What other phones will a Virgin sim fit

espresso

derrick wrote:

Virgin use the T-Mobile network, so the answer to your question is,yes

You are talking rubbish. T-Mobile and Virgin have different MNC's. Virgin is a virtual network on T-Mobile infrastructure. Suggest that you do some research into this subject of handset locking. i.e. to unlock a handset locked to Virgin, a different code is required to that required to unlock the same handset if locked to T-Mobile.

dotchas

Expresso,
Does that mean I can put my Virgin sim into a locked T-mobile phone?

Thanks
Easily confused today!

espresso

dotchas wrote:

Expresso,
Does that mean I can put my Virgin sim into a locked T-mobile phone?

Thanks
Easily confused today!

Yes as per post #5

dotchas

Cheers expresso,

Off to decide on new phone!

chillerman

I'm glad that my original question got so many replys!!!! Can anybody now tell me If there are any problems concerning getting a mobile unlocked and if so what are they?

gaming_guy

chillerman wrote:

I'm glad that my original question got so many replys!!!! Can anybody now tell me If there are any problems concerning getting a mobile unlocked and if so what are they?

unlocking will invalidate any warranty on the phone, but i recently sent my old phone off to SE and they fixed it for me, even though it was unlocked by a local shop.

if the unlocking process goes wrong (unlikely!), it could damage the phones software

derrick

espresso wrote:

You are talking rubbish. T-Mobile and Virgin have different MNC's. Virgin is a virtual network on T-Mobile infrastructure. Suggest that you do some research into this subject of handset locking. i.e. to unlock a handset locked to Virgin, a different code is required to that required to unlock the same handset if locked to T-Mobile.

There is no need for insults, you are not right all the time,(nobody is), I stand by my post #8, I have done it and am using both phones with Virgin and T-Mobile sims, both locked to the 2 individual networks, so despite what you say I know it works!

derrick

espresso wrote:

You are talking rubbish. T-Mobile and Virgin have different MNC's. Virgin is a virtual network on T-Mobile infrastructure. Suggest that you do some research into this subject of handset locking. i.e. to unlock a handset locked to Virgin, a different code is required to that required to unlock the same handset if locked to T-Mobile.

Actually in this post you have used my quote,(Originally Posted by derrick
Virgin use the T-Mobile network, so the answer to your question is,yes,
saying I am talking rubbish then in your post #14 you admit that quote is true

dotchas

Hi Guys!
I am now the proud owner of a Samsung E900 ,sold to me on T-mobile but now working perfectly with my Virgin sim.The guy in Phones4u checked it worked in the shop.
Only downside was we had to buy £20 airtime on the t-mobile sim.....so off to e-bay now!

espresso

derrick wrote:

Actually in this post you have used my quote,(Originally Posted by derrick
Virgin use the T-Mobile network, so the answer to your question is,yes,
saying I am talking rubbish then in your post #14 you admit that quote is true

What are you going on about?

In post #10:

dotchas wrote:

Expresso,
Does that mean I can put my Virgin sim into a locked T-mobile phone?

And I said:

espresso wrote:

Yes as per post #5

However, more than one type of lock can be applied to a handset. T-Mobile handsets are locked to MCC+MNC (Lock 1) meaning that a Virgin SIM will indeed work fine. Virgin handsets can have a second lock applied which prevents a T-Mobile SIM working in a Virgin locked handset, similar to what gaming_guy pointed out in post #6:

gaming_guy wrote:

just like tesco sims will work in o2 handsets, but o2 sims wont work in tesco handsets

Therefore your statement in post #3:

derrick wrote:

Virgin use the T-Mobile network, so Virgin sims will work on T-Mobile and vice versa, locked or not.

is not factually correct and cannot be guaranteed to work both ways.

Not all Virgin handsets are actually locked, even when supplied from directly from Virgin and some retail stores supply unlocked GSM stock or could supply a T-Mobile locked handset with a Virgin SIM fitted.

As I said previously, if you actually did some research on this subject you may could learn more about this topic, rather than simply arguing your point. Believe what you want, however posting inaccurate information is not very helpful to others!

:rolleyes: