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Hi. I'd like to buy a SGS2 in p4u or CarPhoneWwarehouse. I've got 2 questions:
1.How much would it cost?
2.Will be Unlocked and Unbranded?
BTW. Which shop do you prefer?
EDIT: If i would buy a branded phone is there posibility to make it unbranded(i really hate operators logos )?
Got mine at Phones4u, It's unlocked and unbranded. In both shops they told me it would be totally unlocked and unbranded whatever network I chose.
Pay as you go costs £499.99 in both shops, but you have to buy £10 credit.
As for contract?
http://www.phones4u.co.uk/shop/shop_contract_details.asp?ItemKey=519740
http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/mobiles/mobile-phones/SAMSUNG-GALAXY-S-2
Can somebody tell me what is different between branded and unbranded phone (especially SGS2) ?? Only logo and firmware updates or something else.
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Can somebody tell me what is different between branded and unbranded phone (especially SGS2) ?? Only logo and firmware updates or something else.
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Currently it is only a bootscreen and a couple of wallpapers. However updates will be delayed and it's likely they will add more bloat later on. Orange ruined my HTC Desire with their crapware.
You can however easily change it to a stock firmware etc. A guide is available on the dev forum.
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Took me a lot of blagging, but I managed to get my GS2 for £400 from Carphone Warehouse on the day they got them in. This is because they're doing some new policy where they will match your network's price. O2 are doing offline GS2s for £400. I had to go back to the shop 3 times, but I finally talked them into it. Was the last one in stock too on the day. This was even before the "Pay as you go" packages were on their system, so I didn't have to buy a top-up either. Was quite proud of myself.
Weren't going to pay £500 when O2 were doing them for £400!
Got mine from carphone warehouse on a new O2 contract and it's completely unbranded.
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i just bought the phone and im so happy.
First of all i bought it at p4u. i paid 499.95 + 10.00(topup). It's fully unlocked and unbranded
However, i've got a little problem with the phone. When i plug in a earphones which were in the box i sometimes got a strange noise but sound is still there. i tried with another earphones and everything was ok. both hedsets are hard to plug off (?)so i have to use some force. do u have same problem?
SORRY FOR MY ENGLISH
Hi all!
My friend was bought a Lumia 800 for Christmas, but its locked to Orange and he does not have an Orange sim.
I have had a look on a few sites stating they can unlock it, but 2 have failed to do so so far!
And having to wait a week+ each time to see if its worked is just getting on my tits!
Anyone know of a place I can get an actual working unlock code
Cheers
Keith
Keefo said:
Hi all!
My friend was bought a Lumia 800 for Christmas, but its locked to Orange and he does not have an Orange sim.
I have had a look on a few sites stating they can unlock it, but 2 have failed to do so so far!
And having to wait a week+ each time to see if its worked is just getting on my tits!
Anyone know of a place I can get an actual working unlock code
Cheers
Keith
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Check ##782# in the dialer and it will tell you if it's definitely sim locked or not.
Get him to contact Orange and request them to unlock it. Maybe say you're going on holiday somewhere for a month...
This site could unlock it.
As it is early days it is expensive to unlock it due to certain technical restrictions. See this thread for an explanation and more discussion on sim unlocking.
Will check if its locked in a min, but im pretty sure it is.
Will try orange if the current unlocker i have orderd from does not deliver the code today!
I have tried UnlockLiberty.com and currently trying unlockitnow.com!
I expect it to be expensive to be honest but as long as we can actually get it unlocked in the first place would be a start
Cheers matey
Bought mine from the pcw and tried your # thing. When I dialled the # code it says its already unlocked
Keefo said:
Will check if its locked in a min, but im pretty sure it is.
Will try orange if the current unlocker i have orderd from does not deliver the code today!
I have tried UnlockLiberty.com and currently trying unlockitnow.com!
I expect it to be expensive to be honest but as long as we can actually get it unlocked in the first place would be a start
Cheers matey
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Orange can unlock it as long as you know the original mobile number that it came with. It will take upto 30 days and cost £20.42p. So if you can get it done elsewhere it'll be quicker and cheaper.
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Bebida said:
Orange can unlock it as long as you know the original mobile number that it came with. It will take upto 30 days and cost £20.42p. So if you can get it done elsewhere it'll be quicker and cheaper.
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Ok, so everywhere i have tried so far have failed me!
All said "sorry, not on the database, cant unlock"
One offered to send me an unlocking sim?
God knows what they is, never heard of it before!
Also tried to phone orange, but don't know the original number it came with, and they told me i would need to be on orange for at least 3 months before they will allow me to unlock... which is a freaking ball ache!
ARGH!
Need this damn thing unlocked lol
Keefo said:
Ok, so everywhere i have tried so far have failed me!
All said "sorry, not on the database, cant unlock"
One offered to send me an unlocking sim?
God knows what they is, never heard of it before!
Also tried to phone orange, but don't know the original number it came with, and they told me i would need to be on orange for at least 3 months before they will allow me to unlock... which is a freaking ball ache!
ARGH!
Need this damn thing unlocked lol
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Oh yeah forgot about the 3month thing. Hmmm only thing I can think of is back street market type stall. Obviously this would mean waiving bye to the warrenty tho.
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Keefo said:
One offered to send me an unlocking sim?
God knows what they is, never heard of it before!
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It's a small circuit board that sits between the SIM and the phone, they generally cost a couple of quid, and somehow do work.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_SIM
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Oh yeah forgot about the 3month thing. Hmmm only thing I can think of is back street market type stall. Obviously this would mean waiving bye to the warrenty tho.
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Not botherd about warrenty to be honest!
It was bought at a 2nd hand shop with limited warrenty anyway.
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It's a small circuit board that sits between the SIM and the phone, they generally cost a couple of quid, and somehow do work.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_SIM
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Hmmmm strange!
May have to give one of these a try...
The Lumia 800 uses a slim sim similar to the iPhone 4's dont they?...
Yes, a micro SIM.
hmmmm, cant seem to find any for Micro Sim's other than the iPhone ones!
Not sure if they will work with other phones...
Sure for a cupple of quid i could give it a go though haha
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hmmmm, cant seem to find any for Micro Sim's other than the iPhone ones!
Not sure if they will work with other phones...
Sure for a cupple of quid i could give it a go though haha
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I know when orange send them out for iPhone and Nokia there from the same pile mate.
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I know when orange send them out for iPhone and Nokia there from the same pile mate.
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Well i have orderd a GEVEY TURBO SIM adapter to see if it will also work in our Nokia.
They do say for all versions of iPhone, but i cant see why it wont work in the Nokia...
Worth a shot anyway! haha
the reason no one is getting unlock codes from the suppliers mentioned for lumia on orange or tmobile uk is because the lumia is actually locked to a new hybrid orange/tmobile mcc+mnc network.
phones locked to this network are not locked to tmobile or orange, they are actually locked to both networks, try both sims and you will see for yourself, that the phone will take sims from both networks, but not any other.
T-Mobile and Orange UK have merged recently.
They have started locking newer NOKIA handsets to a new MERGED network MNC+MCC
NEW T-Mobile / Orange UK Merge Lock uses MNC+MCC = 2343300190233141
Older Standard Orange UK uses MNC+MCC = 2343300000000000
Older Standard T-Mobile UK uses MNC+MCC = 2343000000000000
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Known models with hybrid lock
Nokia Lumia 700 locked to UK Orange or UK T-Mobile
Nokia Lumia 710 locked to UK Orange or UK T-Mobile
Nokia Lumia 800 locked to UK Orange or UK T-Mobile
Nokia E7-00 locked to UK Orange or UK T-Mobile
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What About Other Nokia Models?
There will be more models released soon that will require this service too.*
Remember these are newer Nokia handsets, you wont need it for older models.
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How to Check if Other Nokia is Locked To This New Network.
There are 2 ways to check orange and tmobile nokia handsets. to see if they are truly locked to the new orange/t-mobile uk network or are actually locked to the standard Orange UK or standard T-Mobile UK networks
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Method 1.
Try both a t-mobile sim and an orange sim in the nokia phone
if the phone accepts BOTH SIMS = locked to new T-Mobile/Orange hybrid network
if only the orange sim works = locked to Orange UK network
if only the t-mobile sim works = locked to T-Mobile UK network
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Method 2.
Read phone info using usb cable and this software
(software requires nokia pc suite installed first for drivers, full video guide @ the bottom of this page: http://www.imeicodes.co.uk/instruction/nokia.php)
If it displays config key 2343300190233141 = locked to new T-Mobile/Orange hybrid network*
If it displays config key 2343300000000000 = locked to Orange UK network
If it displays config key 2343000000000000 = locked to T-Mobile UK network
Which begs the question, are there actually any solutions yet? If we can't get unlock codes off Orange nor T-Mobile, as the 800 is locked to both, who do we get the codes off?
Ive tried sim-unlock.net and unlockdata.co.uk with no success. anyone else have other places to order from?
fonefun, thanks for the update on the carrier situation.
Does this mean that the database is only accessable by T-Mobile and Orange at the minute or do unlocking sites have access to the algorithm/codes too?
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fonefun, thanks for the update on the carrier situation.
Does this mean that the database is only accessable by T-Mobile and Orange at the minute or do unlocking sites have access to the algorithm/codes too?
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we have tested around 12 imeis before we put the service live. so yes you will start to see this service on other codes site as our resellers catchup to speed on this very new service.
the service is online already for single code buyers for the tmobile/orange hybrid network locked nokia handsets on the imeicodes website mentioned earlier in this thread. they take about a week to process at the moment. look for the "Special T-Mobile UK / Orange UK Nokia Unlock Codes" service on the prices page
Hi Fonefun,
Got a Lumia 800 from e-bay not sure if Orange or the hybrid network.
I can't seem to get the Nokia BB5 usb utility to read the phone config key. I tried the 2.5 version too.
The lumia doesn't use the nokia suite but Zune. I installed both with no success. I tried on both a Win7 and Win XP machine. The phone is recognised in Zune but not the utility.
Any advice would be welcome.
Jon
all lumia on orange or tmobile are hybrid
you wont be able to read the lock area using that software, because the lumia is different and cant be read by anything at the moment.
we read an e7-00 ok though with it, this is how we discovered the hybrid. after trying 2 sims in the e7-00 we confirmed this was the case.
so we got the lumias and tried orange and tmobile sims in them, and yes both worked, but any other sim did not, so we sumarised that the lumias are also locked to the hybrid network, we got the new hybrid codes for them and unlocked them, we tried on 800 lumia, our sources tell us all lumia are the same lock types for tmobile and orange also.
we put the link on for the code reading software to enable people to check newish handsets too because we simply dont have the handsets to try ourselves, so there may be more...
Hello,
first i want to apologize for bad English.
So, i have htc legend that can see just Celcom sim.
And i want to put in it an Orange - IL Sim Card.
When i tried to do that, it asked for code that i don't have.
I want to do Sim Free to my HTC LEGEND, without going to the service center.
Bottom line:
So any one have any software or really good site that could unlock my HTC Legend?
Thank you
I've a similar question.
Had unlocked the booloader at HTC Dev of the to Legend from Virgin carrier, CA. This device cames SIM locked. My brother never noticed.
I know it's a little odd asking help on this, but I don't think he should pay, even US$ 9,99 for a computer generated code, to use as he wants a device he bought, payed and is using it (and paying carrier bills) for more than a year.
Sincerally, I want help to prevents puting one cent on this, and get rid of this unlock network sim code.
Regards,
BTW - Samsung guys did the trick, there's an app at Google Play for unlocking it, it's free, legal and, in my thoughts, honest!
I just tried Galaxy S2 SIM Unlock (it took like three hours) and no dice.
Could you be more specific?
Your post seems a little odd; you start by saying you have this question too, and then give half an answer, implying you have the whole answer. What gives?
Ha, I can't believe it!
I just googled 'sim unlock' and spied a link to the network it's locked to (which I only knew because the old SIM was included), and it led to this page: http://www.three.com.au/cs/ContentServer?c=Page&pagename=3CA/Page/3CAStatic&cid=1236150837988
It was free! Sweet!
Wow, nice. I paid $15 CAD for mine, but with no regrets. One of the greatest investments I've ever made on this phone and it was completely worth it.
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I got the phone off my cousin; I guess she got her new phone on a plan under the same account.
Pretty sweet of the telco to have a page for SIM unlocking that's potentially free, though
I am not sure but i think in custom roms there are no sim lock. Correct me if I am wrong.
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You're wrong. Custom ROMs don't SIM unlock the device.
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Hi,
I just got an HTC ONE T-Mobile and I unlocked it. But now I would like to delete all the T-Mobile settings and Apps. So I thought about flash the HTC ONE with a Stock Rom from HTC or Google. But I'm a little bit lost. I'm new on Android. I was 5 years with Apple products and now i'm tired and I fell in love with that phone. So I trade my IPhone 5 64go for the HTC ONE 32go Also the guy didn't pay his bill for T-Mobile so that's why I unlocked it to put my new carrier. I don't know how to fix that problem if a day I want to go back to T-Mobile (but supossedly he still paying for it).
Thanks for your time.
Eventually that phone is going to be black listed from all U.S. carriers. He's not going to continue paying for a phone he doesn't have anymore, and there is nothing you can do to the phone that will hide the fact that it's associated with that non-payment. You made a mistake. Never buy a used phone, especially knowing it it's not paid off.
As said above ^ . Once black listed by one company it will begun to get black listed by the others.
Cellphone cairries have really crack down on stolen/ non paid phones.
But as far as the Rom goes, your need to root it and then flash a HTC Google Rom.
I checked the IMEI and it's not blacklisted. I'll see with the time. Can I flash my HTC with a stock rom without all the T-Mobile stuff and the boot logo T-Mobile like a Htc stock rom with OTA or a Google version OTA?
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I checked the IMEI and it's not blacklisted. I'll see with the time. Can I flash my HTC with a stock rom without all the T-Mobile stuff and the boot logo T-Mobile like a Htc stock rom with OTA or a Google version OTA?
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Yes. You might need to change CID/MID to get OTAs though.
Hi bought this in Nov from CPW. Was UK single sim, 128GB unlocked. Every other phone I've bought from CPW has been unlocked and without branding.... as was this one until I installed my three sim, which immediately installed the three splash screen and other three bloat... none of which can be uninstalled.
Bit cheesed off at this, because I detest all the garbage that they load onto phones... and this one has plenty.... deezer etc...
I'm wondering if others from a different network have noticed similar findings... ??? O2 / Vodafone / EE [email protected] installed after sim insertion.... ??? (this might explain why the firmware size is so colossal if all networks are contained in the one version)
falsivas said:
Hi bought this in Nov from CPW. Was UK single sim, 128GB unlocked. Every other phone I've bought from CPW has been unlocked and without branding.... as was this one until I installed my three sim, which immediately installed the three splash screen and other three bloat... none of which can be uninstalled.
Bit cheesed off at this, because I detest all the garbage that they load onto phones... and this one has plenty.... deezer etc...
I'm wondering if others from a different network have noticed similar findings... ??? O2 / Vodafone / EE [email protected] installed after sim insertion.... ??? (this might explain why the firmware size is so colossal if all networks are contained in the one version)
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Also on Carphone Warehouse with O2. No branding or bloat. Also no update as of yet.
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Before I inserted my three sim I had a play with the phone and non of the bloat was installed even tho I purchased it from three. So the phones ship with a standard Huawei firmware and as soon as you insert a SIM it installs all the bloat.
Really this should be optional.
If you remove the SIM and do a factory reset will the three branding still remain?
That's strange... is this a three network only feature... original FW was .115 and pre-installed [email protected] only appeared when sim installed (which was before .124 appeared a couple of weeks ago)... so there are NO bloatware apps at all installed on the O2 network ??? (amazon etc ??)
Was wondering myself if the three branding would get nuked with a factory reset... but can't be bothered with the pain of rebuilding my phone... anybody up for the challenge ??
i did a factory reset to clear the three bloat and splash screen. The first thing i saw as it booted fresh.... Three splash screen
Exactly the same thing happened to me (also Three sim) and it bloated the phone with bloat and branded it to them, mentioned it a few times on this forum, I just hope its not locked it to them after I bought the ruddy thing sim free
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That's strange... is this a three network only feature... original FW was .115 and pre-installed [email protected] only appeared when sim installed (which was before .124 appeared a couple of weeks ago)... so there are NO bloatware apps at all installed on the O2 network ??? (amazon etc ??)
Was wondering myself if the three branding would get nuked with a factory reset... but can't be bothered with the pain of rebuilding my phone... anybody up for the challenge ??
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It had the usual Google apps and a bunch of Huawei apps, don't remember much else. It's been a couple of months since I set the phone up, so don't remember exactly.
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falsivas said:
That's strange... is this a three network only feature... original FW was .115 and pre-installed [email protected] only appeared when sim installed (which was before .124 appeared a couple of weeks ago)... so there are NO bloatware apps at all installed on the O2 network ??? (amazon etc ??)
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I suspect it might be because only Three have it on contract while Carphonewarehouse (where I got mine) sell it unlocked, sim free...................forcing Three bloat on it though is out of order
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i did a factory reset to clear the three bloat and splash screen. The first thing i saw as it booted fresh.... Three splash screen
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Did you remove the three sim before the reset ?
why buy from 700gpb there when some places can get 580 or 600? just curious, I don't really know the scene.
because bootlocker doesn't matter does it to root and custom room these? not like the LG v30 for example?
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I suspect it might be because only Three have it on contract while Carphonewarehouse (where I got mine) sell it unlocked, sim free...................forcing Three bloat on it though is out of order
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That would explain why it only seems to be happening to three customers !!!! (didn't know it was a three exclusive)... bit of a poor show though... bit annoyed at the three garbage that can't be uninstalled... but, hey-ho, in the grand scheme it's not the end of the world.... or is it worth an email to CPW to express my annoyance......
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Did you remove the three sim before the reset ?
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sure did,my sim was in my pixel at the time
The UK Mate 10 Pro situation is a new one. The phones automatically rebrand themselves to the SIM you put in. Even without bloatware, there is an EE branding, a Three branding, a Vodafone branding, and perhaps others that I didn't mention.
You might be able to get around it by first putting in a non-UK sim. Otherwise, you'd need to use a rebranding procedure to set it back, as far as I can tell. I don't have a UK device or SIM to do testing on, but that is what I've gathered so far.
Hello. I saw this issue as well with Orange Romania. As soon as you insert the sim and get signal, those apps install themselves, even if the phone is dual sim, unlocked, etc. As you guys mentioned before about the branding, most of the carriers have to modify the phone`s software in order to offer VoLTE and other services like these. Anyway, I just got like 5 apps from Orange(considering that Huawei`s apps are like 10-15 )) ), and I`m using 2 of them so far, so not a big deal for me.
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That would explain why it only seems to be happening to three customers !!!! (didn't know it was a three exclusive)... bit of a poor show though... bit annoyed at the three garbage that can't be uninstalled... but, hey-ho, in the grand scheme it's not the end of the world.... or is it worth an email to CPW to express my annoyance......
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I'd contact cpw , if you bought it SIM free I'd be expecting a device with no carrier branding, usually devices that carry the three branding are the most deprecated value wise when it comes to resale in past experience
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That would explain why it only seems to be happening to three customers !!!! (didn't know it was a three exclusive)... bit of a poor show though... bit annoyed at the three garbage that can't be uninstalled... but, hey-ho, in the grand scheme it's not the end of the world.... or is it worth an email to CPW to express my annoyance......
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That would depend on whether the phone has now been locked to them after I bought it unlocked, that's when it hits the fan
That's a very good point... Is it unlocked, or has it now locked itself to three....?? Anybody out there got a couple of sims to swap about to see if it is truly unlocked still??
I bought mine unlocked from mobilephonesdirect which is an unlocked device. Inserting my EE sim card didn't add any bloat.
No branding or bloat with Bouygues Telecom in France but branding and bloat with orange and SFR for info
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No branding or bloat with Bouygues Telecom in France but branding and bloat with orange and SFR for info
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Where did you get yours ? I suppose it only happens with phone bought in France ? I got mine in Hong-Kong, and if all the ****ing crap from orange is installed when I'll insert a SIM I'll go crazy !