Unlocking Mobiles Charge

[FairyFairy]

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!!!

[kpanchev]

And what was the point of your post again????

[FairyFairy]

I see where you are coming from!

I would honestly prefer to be free (unlocked) and thought £15 was on the high side !!

[on in an hour!]

Originally Posted by FairyFairy

I see where you are coming from!

I would honestly prefer to be free (unlocked) and thought £15 was on the high side !!

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.

[djmagnifique]

£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)

[Nikesh]

I got mine unlocked for £10 as well just from a small mobile phone shop.

[FairyFairy]

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.

Its not on contract - I'm on PAYG and had this phone for 4 years and another phone for another fairish stretch with Virgin!

[on in an hour!]

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!

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.

[BenMcr]

The phone Virgin sent me wasn't locked in the first place

[on in an hour!]

Originally Posted by BenMcr

The phone Virgin sent me wasn't locked in the first place

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

I just bought my last PAYG phone off ebay, already unlocked.

[BenMcr]

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

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

[FairyFairy]

Originally Posted by BenMcr

The phone Virgin sent me wasn't locked in the first place

Hells Bells

I better check!!!!

I've got an old sim from another company --- I presume I just stick it in

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Originally Posted by Paul M

I just bought my last PAYG phone off ebay, already unlocked.

I have been trawling through the pages looking


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Locked

[djmagnifique]

Originally Posted by FairyFairy

I've got an old sim from another company --- I presume I just stick it in

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?

[AntiSilence]

I paid £6 at the local market to have a Samsung E250 unlocked from Virgin.