PAYG Orange SPV C550 with 512mb SD Card - £99.99!!!

Pulse

An absolute steal here! The C500 is selling in the Orange shop for £110 I believe, and this is the upgrade to it, and it comes with a 512mb SD card!!!

Log on to the Orange shop now, and take a look! Brilliant bargain!!!

http://shop.orange.co.uk/shop/show/handset/orange_spv_c550/detail/pay_as_you_go

jleith28

can this phone be easily unlocked?will it cost me or free?

barijohn

Review available here:

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=1452&page=1

HTH.

Bari

:xmassign:

payless

jleith28 wrote:

can this phone be easily unlocked?will it cost me or free?

a bit awkward, but yes it can be done for free

need to have activesync running ( guest is fine.. in fact I used my existing version loaded from an old pda, but its also on the disc / avaialble to down load from m/s )

You need to unlock for applications first ( security?) - tried via orange develops site route , but no joy, so used registry editor / info at http://www.modaco.com/INFO_Decert_SIM_Unlock_C550-t222786.html


change values to

HKLM\Security\Policies\Policies\00001001 = 1 (RAPI)
HKLM\Security\Policies\Policies\00001005 = 40 (Cert)


then used http://www.spv-developers.com/content/SPV-Services.zip


loaded/ ran cert.cab from phone , then ran the services program

Mr_Gordon_2

Perfect.. Just what I'm after.

Since my C500 had seen better days I recently upgraded to an M5000, which is an amazing piece of kit but is rather large to carry around everywhere with you. This will fill the gap nicely.

The 512 MiniSD alone is worth around £30-40.

41hardwick

Does an body know what the battery life is on this phone, not the offical standy by time of 6 days, 4hrs talk as I find this never is realistic.

:xmassign: :xmastree:

grex9101

41hardwick wrote:

Does an body know what the battery life is on this phone, not the offical standy by time of 6 days, 4hrs talk as I find this never is realistic.

:xmassign: :xmastree:

the c500s battery life was fairly decent, certainly didn't have to charge it every day, unlike my p910I :mad:

RufusA

41hardwick wrote:

Does an body know what the battery life is on this phone, not the offical standy by time of 6 days, 4hrs talk as I find this never is realistic.

:xmassign: :xmastree:

If it's any help I tend to have mine switched on for around 12 hrs a day, and typically talk for 30 - 40 mins of that. Watch around 1 - 1.5 hours of Divx on it, and the rest of the time it sits waiting for someone to call!

I normally recharge it at the end of the 3rd day, as I don't want it to go flat on me the next day. So real world approx 36 hours standby and 1.5 hours talk.

My experience of phones is their battery life varies enormously based on signal strength. For example a day at home (with weak signal) would nearly drain my P800 in 24 hrs. Yet would cope with a week in a strong signal area between charges.

The C550 figures are mainly in a strong signal area (central London).

YMMV - Rufus.

angelatgraceland

Its now just £99.99. Sounds tempting. Now do I NEED it?

wobblebottom

:j Bear in mind that this fone is also compatable with TomTom Mobile!!! :j

K9cuddles

wobblebottom wrote:

:j Bear in mind that this fone is also compatable with TomTom Mobile!!! :j

Exactly what I was gonna say!!! All you need is a gsp unit and tomtom software installed on it at max £60 and you've got yourselve Sat nav! I've got it on my Nokia 7610 and even used it in Italy.. it's amazing!!!!

Now.... do I need a new handset??? lol