unlocking fee

I have been told that there is a fee of £15 to unlock a phone. Is this
expensive?

Thanks

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species8350 <[email protected]> Proclaimed from the tallest
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> I have been told that there is a fee of £15 to unlock a phone. Is this
> expensive?
>
> Thanks

Depends on the phone... Some phones can be unlocked on-line for free!!

For phones that need to be unlocked by an 'expert' at a phone shop/market
stall, I'd say £15 is at the upper end of acceptable prices.
Shop around a bit, you might get it for a few quid less...


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On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:54:06 -0700 (PDT), species8350
<[email protected]> wrote:

<snip>
Shoud be 10 squid max.
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On Jul 19, 8:13*am, [email protected] wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:54:06 -0700 (PDT), species8350
>
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> <snip>
> Shoud be 10 squid max.
> ** Posted fromhttp://www.teranews.com**

Thank you.

Best wishes

On 18 Jul, 09:54, species8350 <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have been told that there is a fee of £15 to unlock a phone. Is this
> expensive?
>
> Thanks

Last I knew:

O2 charge £15, provided your PAYG phone is 12 months old
Virgin do it for free once you spent £30 with them
Orange charge £25 or £20

Some dodgy shop or stall about 5 years ago - £10

bornfree wrote:

> On 18 Jul, 09:54, species8350 <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I have been told that there is a fee of £15 to unlock a phone. Is this
>> expensive?
>>
>> Thanks
>
> Last I knew:
>
> O2 charge £15, provided your PAYG phone is 12 months old
> Virgin do it for free once you spent £30 with them
> Orange charge £25 or £20
>
> Some dodgy shop or stall about 5 years ago - £10

Orange charge £20. I called a local shop that does unlocking, and they
quoted me £20 (Nokia 6300), and couldn't do my N82 (nor could the
local 'Nokia' shop!).

I'd rather pay Orange directly. I managed to de-brand all my phones myself.

R

rousseau wrote:
> bornfree wrote:
>
>> On 18 Jul, 09:54, species8350 <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> I have been told that there is a fee of £15 to unlock a phone. Is this
>>> expensive?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>> Last I knew:
>>
>> O2 charge £15, provided your PAYG phone is 12 months old
>> Virgin do it for free once you spent £30 with them
>> Orange charge £25 or £20
>>
>> Some dodgy shop or stall about 5 years ago - £10
>
> Orange charge £20. I called a local shop that does unlocking, and they
> quoted me £20 (Nokia 6300), and couldn't do my N82 (nor could the
> local 'Nokia' shop!).
>
> I'd rather pay Orange directly. I managed to de-brand all my phones myself.
>
> R
I have goggled to find unlock codes for a couple in the past. No idea
whether it is now more difficult

"bornfree" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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On 18 Jul, 09:54, species8350 <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I have been told that there is a fee of £15 to unlock a phone. Is this
>> expensive?
>> Thanks
>
>Last I knew:
>O2 charge £15, provided your PAYG phone is 12 months old
>Virgin do it for free once you spent £30 with them
>
Used to be 15quid spend on Virgin
>
>Orange charge £25 or £20
>
>
Anyone know what Three charge for the unlock code?

Steve Terry

"Steve Terry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "bornfree" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> On 18 Jul, 09:54, species8350 <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> I have been told that there is a fee of £15 to unlock a phone. Is this
>>> expensive?
>>> Thanks
>>
>>Last I knew:
>>O2 charge £15, provided your PAYG phone is 12 months old
>>Virgin do it for free once you spent £30 with them
>>
> Used to be 15quid spend on Virgin

They (Virgin) used to supply the unlock codes if you just "topped up" by the
required amount.

>>Orange charge £25 or £20
>>
>>
> Anyone know what Three charge for the unlock code?

3 CS charged £15 (credit card) to unlock my E220 Modem a few months ago.

No reason to expect it to be any different for a phone.

There was a slight delay.because they had to obtain the code from the
manufacturer.

Alan

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> "Steve Terry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> "bornfree" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> On 18 Jul, 09:54, species8350 <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> I have been told that there is a fee of £15 to unlock a phone. Is this
>>>> expensive?
>>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>Last I knew:
>>>O2 charge £15, provided your PAYG phone is 12 months old
>>>Virgin do it for free once you spent £30 with them
>>>
>> Used to be 15quid spend on Virgin
>

Virgin now charge £15 irrespective of spend, i.e. no longer free if you've
spent £30. T&C changed in April apparently. Info from CS bod 5 minutes ago.