phones locked to a network

harrys_nan

Hi,
Do all phone automatically lock to the first sim card that is used even when you have bought the phone yourself? If so can anyone tell me why.

Inner_Zone

No. Only some Iphones purchased from some retailers i.e. CPW.

harrys_nan

so if it was bought directly from a retailer, it shouldn't be?
I have an old iPhone 3g which I want to pass on to someone, I cannot remember who I had a contract with and do not know anyone who has a sim which will fit the phone

Inner_Zone

Get a PAYG SIM (from free to a few £) on another network and try it.

harrys_nan

Inner_Zone wrote: »

Get a PAYG SIM (from free to a few £) on another network and try it.

never thought of that, would like to say blonde moment, but in truth it's a senior one:rotfl:

eDicky

Any network will send you a free PAYG SIM if you order online. Even without knowing which network it might be locked to, if more than one of the main networks' SIMs are not rejected, it must be unlocked.

d123

harrys_nan wrote: »

so if it was bought directly from a retailer, it shouldn't be?
I have an old iPhone 3g which I want to pass on to someone, I cannot remember who I had a contract with and do not know anyone who has a sim which will fit the phone

If by retailer you mean a phone retailer it will either be locked (if bought from a retailer like EE, o2, Vodafone, Three, P4U) or would have locked to 1st sim (if bought from CPW).

The chances of an iPhone 3G having been bought unlocked are pretty slim, at the time it was sold I think only bought directly from Apple would be unlocked.