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Buying a contract phone.

Im thinking off buying a phone from my friend. She has a phone on contract but wants to sell the phone and use the sim in a dfferent phone, is there a way i can unlock the phone so any sim can be used?
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  • gjchester
    gjchester Posts: 5,741 Forumite
    Depends on the phone and network, Some can be done by market traders for a tenner or so, some are sold unlocked by the network, and others the origianal purchases needs to get their network to unlock it.

    Do you know for sure it's locked?
  • robbies_gal
    robbies_gal Posts: 7,895 Forumite
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    get her to unlock it with the network then youre free to use it
    What goes around-comes around
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