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Does it need unlocking?

Anyone know anything about unlocking phones?
I have an S3 which I thought was locked to vodaphone. Put an orange sim in it and I can make calls to landlines, but not to other mobiles. I can make and receive texts.
Does it need unlocked? I know that it was working fine when I got it as it was my dads and in full working order.

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  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,644 Forumite
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    Anyone know anything about unlocking phones?
    I have an S3 which I thought was locked to vodaphone. Put an orange sim in it and I can make calls to landlines, but not to other mobiles. I can make and receive texts.
    Does it need unlocked? I know that it was working fine when I got it as it was my dads and in full working order.

    If it was locked I wouldnt have thought it would let you send texts
  • earthstorm
    earthstorm Posts: 2,134 Forumite
    Anyone know anything about unlocking phones?
    I have an S3 which I thought was locked to vodaphone. Put an orange sim in it and I can make calls to landlines, but not to other mobiles. I can make and receive texts.
    Does it need unlocked? I know that it was working fine when I got it as it was my dads and in full working order.

    If it was locked to Vodaphone then it would not acknowledge an Orange sim
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