remote unlock N95?

Can the N95 on Voda be unlocked remotely via an unlocking shop type service?

I don't want to go through Voda for various reasons, none of them illegal,
but it's a company phone and the unlocking fee will be billed to the co, not
myself which is something I wish to avoid.

Cheers

Mike P

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drbob wrote:
> Mike P wrote:
>> Can the N95 on Voda be unlocked remotely via an unlocking shop type
>> service? I don't want to go through Voda for various reasons, none of
>> them
>> illegal, but it's a company phone and the unlocking fee will be
>> billed to the co, not myself which is something I wish to avoid.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Mike P
>>
>>
> I'd recommend just going to a phone shop which offers unlocking. For
> £5 my local place will unlock and put the latest unbranded firmware
> on a phone.

I've found a few online places that can do it for £20 or thereabouts.
Suppose I should have looked before posting here!

> Remote unlocking may work but you'll still be stuck with the Vodafone
> customised interface and unable to update to the latest Nokia
> firmware.

Is this true? I managed to flash my old N95 (locked to 3) with the latest
generic Nokia firmware with no probs at all.

> Only thing to keep in mind is, if you go the unlock & debrand route
> you will probably need to put some settings back into the phone after
> it's been debranded, though customer services can usually send these
> to.

Thanks, I can manage all that ok.. :-)

Mike P

Mike P wrote:
> drbob wrote:
>> Mike P wrote:
>>> Can the N95 on Voda be unlocked remotely via an unlocking shop type
>>> service? I don't want to go through Voda for various reasons, none of
>>> them
>>> illegal, but it's a company phone and the unlocking fee will be
>>> billed to the co, not myself which is something I wish to avoid.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Mike P
>>>
>>>
>> I'd recommend just going to a phone shop which offers unlocking. For
>> £5 my local place will unlock and put the latest unbranded firmware
>> on a phone.
>
> I've found a few online places that can do it for £20 or thereabouts.
> Suppose I should have looked before posting here!
>
>> Remote unlocking may work but you'll still be stuck with the Vodafone
>> customised interface and unable to update to the latest Nokia
>> firmware.
>
> Is this true? I managed to flash my old N95 (locked to 3) with the latest
> generic Nokia firmware with no probs at all.
>
>> Only thing to keep in mind is, if you go the unlock & debrand route
>> you will probably need to put some settings back into the phone after
>> it's been debranded, though customer services can usually send these
>> to.
>
> Thanks, I can manage all that ok.. :-)
>
> Mike P
>
>
My N95 was originally o2 but I used various software to convince it that
it was a generic phone and now have the latest generic software. I seem
to recall that I had to re-download nokia maps.
Does this mean the phone is now unlocked and will accept any sim or is
this different from de-branding the software?

TIA

Mike P wrote:
>
>> Remote unlocking may work but you'll still be stuck with the Vodafone
>> customised interface and unable to update to the latest Nokia
>> firmware.
>
> Is this true? I managed to flash my old N95 (locked to 3) with the latest
> generic Nokia firmware with no probs at all.

Sorry for the confusion. I was assuming that you weren't going to mess
around changing the phones product code yourself to allow installation
of a generic firmware. Of course you can re-flash with a generic
firmware yourself, but many users are far happier letting a phone shop
perform such an update (if it goes wrong, they have to put it right).

drbob wrote:
> Mike P wrote:
>>
>>> Remote unlocking may work but you'll still be stuck with the
>>> Vodafone customised interface and unable to update to the latest
>>> Nokia firmware.
>>
>> Is this true? I managed to flash my old N95 (locked to 3) with the
>> latest generic Nokia firmware with no probs at all.
>
> Sorry for the confusion. I was assuming that you weren't going to mess
> around changing the phones product code yourself to allow installation
> of a generic firmware. Of course you can re-flash with a generic
> firmware yourself, but many users are far happier letting a phone shop
> perform such an update (if it goes wrong, they have to put it right).

Fair point Drbob. Yes, I'll flash it myself, I don't have a problem doing
that.

Thanks for the info:-)

Mike P

Invisible Man wrote:
>>
> My N95 was originally o2 but I used various software to convince it that
> it was a generic phone and now have the latest generic software. I seem
> to recall that I had to re-download nokia maps.
> Does this mean the phone is now unlocked and will accept any sim or is
> this different from de-branding the software?
>
No. De-branding (installing the generic firmware) and unlocking are two
separate operations. However phone shops which offer unlocking will
often also de-brand a phone when asked to unlock it.

"Mike P" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Can the N95 on Voda be unlocked remotely via an unlocking shop type
> service?
>
> I don't want to go through Voda for various reasons, none of them
> illegal, but it's a company phone and the unlocking fee will be billed
> to the co, not myself which is something I wish to avoid.
>
> Cheers
>
> Mike P
>
Vodafone unlock contract customers for free - not sure about business
contract customers

http://forum.vodafone.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=608

IanM wrote:
> "Mike P" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Can the N95 on Voda be unlocked remotely via an unlocking shop type
>> service?
>>
>> I don't want to go through Voda for various reasons, none of them
>> illegal, but it's a company phone and the unlocking fee will be
>> billed to the co, not myself which is something I wish to avoid.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Mike P
>>
> Vodafone unlock contract customers for free - not sure about business
> contract customers
>
> http://forum.vodafone.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=608

It's just so I can put a foreign SIM in it when I go on holiday. I've got
roaming enabled but it's so bloody expensive I'm way better off with a local
SIM.

I shall call Voda and ask them.

thanks

Mike P

IanM wrote:
> "Mike P" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Can the N95 on Voda be unlocked remotely via an unlocking shop type
>> service?
>>
>> I don't want to go through Voda for various reasons, none of them
>> illegal, but it's a company phone and the unlocking fee will be
>> billed to the co, not myself which is something I wish to avoid.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Mike P
>>
> Vodafone unlock contract customers for free - not sure about business
> contract customers
>
> http://forum.vodafone.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=608

Cool bananas. I owe you a beer :-) Now unlocked for free ..

Mike P

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:47:14 +0100, Invisible Man
<[email protected]> wrote:


>My N95 was originally o2 but I used various software to convince it that
>it was a generic phone and now have the latest generic software. I seem
>to recall that I had to re-download nokia maps.
>Does this mean the phone is now unlocked and will accept any sim or is
>this different from de-branding the software?
>
Debranding id not the same as unlocking but, afaik, O2 don't lock
their contract phones do they?

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[email protected] says...
> I'd recommend just going to a phone shop which offers unlocking. For £5
> my local place will unlock and put the latest unbranded firmware on a
> phone.

Not an N95 they wont.
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"Mike P" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Can the N95 on Voda be unlocked remotely via an unlocking shop type
> service?
>
> I don't want to go through Voda for various reasons, none of them illegal,
> but it's a company phone and the unlocking fee will be billed to the co,
> not myself which is something I wish to avoid.
>
> Cheers
>
> Mike P
Voda will give you the code for free,just call them and ask for it.

"Mike P" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Can the N95 on Voda be unlocked remotely via an unlocking shop type
> service?
>
> I don't want to go through Voda for various reasons, none of them illegal,
> but it's a company phone and the unlocking fee will be billed to the co,
> not myself which is something I wish to avoid.
> Cheers
> Mike P
>
>
You could try a i-SmartSim 2008 SIM Card

They don't unlock the phone but stop the lock from working
Try ebay, 7quid tops

Steve Terry

Mike P;199141 Wrote:
> drbob wrote:-
> Mike P wrote:-
> Can the N95 on Voda be unlocked remotely via an unlocking shop type
> service? I don't want to go through Voda for various reasons, none of
>
> them
> illegal, but it's a company phone and the unlocking fee will be
> billed to the co, not myself which is something I wish to avoid.
>
> Cheers
>
> Mike P
>
> -
> I'd recommend just going to a phone shop which offers unlocking. For
> £5 my local place will unlock and put the latest unbranded firmware
> on a phone.-
>
> I've found a few online places that can do it for £20 or thereabouts.
> Suppose I should have looked before posting here!
> -
> Remote unlocking may work but you'll still be stuck with the Vodafone
> customised interface and unable to update to the latest Nokia
> firmware.-
>
> Is this true? I managed to flash my old N95 (locked to 3) with the
> latest
> generic Nokia firmware with no probs at all.
> -
> Only thing to keep in mind is, if you go the unlock & debrand route
> you will probably need to put some settings back into the phone after
> it's been debranded, though customer services can usually send these
> to.-
>
> Thanks, I can manage all that ok.. :-)
>
> Mike P


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Brian A <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:47:14 +0100, Invisible Man
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> >My N95 was originally o2 but I used various software to convince it that
> >it was a generic phone and now have the latest generic software. I seem
> >to recall that I had to re-download nokia maps.
> >Does this mean the phone is now unlocked and will accept any sim or is
> >this different from de-branding the software?
> >
> Debranding id not the same as unlocking but, afaik, O2 don't lock
> their contract phones do they?
>
Yes, not actually checked another sim in my N95 yet, but, non of my
previous O2 contract phones have been locked. All you really need to
'de-o2' them is turn off the annoying screensaver and change the browser
home page.
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