Re: Unlocking a Virgin V3i
 

Go to Tesco, £119, £10 to unlcok it (if it's not already done) and Voila ;)

Re: Unlocking a Virgin V3i
 

Thats the V3, mines the V3i ;)

The clue was in the thread title! :p:

Re: Unlocking a Virgin V3i
 

Ooooh, so it was :p

Re: Unlocking a Virgin V3i
 

What's CPW?

Re: Unlocking a Virgin V3i
 

Carphone Warehouse ;)

Re: Unlocking a Virgin V3i
 

Hey to all,

I just received the V3i from LxDirect and yes, it is locked! called Virgin, need to indeed spend the £30 on credit and they will then send me a letter, up to 7 working days. Went down to a shop in town, they need to send my phone away, total cost £15, apparently guaranteed to work... some people offer to unlock the phone on ebay uk for less than that, what's ur expert advices on that?

such a pain those locked phone, any advice? Someone mentioned unlocking at Tesco for £10, was that for the v3 or v3i and only with phone bought at Tesco itself?

Thanks for your help!

---------- Post added at 11:15 ---------- Previous post was at 11:14 ----------

Sorry, forgot to add that as I went to ask at another shop (i think phones4u) the salesman mentioned that unlocking it not via the network (virgin) basically renders my manufacturer warranty void...

Any thoughts?

thanks again :dozey:

Re: Unlocking a Virgin V3i
 

I would recommend unlocking it the official way via Virgin - remember you can still use the £30 credit to make phone calls, etc. so in effect the unlocking is "free"!

Re: Unlocking a Virgin V3i
 

I was going to get it from them at £139.99 but couldn't relaly wait 3 weeks for delivery.

If I was you I'd wait for Virgin to send you the letter with the unlock code in, you got £25 free airtime with it so at least you've not needed to fork out too much to get the code from the right people. :)

Re: Unlocking a Virgin V3i
 

Since i was hoping to resell or use the £20 voucher, i have decided to give a shot at a unlocking from ebay... just purchased it for £3, will let you know how it goes (if anyone interested) with the username of the seller if you need a similar service.

Hoping to do this tomorrow. System is supposed to be dowload a program, insert password, connect to computer with usb cable and follow instructions. Seller got v high ratings and is a mega super supra seller hehe.

:monkey:

Re: Unlocking a Virgin V3i
 

Well my trusty V3i stopped working today. :( It's not done bad seeing as it spent 15 min at the bottom of the swimming pool on holiday and dried out.

The other half dropped it down stairs and it's never recovered.

I've looked and I can get a replacement from phone4u for £99.99

I'd like to upgrade it really if I can for the same money but I'm thinking I'll not get one with all the features it has for £99.99. Any recommendations guys?

Edit - the most important things for me are: mp3 player - large screen for reading the web - bluetooth :)

Edit #2 - the D600 looks good for £120 - any thoughts?

Re: Unlocking a Virgin V3i
 

Sounds like something a K750i could replace to be honest :)

Re: Unlocking a Virgin V3i
 

The last SE had (K700i) the jog button go funny (a common issue I believe) but Orange refused to fix it so I tend to steer clear of them now. Is the K750i any better?

Re: Unlocking a Virgin V3i
 

Jog button?

Everything still works fine with my K750i (It's about 6months old now, still young i know) it's had a lot of drops onto tiled floors etc and still keeps battling on :)

I'd recommend one :) As would a few other members here who have them.
The official CF phone: K750i? :p:

Re: Unlocking a Virgin V3i
 

Joystick type thing

Re: Unlocking a Virgin V3i
 

Mine held up just fine, as did the one on my friends K750i and another friends W800i (Same hardware).