Anyone used a turbo sim?

[XA04]

I'm looking at getting a contract on o2, switching from my orange PAYG sim.

My phone is locked to Orange and it'll cost me £20 + a new PAYG sim card, so that it can be 'paired' to my phone. It's too much hastle really.. so I was looking at turbo sim's on ebay, they cost about £7-£10 and claim to work.

It's for my Nokia N95.

Has anyone used them? do they work or are they a bit dodgy?


Cheers,
Adrian

[mightymouse]

why not check your local market and get it test point unlocked. i got it unlocked for a tenner with test point which is really quick and easy.

i dont like turbo sim cuz i need to cut up my sim card but then again you can keep the turbo sim for other phones as well. but i do know for a fact that they work very well.

Hope this helps

[TheKork]

Yes go to your local independant mobile phone store, the guys in there usually have all the gizmos for unlocking and really are robbing you if they charge more than a tenner

[XA04]

Hmm. There is a few places I can think of that might unlock it but these were places from years ago where it was easy to unlock phones. I hear the N95 is more difficult? Will the smaller shops even have the correct tools?.. I guess it's worth asking anyway.

[mightymouse]

just ask them if they can do test point unlock, its a plastic device that they connect to the face of your n95 after taking the fascia off. its really simple and i would have thought most place would do it cuz they can get the design of the internet.

[Ferral]

If you have had the phone over 12 months then the unlock code should be free directly from the network.

[XA04]

It's on PAYG atm, I've had it for over 12 months. As it's on PAYG I can't imagine them doing that? Too late now anyway got it unlocked yesterday. Went to a few places.. most were around £20-25 quid but I got it done for £15. Will soon pay itself off anyway as the contract is cheaper than the PAYG offer I was paying!

[jasper2708]

Originally Posted by XA04

I'm looking at getting a contract on o2, switching from my orange PAYG sim.

My phone is locked to Orange and it'll cost me £20 + a new PAYG sim card, so that it can be 'paired' to my phone. It's too much hastle really.. so I was looking at turbo sim's on ebay, they cost about £7-£10 and claim to work.

It's for my Nokia N95.

Has anyone used them? do they work or are they a bit dodgy?


Cheers,
Adrian

Well i have one and i have used it on a nokia n73 and that was on 3 but it would not work on a orange sim but did work on all the rest so all i can say is good cheat just a bit of a risk but lay do work.