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« on: 11 January 2009, 11:02:24 »
Hi may be old news to most, but just encase someone is about to part with £9+ to unlock their pay monthly voda handset..........
They now do it for free [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif].

Apparently since sometime in 2008 all new pay monthly handsets are provided unlocked and anyone with one that is can have the unlock code from voda for free - without having to wait until their contract expires.
So i now have an unlocked and debranded n95 8gb woohoo 8-)

And to think people on ebay and other websites are charging upto £25 for this service???????????

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« Reply #1 on: 11 January 2009, 11:44:37 »
Agreed - my payg cost me £15 as I'd not been with them for a year, but it was much easier than using a 3rd party, the guy told me the code over the phone!
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« Reply #2 on: 11 January 2009, 12:11:08 »
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Agreed - my payg cost me £15 as I'd not been with them for a year, but it was much easier than using a 3rd party, the guy told me the code over the phone!

Sorry yeah, meant to mention that you have to pay for payg ones  :y

But yeah it is  much faster, mine was instant , they even emailed it to me with destructions.

Then i downloaded some program that let me change my product code (NOT imei - as thats illegal and gets you jail!) and got rid of all the voda bumph and got a MUCH newer software from the  Nokia update site than vodafone would allow???
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« Reply #3 on: 11 January 2009, 12:50:37 »
Nss suite I believe, have debranded a few N95s with that, good piece of software. My main issue with the N95 is the slow down when you get a few text messages in the inbox - say 500+, but that aside it's a phone I shan't need to change for a while
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« Reply #4 on: 11 January 2009, 13:06:56 »
I got my 8gb n95 unlocked for free back in march at vodafone :y
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« Reply #5 on: 11 January 2009, 13:10:02 »
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Nss suite I believe, have debranded a few N95s with that, good piece of software. My main issue with the N95 is the slow down when you get a few text messages in the inbox - say 500+, but that aside it's a phone I shan't need to change for a while
thats the one.......... took AGES to do though as tried all the product codes on the site and phone wouldn't update then i stumbled across the "uk" product code and went from version 20 to version 30 and voila unbranded aswell :)
Someone said you can put proper sat nav in them because they are windows based? but i dont know how to mess that much.. still as you said cracking little phone.

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« Reply #6 on: 11 January 2009, 13:10:49 »
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I got my 8gb n95 unlocked for free back in march at vodafone :y
Yeah i thought i read it was february when they started doing it but wasnt too sure.
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« Reply #7 on: 11 January 2009, 13:46:14 »
Operating system is Symbian Series 60, it will run sat nav, I have Garmin mobile, but not windows stuff, completely different os.

Garmin mobile is good enough for me, sometimes takes a moment to get a lock on but has never let me down when I've needed it.
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« Reply #8 on: 11 January 2009, 18:12:04 »
Of course, its all irrellevent, seeing as the N95 is most positively the worse phone that Nokia have ever made...

Saying that, Nokia appear to have completely lost their way in last 2 or 3 years, and I would guess aren't looking too healthy seeing as they are offloading their 'non core business' groups...
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« Reply #9 on: 11 January 2009, 18:49:16 »

1) Thanks for that tyreburner, i have a number of voda phones which could get unlocked. I am on o2, all o2 phones have come unlocked for years  :)

2) Can you fix your avatar!
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« Reply #10 on: 11 January 2009, 19:07:40 »
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1) Thanks for that tyreburner, i have a number of voda phones which could get unlocked. I am on o2, all o2 phones have come unlocked for years  :)

2) Can you fix your avatar!

Yes is it broken like? i can see it fine?
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« Reply #11 on: 11 January 2009, 19:40:03 »
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1) Thanks for that tyreburner, i have a number of voda phones which could get unlocked. I am on o2, all o2 phones have come unlocked for years  :)

2) Can you fix your avatar!

Yes is it broken like? i can see it fine?
Its too big.  Some members here insist on using Firefox - mainly due to their dodgy sexuality - which makes a right mess of trying to display your overlarge avatar :y
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« Reply #12 on: 11 January 2009, 19:41:09 »
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1) Thanks for that tyreburner, i have a number of voda phones which could get unlocked. I am on o2, all o2 phones have come unlocked for years  :)

2) Can you fix your avatar!

Yes is it broken like? i can see it fine?


site rules are 110 x 110 .. yours is ... 160 x 152 .. and it hangs over the first 3 characters of every line you type ... :)
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« Reply #13 on: 11 January 2009, 19:43:38 »
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1) Thanks for that tyreburner, i have a number of voda phones which could get unlocked. I am on o2, all o2 phones have come unlocked for years  :)

2) Can you fix your avatar!

Yes is it broken like? i can see it fine?


site rules are 110 x 110 .. yours is ... 160 x 152 .. and it hangs over the first 3 characters of every line you type ... :)
Only for FF.  Need to make that clear, so that when people 'test' their avatar under IE7, and it looks fine.....
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Re: locked vodafones
« Reply #14 on: 11 January 2009, 19:46:33 »
I always thought voda didnt bother to lock their phones......ive a couple here....and none of them are locked.
I put an o2 simm in one of them the other day.....worked fine  :-/ :-/
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