16-10-2008, 16:38
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Unlocking Mobiles Charge
I thought the £15 charge for unlocking mobiles was a bit steep.
I fancied being unlocked rather than locked onto a provider .... never mind that I just put some more credit on my phone - so obviously going to use them a while longer!!!
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16-10-2008, 16:42
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Re: Unlocking Mobiles Charge
And what was the point of your post again????
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16-10-2008, 16:57
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Re: Unlocking Mobiles Charge
I see where you are coming from!
I would honestly prefer to be free (unlocked) and thought £15 was on the high side !!
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16-10-2008, 17:28
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Re: Unlocking Mobiles Charge
if the phone is on contract,your provider has to give you the unlock code after 12 months Vodafone mailed me mine after i phoned to request it.
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16-10-2008, 17:29
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Re: Unlocking Mobiles Charge
£15 is a fair price, some providers have charged upwards of £30-£40 in the past.
You could take your phone to a local mobile repair shop and they might be able to do it for you for cheaper (I paid £10 to get mine unlocked so I could switch to virgin)
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16-10-2008, 17:37
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Re: Unlocking Mobiles Charge
I got mine unlocked for £10 as well just from a small mobile phone shop.
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16-10-2008, 17:39
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Re: Unlocking Mobiles Charge
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Originally Posted by on in an hour!
if the phone is on contract,your provider has to give you the unlock code after 12 months Vodafone mailed me mine after i phoned to request it.
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Its not on contract - I'm on PAYG and had this phone for 4 years and another phone for another fairish stretch with Virgin!
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16-10-2008, 17:54
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Re: Unlocking Mobiles Charge
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Originally Posted by FairyFairy
Its not on contract - I'm on PAYG and had this phone for 4 years and another phone for another fairish stretch with Virgin!
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oh right,but as said above £10 is about the norm,maybe dearer for new phones but as yours is 4yrs old it should be cheap.
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16-10-2008, 18:31
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Re: Unlocking Mobiles Charge
The phone Virgin sent me wasn't locked in the first place
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16-10-2008, 18:34
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Re: Unlocking Mobiles Charge
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Originally Posted by BenMcr
The phone Virgin sent me wasn't locked in the first place
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mine bloody was...a cheapo samsung e250!! it nearly cost me as much to get it unlocked as it did to buy the f****n thing
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16-10-2008, 18:36
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Re: Unlocking Mobiles Charge
I just bought my last PAYG phone off ebay, already unlocked.
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16-10-2008, 19:11
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Re: Unlocking Mobiles Charge
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Originally Posted by on in an hour!
mine bloody was...a cheapo samsung e250!! it nearly cost me as much to get it unlocked as it did to buy the f****n thing
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See there is ya problem lol.
I got a N73 and it had no Virgin branding on it whatsoever, and was a lot cheaper than a SIM free version
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16-10-2008, 20:41
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Re: Unlocking Mobiles Charge
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Originally Posted by BenMcr
The phone Virgin sent me wasn't locked in the first place
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Hells Bells
I better check!!!!
I've got an old sim from another company --- I presume I just stick it in
---------- Post added at 20:21 ---------- Previous post was at 20:20 ----------
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Originally Posted by Paul M
I just bought my last PAYG phone off ebay, already unlocked.
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I have been trawling through the pages looking
---------- Post added at 20:41 ---------- Previous post was at 20:21 ----------
Locked
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16-10-2008, 22:50
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Re: Unlocking Mobiles Charge
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Originally Posted by FairyFairy
I've got an old sim from another company --- I presume I just stick it in
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If its a sim that you have had for a while it might be deactivated and not actually show you if the phone is unlocked or not, better off trying a friends sim card to see if the phone is unlocked.
What type of phone is it your wanting to unlock?
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16-10-2008, 23:17
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Re: Unlocking Mobiles Charge
I paid £6 at the local market to have a Samsung E250 unlocked from Virgin.
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