iPhones???????? Im confused!!

Rolypo

I made a post earlier about my current contract, Iv got 18 months left on vodafone, but the phone is totally rubbish, I dont want to sent it to be repaired because I think its just the phone, my boyfriend has the same make and model and I knew someone else with the same phone and same problems.
I was wondering, is it possible to buy an iPhone off the internet and put my sim card in there? because I heard that you have to register with the sim the iphone comes with and its not possible to put your own sim in it? but then someone has told me on my other post that I could get one off the internet. Im so confused. I wouldnt mind it I could pay vodafone a bit extra for them to give me an iPhone but stay on the same contract? (even if the contract price goes up slightly I dont mind.)(my contract is vodafone by the way)

bordercars

you can get an i phone, chuck a free o2 pay as you go sim in, put £15 credit on the card and then they will unlock it for you..

o2 site
Pay Monthly customers
Yes. If you're a Pay Monthly customer, then your iPhone can be unlocked at any point for free. Don't forget that you will still need to honour the remainder of the minimum term of your contract.

Pay & Go customers
Yes, you can unlock your iPhone for a one-off cost of £15. You'll pay for this from the money topped-up on your phone.

But if you unlock your iPhone less than 12 months after you bought it, we'll take off the free Web & Wi-Fi Bolt On (that we added for the first 12 months). You can buy a Web & Wi-Fi Bolt On for £10 a month when you fill in the unlocking form. Find out more about the Web & Wi-Fi Bolt On here.

Complete the unlocking form - it will take up to 14 days for the iPhone to be unlocked and we'll text you to confirm the unlock request.

atlantis187

bordercars wrote: »

you can get an i phone, chuck a free o2 pay as you go sim in, put £15 credit on the card and then they will unlock it for you..

o2 site
Pay Monthly customers
Yes. If you're a Pay Monthly customer, then your iPhone can be unlocked at any point for free. Don't forget that you will still need to honour the remainder of the minimum term of your contract.

Pay & Go customers
Yes, you can unlock your iPhone for a one-off cost of £15. You'll pay for this from the money topped-up on your phone.

But if you unlock your iPhone less than 12 months after you bought it, we'll take off the free Web & Wi-Fi Bolt On (that we added for the first 12 months). You can buy a Web & Wi-Fi Bolt On for £10 a month when you fill in the unlocking form. Find out more about the Web & Wi-Fi Bolt On here.

Complete the unlocking form - it will take up to 14 days for the iPhone to be unlocked and we'll text you to confirm the unlock request.

Will they unlock it for u even if u bought the phone second hand from ebay etc..

preable

atlantis187 wrote: »

Will they unlock it for u even if u bought the phone second hand from ebay etc..

Yes they will :j

atlantis187

ive got a second hand iphone 3gs bought from ebay the warranty doesnt ru nout till june 2010. I'm in 18month contract with o2 paying £15 a month am using this sim in the iphone. How do I go about getting the unlock code from o2. Will they not ask me to provide proof off purchase for the iphone?

Rolypo

bordercars wrote: »

you can get an i phone, chuck a free o2 pay as you go sim in, put £15 credit on the card and then they will unlock it for you..

o2 site
Pay Monthly customers
Yes. If you're a Pay Monthly customer, then your iPhone can be unlocked at any point for free. Don't forget that you will still need to honour the remainder of the minimum term of your contract.

Pay & Go customers
Yes, you can unlock your iPhone for a one-off cost of £15. You'll pay for this from the money topped-up on your phone.

But if you unlock your iPhone less than 12 months after you bought it, we'll take off the free Web & Wi-Fi Bolt On (that we added for the first 12 months). You can buy a Web & Wi-Fi Bolt On for £10 a month when you fill in the unlocking form. Find out more about the Web & Wi-Fi Bolt On here.

Complete the unlocking form - it will take up to 14 days for the iPhone to be unlocked and we'll text you to confirm the unlock request.

Im on vodafone pay monthly though so any idea if they could unlock an iPhone if I bought one (say if I bought one from tesco with a pay n go tesco sim but put my sim in there? could vodafone unlock it so my sim works in there??)

Jon_01

Only the network that a phone was sold on can unlock them.

You'd need to get a payg sim for it (if it wasn't on your network), and stick some credit on to pay for the unlock.

Vodafone

Hi Rolypo,

I’m pleased to know that you can use a Vodafone SIM in an unlocked iPhone.

If you’d like to email us via Web Relations Team we’ll be happy to look into this for you.

(When contacting, please quote the code WRT135 in the subject line. In the main message body, please include a link to this thread and your user name. This will ensure that your message comes directly through to my team).

Best wishes,

Jenny
Web Relations Team
Vodafone UK

jimbms

Avoid buying any iPhone bar the 3Gs model as all the previous ones are being dumped support wise by apple as the new 4.0 ugrade won't work on them.