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Nokia 150 Vodafone unlocking ?
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Abandoned_Trolley
Apr 12, 2021, 12:43:36 PM4/12/21
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My wife is going to be staying in hospital for a few days soon, and I
though it might be an idea to leave her smartphone at home and
communicate using her old Nokia 150 which is tied to Vodafone.
Trouble is, she has migrated to O2 now and of course the phone is locked.
Does anybody know of any easy (and preferably free) method of getting
the handset unlocked ?
I have spent some time searching the intenet and found a lot of
confusing, and potentially fraudulent and /or illegal suggestions, a
large number of which involve parting with money.
The perfect solution would naturally involve no contact with any human
employed by Vodafone
TIA
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Woody
Apr 12, 2021, 1:32:24 PM4/12/21
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Exchange (uk.webuy.com) where you will be able to get a simple and cheap
phone with a guarantee (usually 2 years) for very small money.
One problem you may come across is that older phones used to use the
larger SIMs where as many modern phones use the smaller versions. Why
not just get a cheap phone as above and put a PAYG SIM in it? After all
she is more likely to get incoming calls (from you!) than making
outgoing. CEx start at £4 and have quite a few up to £10. A good one to
look for is a Doro 612 (which won't work on 3 or any of its MVNOs as it
doesn't do 3G) which you should be able to get for less than £20 but are
a cracking phone that is very simple and easy to use.
newman
Apr 12, 2021, 4:20:29 PM4/12/21
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Abandoned_Trolley
Apr 12, 2021, 5:07:22 PM4/12/21
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On 12/04/2021 21:20, newman wrote:
>> One problem you may come across is that older phones used to use the
>> larger SIMs where as many modern phones use the smaller versions. Why
>> not just get a cheap phone as above and put a PAYG SIM in it? After
>> all she is more likely to get incoming calls (from you!) than making
>> outgoing. CEx start at £4 and have quite a few up to £10. A good one
>> to look for is a Doro 612 (which won't work on 3 or any of its MVNOs
>> as it doesn't do 3G) which you should be able to get for less than £20
>> but are a cracking phone that is very simple and easy to use.
>>
> https://www.argos.co.uk/product/6316901
Brilliant idea - why have just one useless handset locked to Vodafone
>> One problem you may come across is that older phones used to use the
>> larger SIMs where as many modern phones use the smaller versions. Why
>> not just get a cheap phone as above and put a PAYG SIM in it? After
>> all she is more likely to get incoming calls (from you!) than making
>> outgoing. CEx start at £4 and have quite a few up to £10. A good one
>> to look for is a Doro 612 (which won't work on 3 or any of its MVNOs
>> as it doesn't do 3G) which you should be able to get for less than £20
>> but are a cracking phone that is very simple and easy to use.
>>
> https://www.argos.co.uk/product/6316901
when you could have two ?
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Adrian Caspersz
Apr 13, 2021, 3:49:55 AM4/13/21
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On 12/04/2021 17:43, Abandoned_Trolley wrote:
>
>
> I have spent some time searching the intenet and found a lot of
> confusing, and potentially fraudulent and /or illegal suggestions, a
> large number of which involve parting with money.
>
> The perfect solution would naturally involve no contact with any human
> employed by Vodafone
This web form is covid safe, it could even be a computer that replies.
> confusing, and potentially fraudulent and /or illegal suggestions, a
> large number of which involve parting with money.
>
> The perfect solution would naturally involve no contact with any human
> employed by Vodafone
https://www.vodafone.co.uk/vodafone-uk/forms/unlock-code-request/
They send a code that can be typed to unlock the device, while the sim
is removed.
--
Adrian C
Woody
Apr 13, 2021, 4:00:54 AM4/13/21
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on supply, and EE phones will be unlocked f.o.c. if requested at the
shop at the time of purchase.
Abandoned_Trolley
Apr 13, 2021, 4:30:50 AM4/13/21
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have started the ball rolling.
They say that "It usually takes two days, but for some phones we need to
get the code from the manufacturer, so it may take a little longer"
I will let you know how it turns out.
AT
Abandoned_Trolley
Apr 13, 2021, 4:49:44 AM4/13/21
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the Mannesman "D2 Privat" network when it was launched in the early 90s.
Not long afterwards it was discovered that GSM1800 handsets being sold
in Germany for the E-Plus network were turning up and being used on the
One-2-One network in the UK. I know because I was asked to buy some
prior to a trip back to England.
It didnt take long for the network operators to find out about this and
start protecting their commercial interests by getting in to the handset
locking business.
I believe there was a big row about it within the ITU and/or the GSM,
and their point of view was that these locked handsets were technically
illegal GSM terminals and that the operators were violating the terms of
their network licences by registering them.
As a child of 12 could have predicted, the spineless regulators did
nothing useful about this for the next 25 years, which has led us in to
the mess we are now in.
Were it ever thus ...
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Woody
Apr 13, 2021, 9:41:07 AM4/13/21
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Nokia 1208) for £8 locked on EE. You can however get it unlocked very
easily and it works, 2G only though. I have a psare in the car in case I
forget my phone (comes of old age!) and another in the caravan in case
Management has forgotten hers!
Abandoned_Trolley
May 4, 2021, 12:50:51 PM5/4/21
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On 13/04/2021 08:49, Adrian Caspersz wrote:
The unlock code eventually turned up, but I didnt notice it for a few
days because it was snoozing in the Junk email box. Typed it all in and
it burst in to life straight away.
The downside is that the wifes operation has been cancelled, so the
thing will not be needed for a while :-\
Thanks all the same
AT
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