your Nokia 1616 mobile phones. If you enter over a certain amount of wrong unlock codes on your Nokia 1616 mobile phone, your phone may get hard locked and sometimes become unusable.
1 - Switch on your Nokia 1616 without any sim card.
2 - Don't bother as to what is displayed on your Nokia 1616.
3 - Compose #pw+CODE+1#.
4 - The Nokia 1616 would then display the message "SIM Restriction Off" and will be unlocked!
Note :For Nokia 1616 mobile phones locked to the network Fido or Rogers in Canada follow these instructions :
1 - Switch on your Nokia 1616 without any sim card.
2 - Don't bother as to what is displayed on your Nokia 1616.
3 - Compose #pw+CODE+7#.
4 - The Nokia 1616 would then display the message "SIM Restriction Off" and will be unlocked!
The letter p appears if you press the button star(*) three times quickly
The letter w appears if you press the button star(*) four times quickly
The symbol + appears if you press the button star(*) two times quickly
The CODE you need to enter is the unique unlock code for your Nokia 1616

If you need to Unlock Nokia 1616 Phone or Ericsson Phone from network lock? Specify the current network ,country it's locked now..Free Unlock code not possible to get for Nokia 1616 and Ericsson Phones you need to pay for it..Visit the site
Classicunlocking.com
get the unlock code for Nokia 1616 and get the Free Unlocking instructions there itself unlock it easily.You an get the Ericsson Phones unlock code at Classicunlocking.com/ericsson/rs17wp8/ and unlock it easily.Then use any GSM Network sim card like Orange network.

Hi, You can get the unlock code for a Nokia 1616 from www.onlinegsmunlock.com/nokia-1616/rs7wp9/ at affordable cost.
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UNLOCKING STEPS FOR NOKIA 1616
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1 - Switch on your Nokia 1616 without any sim card.
2 - Don't bother as to what is displayed on your Nokia 1616.
3 - Compose #pw+CODE+1#.
4 - The Nokia 1616 would then display the message "SIM Restriction Off" and will be unlocked!

Note :For Nokia 1616 mobile phones locked to the network Fido or Rogers in Canada follow these instructions :
1 - Switch on your Nokia 1616 without any sim card.
2 - Don't bother as to what is displayed on your Nokia 1616.
3 - Compose #pw+CODE+7#.
4 - The Nokia 1616 would then display the message "SIM Restriction Off" and will be unlocked!

The letter p appears if you press the button star(*) three times quickly
The letter w appears if you press the button star(*) four times quickly
The symbol + appears if you press the button star(*) two times quickly
The CODE you need to enter is the unique unlock code for your Nokia 1616

Nokia 1616 is only available ,Nokia 1616 AND NOKIA 1616-2B are same,It locked to which country GSM Network sim card..You can get the unlock code from the site Theunlockarena.com and unlock it from the network lock.

hi you may inserted a new sim card..that is new network provider..so that only your nokia 1616 will ask sim not valid. you need to unlock your old network provider by entering the restriction code . this restriction code is available at many restriction code providers like Classicunlocking .

try unlocking4u to get unlock code for your nokia 1616 and get it unlocked..

Get code from Online site...

Restriction is nothing but the unlocking for your mobile,
unlocking means in your phone just removes the SIM card restriction on your phone so that you can use any other network's SIM card.
To get the restriction code for your Nokia model mobile, just visit this site Theunlockarena.com , in this site just give your IMEI number , country & network lock after that within a short period you can get the restriction code for your nokia mobile.....I hope this may helpful to you.........

It may locked to some Network so that it's Not detecting the Sim Card....You can reach here
http://www.prounlocking.com/nokia-1616/rs8wp9/ check code for that and Get that and Unlock Nokia 1616.then use any GSM Sim Card in the Mobile Noka 1616.