How to unlock my Virgin mobile phone

melbury

I have a very old (15+ years) PAYG Nokia 1100 - very basic because I don't use it that often.

Anyway I am sick of paying such high charges and decided to get an 02 Classic PAYG sim card.

Trouble is I have now discovered that my phone is locked and have read that Virgin would expect me to pay £15.32 to unlock it. As my phone is old and I have paid a fortune for my calls over the past 15 years, I don't really want to give them any more money.

Is there any cheap/easy way to unlock my phone so that I can just put the new sim that 02 have sent me in?

I am a techno-diinosaur so wouldn't be able to cope with anything complicated:o

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

pmduk

You could ask them nicely to do it free as a goodwill gesture.

d123

pmduk wrote: »

You could ask them nicely to do it free as a goodwill gesture.

Virgin? The only time I’ve ever got a goodwill gesture out of them was when dealing with their Exec Office. Their normal CS wouldn’t know how to spell goodwill

melbury

Just read about it on Martin's advice page about mobiles:

Virgin Mobile Call 0345 600 0789 Up to 28 days

PAYG Free if purchased 12+ mths ago, £15.32 otherwise N/A

So will try asking them nicely:)

AndyPK

there are other providers which will working without unlocking.


e.g. Asda.


They only charge about 4p or 8p
Get a free sim from there website. NOT instore.