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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Vamps on 06 December 2014, 19:25:08
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As per question really, the phone in question is an iphone 5c is locked on EE but we want it on O2/Tesco. Miss Vamps has been on google and it seems to sugest that it is easily done by downloading something? :-\ :-\
Anyone confirm this please, or do we need a phone shop? :)
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I was under the impression that you did a factory reset on itunes,removed sim and insert new sim,but i could be wrong.
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You need to contact EE and they contact Apple who release the lock within a few days. Should cost nothing.
I had exactly the same with my 4S with Vodafone. Once out of contact, they are obliged to unlock the phone by law as you then own the phone, not the phone company.
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You need to contact EE and they contact Apple who release the lock within a few days. Should cost nothing.
I had exactly the same with my 4S with Vodafone. Once out of contact, they are obliged to unlock the phone by law as you then own the phone, not the phone company.
EE, (including Orange and T-Mobile), locks all of its handsets and does not allow them to be unlocked until 6 months after activation. The company then charges £20.42 for unlocking, which can take up to 10 days.
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Or take it down the market and get the nice.......asian....to unlock it for you. £10 or thereabouts.
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Maybe try something like this Link (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Factory-Unlocking-UK-samsung-HTC-LG-iphone-t-mobile-vodafone-EE-O2-3UK-check-/321602812398?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item4ae10579ee) Used ebay to unlock a Moto E few weeks back it did work for something like £1.50 using the IMEI :y
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Or take it down the market and get the nice.......asian....to unlock it for you. £10 or thereabouts.
May well be the best idea............. :y :y
Thanks for all thoughts though, Miss Vamps is looking further into it, keeping her quiet anyway........ ;D ;D ;)
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Or take it down the market and get the nice.......asian....to unlock it for you. £10 or thereabouts.
May well be the best idea............. :y :y
Thanks for all thoughts though, Miss Vamps is looking further into it, keeping her quiet anyway........ ;D ;D ;)
All the nice person down the market will do is get hold of their dodgy contact at the provider and do the same as you would do for free by contacting them direct.
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I phones have to be done through the current service provider and Apple......
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I've been around this loop recently and the other satisfactory long term solution is to have EE do it for you.
Steve
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The original contract holder will have to contact EE to request the unlock, and the unlock will take place the next time the phone is connected to iTunes (after the unlock has been processed).
The handset will also need to be de-registered from iTunes.
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Well this has been a nightmare.............. >:( >:(
Shops charge £85 for EE, so we went direct x 3, even from an EE shop, and still no luck, latest is the phone has to be active for 6 months before they will unlock.......... :-X :-X
Long story short, for the sake of my pocket, average call to EE as been around £10 and at least 4 made, no use of contract that I am paying for, + topping up EE for them to take their money to unlock, but then they tool £10 for a call package.............. >:( >:(
We have agreed that I will take over her contract, change to my number, as I am PAYG and we will carry on with EE till the 6 months is up............ ::) ::)
Never again will I buy a phone from one of these modern Pawn Shops............. ::) ::)
Do you want to know the worst of it all is.....................swmbo was 'Right' and she does like to remind me of that............... :'( :'(
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We have agreed that I will take over her contract, change to my number, as I am PAYG and we will carry on with EE till the 6 months is up............ ::) ::)
If EE are like all the other providers, you won't be able to have her contract and keep your own number (whatever your contract states is what will apply to the new SIM card)
Never again will I buy a phone from one of these modern Pawn Shops............. ::) ::)
It's only Apple that make you jump through those hoops, buy an Android handset and the unlock code is generated via the IMEI number.
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We have agreed that I will take over her contract, change to my number, as I am PAYG and we will carry on with EE till the 6 months is up............ ::) ::)
If EE are like all the other providers, you won't be able to have her contract and keep your own number (whatever your contract states is what will apply to the new SIM card)
Never again will I buy a phone from one of these modern Pawn Shops............. ::) ::)
It's only Apple that make you jump through those hoops, buy an Android handset and the unlock code is generated via the IMEI number.
Yes, I can, the contract she is on is Tesco, and as it is me who pays, it is in my name. Having spoken to them they are happy to put my number onto the sim, just need my 'pack code'. Then in 3 months time either, put her back on Tesco and me return to payg or leave me on that and get an EE contract, not really bothered as long as I can 'cap' the bill....... ;) :y
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For iphones, don't fanny around with hacks and jailbreaks to unlock, get an official unlock from the provider its locked to.
The former tend to cause problems down the line.
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We have agreed that I will take over her contract, change to my number, as I am PAYG and we will carry on with EE till the 6 months is up............ ::) ::)
If EE are like all the other providers, you won't be able to have her contract and keep your own number (whatever your contract states is what will apply to the new SIM card)
Never again will I buy a phone from one of these modern Pawn Shops............. ::) ::)
It's only Apple that make you jump through those hoops, buy an Android handset and the unlock code is generated via the IMEI number.
Yes, I can, the contract she is on is Tesco, and as it is me who pays, it is in my name. Having spoken to them they are happy to put my number onto the sim, just need my 'pack code'. Then in 3 months time either, put her back on Tesco and me return to payg or leave me on that and get an EE contract, not really bothered as long as I can 'cap' the bill....... ;) :y
I think that's PUK code, Mike.
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Yes, I can, the contract she is on is Tesco, and as it is me who pays, it is in my name. Having spoken to them they are happy to put my number onto the sim, just need my 'pack code'. Then in 3 months time either, put her back on Tesco and me return to payg or leave me on that and get an EE contract, not really bothered as long as I can 'cap' the bill....... ;) :y
I think something is getting lost in translation Mike.
Yes you can port your number to another provider, but that is all you'll be porting.
You can port your number to an EE SIM so the iPhone works as it will have an EE SIM in it, but you can't port the Tesco contract with it as you will no longer be on the Tesco network. So if you buy an EE PAYG card, while it will have your Tesco number you will still have the EE PAYG contract to live by.
I think that's PUK code, Mike.
It's PAC code actually Steve, the PUK code is only required if you lock the SIM out by entering the 4 digit password incorrectly 3 times (if you actually have a SIM passcode set up of course).
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Yes, I can, the contract she is on is Tesco, and as it is me who pays, it is in my name. Having spoken to them they are happy to put my number onto the sim, just need my 'pack code'. Then in 3 months time either, put her back on Tesco and me return to payg or leave me on that and get an EE contract, not really bothered as long as I can 'cap' the bill....... ;) :y
I think something is getting lost in translation Mike.
Yes you can port your number to another provider, but that is all you'll be porting.
You can port your number to an EE SIM so the iPhone works as it will have an EE SIM in it, but you can't port the Tesco contract with it as you will no longer be on the Tesco network. So if you buy an EE PAYG card, while it will have your Tesco number you will still have the EE PAYG contract to live by.
I think that's PUK code, Mike.
It's PAC code actually Steve, the PUK code is only required if you lock the SIM out by entering the 4 digit password incorrectly 3 times (if you actually have a SIM passcode set up of course).
I obviously have not explained our situation very well, sorry...... :-[
We have a Tesco Contract Miss Vamps was using, it is currently unused, we pxed the phone and got a second hand I phone 5s? locked to EE which is why the Tesco contract is currently unsued.
I have an 02 payg sim
Miss Vamps has, by default, an EE Sim, currently on payg.
I am simply going to use the Tesco contract, but have my number moved to it.
Miss Vamps is happy to stay with EE and all her friends have her new number, so not a problem, currently on payg, but I may change that to a contract with EE - needs to be looked into.
Hope this makes makes ting more clearly............ :y :y
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An o2 locked phone should be fine on Tesco. Some Tesco locked phones will not work on pure O2/Giffgaff/etc
HTH
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I obviously have not explained our situation very well, sorry...... :-[
With you now :y