Unlocking an Orange phone - anti competitive

Buzby

You'll need to have a humorous angle to allow Matt to use his props and a pained expression. Watchdog is an entertainment programme, nothing more.

The much prefer provable lies and deceit - sadly, this ticks neither box. If you don't wan the hassle, don't buy a subsidised handset!

FloFlo

Buzby wrote: »

You'll need to have a humorous angle to allow Matt to use his props and a pained expression. Watchdog is an entertainment programme, nothing more.

The much prefer provable lies and deceit - sadly, this ticks neither box. If you don't wan the hassle, don't buy a subsidised handset!

I won't again, just loathe now I am in this position that I will end up being forced back to orange whilst still paying for another contract. Over the 2 years it has cost over £700 for the phone and contract, phone is good as new, don't want to just write it off and have to spend £500 plus on a replacement.

macman

You don't 'have to spend £500' or anything near it on a replacement. There are plenty of perfectly good Android smartphones for £100 or less SIM-free.

FloFlo

macman wrote: »

You don't 'have to spend £500' or anything near it on a replacement. There are plenty of perfectly good Android smartphones for £100 or less SIM-free.

I do to replace it to the standard of phone I already have. If I replace exactly like for like then around £430.

Buzby

Agreed - capitalise on your investment, sell your handset AS locked to a particular network. Some folk don't mind. I bought a Samsung Galaxy Y from CW for just £69, unlocked.

You are seeing mountains where there are none!

Pineapple88

Does unlocking a phone through someone other that the network void the warranty?

If the phone is 12+ months old it will be out of warranty anyway and you can get it unlocked on the highstreet. Mine cost £15 and was done the same day (not an iphone so don't know if they take longer).

d123

Pineapple88 wrote: »

Does unlocking a phone through someone other that the network void the warranty?

If the phone is 12+ months old it will be out of warranty anyway and you can get it unlocked on the highstreet. Mine cost £15 and was done the same day (not an iphone so don't know if they take longer).

There is no high street unlock for the iphone...

Pineapple88

d123 wrote: »

There is no high street unlock for the iphone...

Really! I thought someone must have worked out how to hack it by now! As I said I do not have an iphone

d123

Pineapple88 wrote: »

Really! I thought someone must have worked out how to hack it by now! As I said I do not have an iphone

The longer answer about iPhone unlocking, there have been unlocks for certain basebands and certain firmware versions, but most are now extremely old and only work on the older models like the 3G, 3Gs and the first baseband of the iPhone 4. Anything newer (most iPhone 4's, the 4s and 5 have no unlock outside the official one).

Any iPhone sold or had a software update in the last year or 2 is only unlockable via the Apple server, there are independent people/companies with access who will unofficially process an unlock, but for some reason Orange phones done through the "back door" are exorbitantly expensive (>£100 per unlock).

Jon_01

Pineapple88 wrote: »

Really! I thought someone must have worked out how to hack it by now! As I said I do not have an iphone

You can get a temporary unlock by jail braking the iPhone. But the lock state is kept on the Appler servers. So when you update or connect to iTunes it just get locked again...

The only way to get a real unlock is to go through your network, they pass the unlock request to Apple who change it on their server. . .