Hi,
How do I know if my unlocked X10 is a carrier X10 thats been unlocked or a sim-free X10 altogether?
Thanks
Paul
Where did you get it from?
Cex on the high street.
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This won't be a definitive answer but it'll help:
In the key lock screen, press the power button to turn the screen on and then while the phone is still locked press menu, back, back, menu, back, menu, menu & back
Then select Service info -> Model info. What does it say in there?
X10i, United Kingdom, O2 Pay Monthly.
I assume the O2 bit is because that's my SIM.
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Model info should be...
Model
Country
Brand
...what does it say under brand? If it's been debranded however you're not going to know.
O2 Pay Monthly under brand.
The box from cex was a standard Sony Ericsson one with a small vodafone sticker over one edge.
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TheMathMan said:
The box from cex was a standard Sony Ericsson one with a small vodafone sticker over one edge.
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Pretty obvious then you would think.
Not really. My old HD2 had an O2 sticker but was a factory unlocked version as it was bought from an online retailer.
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Not really. My old HD2 had an O2 sticker but was a factory unlocked version as it was bought from an online retailer.
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ALL O2 handsets come factory unlocked, and always have.
As do vodafone handsets.
So its a vodafone phone with o2 firmware on it?!?
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Who knows? I just thought there might have been a way of finding it from a build number or something.
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Just had a thought - does the IMEI number of the phone match the label on the box?
hey guys.i have an x10i. build number r2ba026,region:greece and balkans,brand:costumized.
what does this means? i'll get the update when it will appear for greece or i could flash the nordic one without having any problems later.thx
SaintyUK said:
As do vodafone handsets.
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They do what?
SaintyUK said:
So its a vodafone phone with o2 firmware on it?!?
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It's clearly a Vodafone handset that's been unlocked and he's using an O2 simcard.
Vodafone phones are factory unlocked also.
And he maybe using a o2 simcard, but the firmware is definately o2 branded!
SaintyUK said:
Vodafone phones are factory unlocked also.
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Not the ones I've owned in the past, I've only ever known O2 to provide their phones unlocked.
They have only been factory unlocked in the last few years. I used to work for Vodafone
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Please vote in the poll above so we can establish which Samsung Galaxy S2s are locked or unlocked.
Please only vote if you bought your phone from O2.
Thanks!
James
Thanks for the one vote so far, hopefully this can prove to be a useful poll
Mine is unlocked. Brought at O2 reading handset only.
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Today O2 store and PAYG £399 Unlocked .
jje
Should there not be a SIM Free options, as that's what I purchased, which is different to PAYG.
Chilledbud said:
Should there not be a SIM Free options, as that's what I purchased, which is different to PAYG.
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But this poll is asking about O2 phones, not the SIM free ones...
_dsk_ said:
But this poll is asking about O2 phones, not the SIM free ones...
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Quite. I'd expect a SIM free one to be unlocked!
Sim free i have seen so far have been £500 +
jje
Just bought from O2 in Ealing - PAYG locked (but subset unlocked, so GiffGaff works)
Odd how some are locked and others arent.
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JJEgan said:
Sim free i have seen so far have been £500 +
jje
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I've seen stock at £489.98 with free delivery.
risq said:
Odd how some are locked and others arent.
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First shipment to O2 was probably unlocked, subsequent shipments seem to be locked. This quite often happens when supply is limited initially.
My PAYG is unlocked from Bridgend
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Can someone confirm that you can see if the phone is unlocked on the spot when you go and buy from O2 in-store. As in you can open it and check.
I assume you can but I just want to make sure. This is my first time buying a phone in the UK and I inted to use on 3 or giffgaff depending on the quality (and reliaiblty) of the 3G signal.
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Please vote in the poll above so we can establish which Samsung Galaxy S2s are locked or unlocked.
Please only vote if you bought your phone from O2.
Thanks!
James
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Unlocked out of the box and working with T-Mobile contract SIM.
Purchased a hour ago from O2 store on London Wall.
Got it from store, it is locked.
Picked mine up from the Winchester store on PAYG about an hour ago, and is working perfectly with my Vodafone SIM.
Note that I put this SIM straight in, without ever switching it on with an O2 SIM -- not sure if it does something weird like lock itself to the first SIM that's ever in it?
Mines locked on contract . I put my tmob sim in straight away but it came up with request for code, then emergency calls only. Ive rung 02 already and requested unlock code - they say 7 to 10 working days. In no real rush, as I have my desire z
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Recieved mine, it's brill.
Bought on an O2 contract (ordered Monday) and it is unlocked out of the box
Well I got mine on d 27th at phones4u, but they only had 1 left and they still offered it to me on orange, vodaphone or o2. So I'm guessing it's unlocked. Haven't been able to check yet tho, I've only got orange sim cards in me gaff.
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Hi. I hope that someone can answer my query...basically, I purchased a brand new Samsung Galaxy S2 from ebay and was sold as a sim-free and unbranded UK version. I am not doubting this but just wish to check that this is the case. Therefore, is there any way that I can determine this by looking at the devices firmware version, etc? Many thanks in advance. Scott
Well does it have a carrier logo on boot, if not its generic. If it takes another sim its unlocked
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scott2121210 said:
Hi. I hope that someone can answer my query...basically, I purchased a brand new Samsung Galaxy S2 from ebay and was sold as a sim-free and unbranded UK version. I am not doubting this but just wish to check that this is the case. Therefore, is there any way that I can determine this by looking at the devices firmware version, etc? Many thanks in advance. Scott
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Try *#7465625# and see if they are all set to off
Many thanks for your reply...I will give that a go and see how I get on.
JupiterdroidXDA said:
Well does it have a carrier logo on boot, if not its generic.
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I know you know you can remove the carrier logo
johncmolyneux said:
I know you know you can remove the carrier logo
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Hi. No carrier logo that I can see. Also, I typed '*#272*<your-phones-IMEI>#' and the sales code came up as 'CPW' which I assume is Carphone Warehouse and if I am correct then phones supplied by them are sim-free unbranded.
scott2121210 said:
Hi. No carrier logo that I can see. Also, I typed '*#272*<your-phones-IMEI>#' and the sales code came up as 'CPW' which I assume is Carphone Warehouse and if I am correct then phones supplied by them are sim-free unbranded.
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It sounds unbranded to me mate.
Yes most if not all CPW are sim free and just have the CPW CSC added .
jje
Yes, they are all set to off.
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I had my s3 supplied by orange UK and thought that it would probably be locked to orange although there was no branding on the box or phone.
Started looking over the net to see how I could check and found that if you enter *# 7465625# and they read off or disabled then your phone is completely unlocked.
Mine is which is a real bonus so well chuffed.
Sorry if this was already known to everyone but was new to me and thought it might be useful for some people.
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This is what I mean
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Got mine direct from O2, presumed it was locked down tight but using the code you provided it shows as fully unlocked.
Bonus!
Thanks for pointing this out
Could be due to the delay just to get the phones out the networks haven't had time to put their code into Android, perhaps when they get all the preorders out future ones will.
Mine is from Affordable mobiles so I know it will not be locked
I was told that I had a version of orange software on here, although no orange apps etc. But phone was really buggy so flashed with the latest release, been really good since the.
Just pleased its not locked also, helps in the event I don't remain happy with it and decide to sell it.
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mines from O2. Its locked :/
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hpsauce37 said:
I had my s3 supplied by orange UK and thought that it would probably be locked to orange although there was no branding on the box or phone.
Started looking over the net to see how I could check and found that if you enter *# 7465625# and they read off or disabled then your phone is completely unlocked.
Mine is which is a real bonus so well chuffed.
Sorry if this was already known to everyone but was new to me and thought it might be useful for some people.
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FINALLY i know now yes mine is unlocked too im on 3 Ireland i thought it would have been locked but it's not so good news.
Thanks a lot mate for posting this
hal752 said:
mines from O2. Its locked :/
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Mine is from o2 through CPW and isn't locked at all (had since launch)
Also has anyone noticed the spelling mistake from the picture?it's the same in mine
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am I the only one around here who's getting irritated by their persionalizatiob typo? am I?
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No worries,
I can't sleep either
On O2 bought post-launch and no lock
Mines unlocked and I'm on Orange also, checked last week which I'm pleased about.
Got mine from 3uk on release day but had to get a replacement 3days ago and that come network locked
delsus said:
Could be due to the delay just to get the phones out the networks haven't had time to put their code into Android, perhaps when they get all the preorders out future ones will.
Mine is from Affordable mobiles so I know it will not be locked
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It certainly looks that way! I got mine on preorder and it came unlocked, whilst other O2 folks who waited till after release got a locked phone.
I asked O2 what benefits there were for preordering with them but they didn't mention it being unlocked! In fact, they didn't mention any benefits!
Vodafone contract handset "box only" means no contract just paid £475 for handset and it's unlocked.
SIII'ed
On orange uk and its locked
Also i can't believe orange have removed the firmware update option with there bloatware
Is T-Mobile batch unlocked? If so, would it work abroad?
hpsauce37 said:
I had my s3 supplied by orange UK and thought that it would probably be locked to orange although there was no branding on the box or phone.
Started looking over the net to see how I could check and found that if you enter *# 7465625# and they read off or disabled then your phone is completely unlocked.
Mine is which is a real bonus so well chuffed.
Sorry if this was already known to everyone but was new to me and thought it might be useful for some people.
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Got my rather wonderful Galaxy S3 on Vodafone contract.
Unfortunately that USSD code doesn't seem to work on mine.
The phone and firmware is unbranded though.
So I'm guessing its open to all networks?
Plus the phone arrived in a Samsung white box, and not a Vodafone one.
Im i the only person where this code doesnt show anything?
sh0wst0pper said:
Im i the only person where this code doesnt show anything?
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No, you're not the only person, loads of us have the issue with this and other codes.
I bought my sgs3 GT i9300 from the agent in Singapore ,but there are some singtel carrier apps so i want to know if it is a network unlocked or locked phone and if it is the international version and why there are some carrier apps
thanks in advance!
Depends on where your bought it from....e.g if purchased from an o2 store the device will be locked to o2, whereas if purchased from phones4u or carphone warehouse the device will generally be sim free
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I bought it from samsung agent in singapore but it contained some carrier apps so is it network locked or unlocked and is it the international version?
speedyjay said:
Depends on where your bought it from....e.g if purchased from an o2 store the device will be locked to o2, whereas if purchased from phones4u or carphone warehouse the device will generally be sim free
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Thats not true O2 many are unlocked all CPW unlocked based on my phones bought .
jje
Easiest way to know if it is network unlocked is to use another SIM or dial *#7465625#
dylanf69 said:
I bought my sgs3 GT i9300 from the agent in Singapore ,but there are some singtel carrier apps so i want to know if it is a network unlocked or locked phone and if it is the international version and why there are some carrier apps
thanks in advance!
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In Singapore, all phones are sold unlocked by law. Most likely, it is unlocked.
iphdrunk said:
Easiest way to know if it is network unlocked is to use another SIM or dial *#7465625#[/QU
is this way safe? and everything must be off in the list to be an unlocked phone right?
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dylanf69 said:
iphdrunk said:
Easiest way to know if it is network unlocked is to use another SIM or dial *#7465625#[/QU
is this way safe? and everything must be off in the list to be an unlocked phone right?
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yes it is safe and my unlocked s3 says everything is off.
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Hi. Has anyone managed to obtain a UK LTE version?
Sony store still shows pre-order only with shipping from the 17th June.
Would be great to hear if anyone has nabbed themselves one!
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NOTE: Please keep discussion on this thread limited to UK LTE version only. There is an existing thread specific to the UK WiFi version here http://forum.xda-developers.com/z4-tablet/help/uk-wifi-version-availability-t3153497
Yep. Got mine from O2 on 25th June.
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Thanks for the reply.
Guessing it might be locked to O2?
philipdeane said:
Thanks for the reply.
Guessing it might be locked to O2?
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It is locked to O2
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philipdeane said:
Hi. Has anyone managed to obtain a UK LTE version?
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Amazon UK currently have it in stock for £579.99. :good:
tonylee2000 said:
It is locked to O2
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Got mine on o2 as well, it was locked on o2 but when i called them and told them to unlock it for me, they filled out a form and i received the unlock code within 3 days free of charge, now my tablet is unlocked and am currently using my other sim card in it