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Do I have to unlock Blackberry

lalamb
lalamb Posts: 1,893 Forumite
My daughter has recently changed phones from a BB to another. She is giving me her BB. Her phone was under contract with Orange, she is staying with them for her new phone so her contract will follow her.

What I want to know is this....I want to go onto Orange PAYG, I know I will need a PAYG sim, but would it need unlocking or can I just change sims over because I am staying with the network?

Any help, much appreciated, thank you!

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  • kiss_me_now9
    kiss_me_now9 Posts: 1,466 Forumite
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    You can just switch sims over but be aware that you will be charged a lot for web browsing if you don't have BB internet on your account. I'm not sure how this works with PAYG as it's included in my contract...
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  • lalamb
    lalamb Posts: 1,893 Forumite
    You can just switch sims over but be aware that you will be charged a lot for web browsing if you don't have BB internet on your account. I'm not sure how this works with PAYG as it's included in my contract...

    Thanks very much for your quick answer.

    I'm aware they do a £5 BB data add on, which isn't too bad.
  • TakeThis
    TakeThis Posts: 2,909 Forumite
    lalamb wrote: »
    Thanks very much for your quick answer.

    I'm aware they do a £5 BB data add on, which isn't too bad.

    With a £10 top up on the Dolphin tariff, you can use £5 for the BIS add on(with 50MB of data usage) and £5 to buy a bundle of calls of 100 mins.
    Top up another 10p at least, so that you can take advantage of the free text(400) and Internet(100MB) for that month.
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