I bought an i9 cell phone but now the side to unlock feature is not functioning, therefore I cant get inside the phone

There are two reasons your Motorola i9 will refuse to write/accept bluetooth file transfers:

1. Your users manual states there is a bluetooth file size cap of up 6 megs, & the service provider may have locked it down even lower.
2. DRM & 'forward-locked' files may be refused by the bluetooth file transfer function.

Here are some steps for troubleshooting your Motorola i9 bluetooth functionality:

1. confirm that you have sufficient storage on your Motorola i9 for what you are transferring.
2. confirm your files are < 6 megs in size
3. confirm your files are DRM-unencumbered.

I hope that helps.
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i9 manual here.

To get the security code to unlock the cell phone from the current cell phone provider so you can use it with a different phone provider, Please click on this link and follow my instructions :-
http://www.fixya.com/support/r4049238-unlock_cell_phone
If your phone provider does not help you then this WEB site it provides security codes for a small price.
http://www.mobileunlockstore.com/?gclid=CKDb2_y2558CFSlJagodxBkDHw
Try this WEB site also - Unlock Free
http://www.unlock-free.com

These phones comes with Chinese mms and sms settings only. You need to set it up yourself. if you want let me know what's your service provider, I have the info. about T-Mobile, but I guess we can get any other information from Google.

Go into settings and select dual sim and select sim only 1 or 2 depending which slot your sim is in. Or deselect and reselect. Is sim located in phone right way?

www.samsung.com would have the driver for the unit at this point.

Btw, I’m available to help over the phone in case u need at https://www.6ya.com/expert/edwy_1a56970cf1ea4620

Ask chinamanuals.com - they know everything about the i9 models

send it back, these phones are COMPLETELY worthless wihout the touch screen. the person i bought my phone was always happy to helpme out, hopefully yours is too.

i9 does not support WIFI you will have to acess internet through paid services from your cell phone provider, sorry

THIS WORKED FOR US: Hold down the power button until you see the "CANCEL" icon; tap around the screen until the "CANCEL" button turns blue - this will take you back to the slide feature. MAKE NOTE OF WHERE THIS SPOT IS ON THE SCREEN. Repeat the "cancel-screentap" process to find a 2nd spot in another area of the screen. While on the "slide" screen, draw a line between the 2 spots; when you return again to the "slide" screen, the "slide" should work.

ONCE YOU HAVE OPENED THE PHONE do 2 things:

1. RECALIBRATE the screen
2. LENGTHEN the screen saver time-out to something other than the shortest time available.

Hope this works for you - GOOD LUCK!

PS - dunderground posted the following solution in Apr 2009:

"The fastest way is to be on the slide-lock screen & hold the side volume button in the Up position until "Press volume down key to check" comes up onscreen. This may or may not work on all firmware versions on the current i9, but works on most. Make sure to hold the button firmly in the Up position. You will first see the normal volume speaker icon show onscreen and the volume rise, but just keep holding it Up, and eventually you should see the pop-up box noted earlier. The moment you see that pop up onscreen, immediately press the side volume button in the down position. A white calibration screen should now show & you can calibrate the touch screen using the stylus."

THE I9 IS A JAVA BASED JAVA APP PHONE THE JAVA APP THAT RUNS THE SLIDE TO UNLOCK FEATURE HAS MALFUNCTIONED THE ONLY WAY IS TO HAVE A TOTAL FIRMWARE RESET BUT AT THE MOMENT CECT ARE NOT SUPPORTING THIS YOUR ONLY HOPE IS TO CONTACT THE SELLER OF THE PHONE AND TRY TO GET A REPLACEMENT HOPE THIS IS OF SOME HELP THERE IS A CECT FORUM IF YOU SEARCH GOOGLE