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Right! You bunch of lovely lovely people!
Does any of you very bright individuals know how to unlock my Nokia 8310? I've just upgraded to the SonyEricsson T610 and am going to give my good lady my old 8310, but she's not on Orange and it is locked on Orange!
Cheers peeps!
i'm sure you original post will be altered.. but i suggest a computer fair, or carphone warehouse
On the same note, any idea how to unlock the S/E T610 without having to buy the cable, then pay some place to connect to their server, get the code, then enter it?
NS
Go with Carphone warehouse to do it or contact Orange customer services and request Unlatching Key or Subsidy Pin (Different networks call them different things)
Don't go with just anyone on this as if its done and the IMEI number is rewritten its illegal
http://www.unlockingshop.co.uk/ is a reputable service.
cheers,
dave
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Originally posted by Big RICHARD
Right! You bunch of lovely lovely people!
Does any of you very bright individuals know how to unlock my Nokia 8310? I've just upgraded to the SonyEricsson T610 and am going to give my good lady my old 8310, but she's not on Orange and it is locked on Orange!
Cheers peeps!
lol I cant beleive that people are still charging for DCT4 Unlocking :eek:
PM me your IMEI number and I will give you your unlock code for free !!! Only takes about 10 seconds ;)
Any idea how they unlock Orange phones? As its quite annoying having to pay and send the phone away...
NS
It's ok mate! I managed to find some software to do it. I spoke to my dad about this (He works for Orange) and he reckons that it is illegal to do this, but I read the "Mobile Telephones (Re-programming) Act 2002" and it only states that changing the IMEI of the handset is illegal as this is the number used to block a lost/(more importantly) stolen phone. The only thing is, in theory it is against the terms and conditions of the contract I'm in, but I believe this doesn't count any more, as I'm out of my 12 month contract and besides, I've upgraded to a Sony-Ericsson T610 this week!Quote:
Originally posted by M C STORM
lol I cant beleive that people are still charging for DCT4 Unlocking :eek:
PM me your IMEI number and I will give you your unlock code for free !!! Only takes about 10 seconds ;)
Thanks for your help guys! I lub you all! ;)
You don't have to send it away. They basically do what I did, but charge for it. They take your IMEI (which they know already), put it into their software and give you a code to input. For this privelege they charge you about 20 notes.Quote:
Originally posted by NightShade737
Any idea how they unlock Orange phones? As its quite annoying having to pay and send the phone away...
NS
The software I downloaded took the IMEI and network (In my case, Orange) and the guide talks you through what to do. It's just a case of taking your sim out switching the phone on and putting the calculated code in to your handset. A message comes up and (HOPEFULLY!) hey presto! unlocked phone!
Sorry, I didn't mean orange phones, I mean the Sony/Ericcson T610. I know unlocking most nokias is easy, but I cant see a simple way unless that method works with this phone. If it does, can you give me some instructions on doing it?
Cheers,
NS
You need a code for the SE T610, I'm not sure where to get the code from, but to input it type <**< and choose network. enter the code here. If you find anywhere to get the code from, please let me know.
No one knows how to get them at the moment for the t610 :(
Its acctually been a while aswell, thought somone would have figured it by now :(
Apparently the code is unique to the phone, which kinda makes that a problem....
NS
So are the Nokias - didnt stop them :)Quote:
Originally posted by NightShade737
Apparently the code is unique to the phone, which kinda makes that a problem....
NS
So is it not easy/possible to unlock a Sony Ericsson phone? My old T68 is locked to Orange and I was wondering if I could unlock it without having to and pay at one of these market stalls/websites?
Also as a side note, are o2 phones locked? Not interested in unlocking my current phone (T610) as I still have a while on my contract but I am just wondering for the future.
Thanks, Anders.
I now have the equipment to unlock sony ericsson phones (I had to get it to get rid of all the horrid vodafone live firmware and customisations.) So if anyone wants their phone unlocked for free send me an e-mail. Of course, that would probably only work if you live near me and can pop 'round, but the offer is there..
Most O2 phones sold by O2 Retail (the O2 stores) come unlocked.... including my P900 allowing me to slap my T-mobile staff sim in :D
Ah but I had to move to vodafone. I've been with O2 for many years, but they wanted £110 to upgrade my handset. I switched to vodafone, transfered my number and they gave me the handset for a quid. They also threw in a DVD player as a free gift. Even given that I have to change the firmware I've still saved money over staying with O2. I guess they just didn't want me as a customer.
I have never understood mobile network companies and their policy about charging huge amounts for upgrades in order to keep your number. It is almost like they are trying to get rid of customers. To me the logical business course of action would be try to keep your existing customers, e.g. making it cheaper for them to stay rather than taking their number and thus money else where. :rolleyes:
TeePee, what sort of equipment is it that you use to unlock Sony Ericsson phones?
Hope this is not too far off topic, but I am just interested to know if mobile phone numbers eventually get reused? I am guessing they probably do, but if not then the network companies' polices could be a problem in the future.
Mobile numbers are reused after 6 months.
It sucks that the Service providers all off great deals to buy a new phone a the expense of your number.
For example, I've been on contract with orange for 5 years. Last new phone was 2 years ago (Nokia 7110), so I fancy something new. The only thing they'll offer as a free upgrade is an 8310.
However, if I change to voda/o2/t-mobile, I can take my number, get new, decent phone for free and prolly a bundle of texts or calls. You'd think orange would fight to keep me, yes? Nope, they're happy to let you go.
Yeah, course they're happy to let you go, you obviously suck as a customer in that you're not making them any money. Mobile phone market is currently saturated so there aren't any incentives to get people to buy a phone, and now it's all about value-added customers. On average with the discounts offered for new connections the networks are only making their money back from the average (median) customer after month 11 of the 12 month contract. If you're not spending enough, you won't get a good upgrade and the network won't mind losing you to someone else for them to lose money over you. That's why they'll let you take your number to another network but not sign up as a new connection with all the offers/discounted phones and keep your old number.
err, spend on average about £50 - £60 a month so thats over £1,200 since my last "free" phone.
Probably an issue with your payment of bills or credit then :P That's the case with customers with us who have high monthly bills but low upgrade status. Get yourself to O2 Retail with your PAC and get a P900 foc on a £45/month tariff.
pay by Direct debit and have no problems with credit.
May look into O2 but need to find a phone that gets me excited.
I used a Dongle and Div 8.4 software. Like so, in fact :D http://www.cellular-support.com/nuke/contentid-7.html