Anybody found anywhere to unlock the z2 mine is locked to vodafone uk cheapest I can find is £15 on ebay
Ask Vodafone directly, they charge for payg but on contracts they will submit a simlock request free if you ask nicely enough. Just explain you use another network for work stuff but want it on the same phone so need to swap sims. Works 90% time.
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stinkypoo said:
Anybody found anywhere to unlock the z2 mine is locked to vodafone uk cheapest I can find is £15 on ebay
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In Australia you can just unlock it by going to their website, I'm assuming you could do that in the UK as well.
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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.
jamesking420 said:
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
Dayz
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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iv just bought an xperia play and just wandered if anyone could help me out with some advice or guidence on how to unlock the device to use on another network.
http://www.fastgsm.com/en/sonyericsson/se/xperia-play/unlock-network
This is said to be working, haven't tested it yet though.
Is freaking 49,99 USD
Maybe this will help: http://android.modaco.com/content/s.../337717/sim-unlock-sony-ericsson-xperia-play/
Cellphoneunlocker only cost me 7.50 bucks
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oddbert said:
iv just bought an xperia play and just wandered if anyone could help me out with some advice or guidence on how to unlock the device to use on another network.
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I can help you let me know the locked to network
In France the unlocking is available for Free after three months but i know there is some resellers that do this trick for about 15 euros. Check resellers in your country or call them it's more safe than using internet.
Please, someone help me with my problem, i have bought a new unlocked sony experia sola from carrefour france to give it to my girlfriend, as it is her birthday, and when i came back to romania and put in her cosmote sim it asks for sim lock pin, what should i do ? thanks
tedulus said:
Please, someone help me with my problem, i have bought a new unlocked sony experia sola from carrefour france to give it to my girlfriend, as it is her birthday, and when i came back to romania and put in her cosmote sim it asks for sim lock pin, what should i do ? thanks
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That means its not unlocked ...
You have to unlock it ...
I think the service provider can gv u the lock code
If not I guess flashing can do that
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soulhackereborn said:
That means its not unlocked ...
You have to unlock it ...
I think the service provider can gv u the lock code
If not I guess flashing can do that
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i tryed it with tim italy and ortel sim and it worked, lyca mobile fr, cosmote ro, vodafone ro, does not work....what kind of locking is that ? so it's not locked on all carriers, some work some do not, and i do not understand. so i cannot contact a service provider because i don't know witch one
tedulus said:
i tryed it with tim italy and ortel sim and it worked, lyca mobile fr, cosmote ro, vodafone ro, does not work....what kind of locking is that ? so it's not locked on all carriers, some work some do not, and i do not understand. so i cannot contact a service provider because i don't know witch one
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Thats very strange mate, works with some providers, not with others.
You bought it from provider or by carrefour you mean the big shop market?
mirost1 said:
Thats very strange mate, works with some providers, not with others.
You bought it from provider or by carrefour you mean the big shop market?
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I bought it from Carrefour supermaket in paris
no one can help me ??
Hi, I'm in the UK and looking at buying the xperia u for my sister. However it is locked on either o2 or Vodafone, depending on where I buy it from.
My question is how do I unlock the phone to make it sim free, I want to put a t mobile sim in there.
Do I root the phone to make it sim free? Or is there some other method.
Thanks for any help.
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Buy it from phones4u and it'll be unlocked. No rooting doesn't unlock
Also depending on what she wants it for the 'U' isn't that great really. If you're buying it out right then get an S off eBay. They go for only around 120-150 area
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O2 will unlock it for free if you have a contract with them (or get someone with a contract to do it).
CPW stock is also unlocked.
You have to install a Custom Rom
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You have to install a Custom Rom
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are you sure this will work?
Installing a custom rom or rooting the device will not make your phon sim free. If you want a network unlocked phone get it factory unlocked otherwis you will end paying for an unlocking service.
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Searching for Vodafone Smart mini unlock codes or a way to crack it on my own.
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qwertzlcoatl said:
My little brother bought a Vodafone Smart Mini while he was on vacation in Portugal. It's his first Smartphone. The catch is, the vodafone lady told him he needs to unlock it before being able to use it. The way the lady suggested it, it should be really easy to do. The problem is that I've been googling my ass off and just don't find anything worthwhile. There are "unlock codes" that I simply need to type in with the SIM card I want to use, but these codes are all behind some kind of weird paywall. So right now, he can't use his german SIM card in his new smartphone.
Does anybody have any experience with this? Me and my brother would be really grateful.
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Make sure your phone is compatible with the carrier you want to be with, if not you'll be better keeping your money in your wallet
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Kelevra_96 said:
Make sure your phone is compatible with the carrier you want to be with, if not you'll be better keeping your money in your wallet
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It's a "Vodafone Smart mini" and my carrier is Vodafone.
qwertzlcoatl said:
It's a "Vodafone Smart mini" and my carrier is Vodafone. The smartphone was bought in portugal but my carrier is in germany. In theory this should be rather easy.
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Maybe I was not that clear, doesn't matter the phone name IF the phone does work on the same frequency and does not use the same technology (gsm, cdma, lte, etc) as your carrier it simply won't work even if you buy and apply it a network unlock code.
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For anybody stumbling across this thread in the future:
I bought for 1 Euro a Unlock Code on eBay. 10 Minutes later I got the code and everything works fine now. I'll suggest you do the same if you have a buck to spare.