Only one unlock attempt left - help

I have a BB 8900 which is locked to Orange in the UK and wish to change to Vodafone with whom I have  an Internet access account.   I do not have an account with Orange and therefore no Orange SIM card.
I have obtained one unlock number from a provider and that did not work.  I went to another one who gave me four numbers to try, including the one I already had and none of them worked.
I have carefully checked the IMEI number and it is correct.
I now have only one attempt left and as I understand it, once that is used up, there are no further chances.    If I get a new Orange SIM card will that restore the number of attempts to 10?. 
What can I do please.  Any ideas would be welcome.
Since my original posting I have done a factory reset using KB 18998 on the BB Technical Solution Centre, which entails connecting the Blackberry to the computer and using Command Prompt.  The factory reset was carried out ok , but the number of attempts remains as one unfortunately. Is there any way in which the number of attempts can be restored to 10 please.
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Managed to get it unlocked. A highly specialised procedure which had to be done very carefully because there was only one attempt left and there was no way back.  Highly recommended and helpful unlocker. 
www.unlockdata.co.uk who also trade under TeleGo Ltd  (a UK based company)
The problem with the unlock codes I had been provided with did not work with the 2010 Security and MEP-07723-007 should have been used instead of MEP- 07723-003.  (don't ask I don't know what it means).
One highly relieved guy.

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