giff gaff/O2 advice please?

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coolesticeking wrote: »

Agree with grumbler, If it's O2 Locked it should work with Tesco Mobile & GiffGaff but not the other way around.

Tesco seem to lock the handsets just to Tesco Mobile, even though they use the O2 Network.

I bought a phone from Tesco (locked to them) - after three months called them and they unlocked for free

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papoosue wrote: »

One more question - I like the Samsung Galaxy Ace phone but it is locked to 3 - does that mean you can get it unlocked from one of those places on the high street, or is it really locked into 3?

I too have seen a Samsung smartphone locked to 3 from Carphone Warehouse and want to stay on Giffgaff. I've searched for info about unlocking phones on 3 network but come up with answers like "OK for calls & texting but internet won't work" and "3 sims are glued in place".

So I'm totally confused so I'll be watching this for more help.

papoosue

Thanks for all the advice guys. I haven't bought the phone yet although I've been back in to O2 and Carphone Warehouse for a look. I could get the phone unlocked for £140 in cw, which includes a top up of twenty pounds with t-mobile that I really don't want, otherwise it's a lot more expensive. O2 weren't sure if giff gaff sim would work okay without trying it, but didn't offer to find out about it (!).

For the time being I think i will just wait a bit longer and see if anything changes to bring the price down a little from 140.