Old mobile locked to Orange

sparkiemalarkie

Hi, I've just found my old mobile and it was locked to Orange network.....Is it useless now or will it work on another network?

tia

sx

flaneurs_lobster

I think EE took over Orange's customers. Could try asking on their community pages

https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/Unlocking-your-device/bd-p/Unlocking-devices-and-PAC-codes

donnac2558

I had an older phone locked to Orange.   I took it to an EE store, and they changed it to EE, but I had to leave it with them as they could not get it to unlock and had to send for a special code.   Took a few days.

sparkiemalarkie

donnac2558 said:

I had an older phone locked to Orange.   I took it to an EE store, and they changed it to EE, but I had to leave it with them as they could not get it to unlock and had to send for a special code.   Took a few days.

Did you have to pay?

molerat

Most Orange phones should work with EE or Plusnet SIMs, there is only one way to find out - my Orange branded phone worked fine with the previously mentioned SIMs.  EE should be able to unlock the phone to work with other networks for £8.99.  What model phone is it as some antique models may struggle on any network. https://ee.co.uk/help/help-new/getting-started-and-upgrading/unlock-your-phone/unlock-a-ee-device-to-use-with-another-network

glennevis

sparkiemalarkie said:

Hi, I've just found my old mobile and it was locked to Orange network.....Is it useless now or will it work on another network?

tia

sx

What make and model? How old?

Some old Orange branded smartphones can be unlocked with an app from Google Play Store. The app I've used worked every time and is very cheap.

sparkiemalarkie

glennevis said:\
What make and model? How old?

Some old Orange branded smartphones can be unlocked with an app from Google Play Store. The app I've used worked every time and is very cheap.

It's a motorola c115....no idea how old it is though.
I have just tried a Tesco sim in it and it works.

I'm now thinking that I could have bought it from Carphone warehouse ~ if so it would be unlocked

A complete mystery at the moment 

sx

molerat

sparkiemalarkie said:

It's a motorola c115....no idea how old it is though.

Introduced in 2004

https://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_c115-876.php

glennevis

sparkiemalarkie said:

glennevis said:\
What make and model? How old?

Some old Orange branded smartphones can be unlocked with an app from Google Play Store. The app I've used worked every time and is very cheap.

It's a motorola c115....no idea how old it is though.
I have just tried a Tesco sim in it and it works.

I'm now thinking that I could have bought it from Carphone warehouse ~ if so it would be unlocked

A complete mystery at the moment 

sx

Tesco uses the O2 network so if Tesco SIM works the phone must be unlocked.

[Deleted User]

molerat said:

Most Orange phones should work with EE or Plusnet SIMs, there is only one way to find out - my Orange branded phone worked fine with the previously mentioned SIMs.  EE should be able to unlock the phone to work with other networks for £8.99.  What model phone is it as some antique models may struggle on any network. https://ee.co.uk/help/help-new/getting-started-and-upgrading/unlock-your-phone/unlock-a-ee-device-to-use-with-another-network

EE uses the network code of T-Mobile UK not Orange - so no, it shouldn't work.

jnm21

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molerat said:

Most Orange phones should work with EE or Plusnet SIMs, there is only one way to find out - my Orange branded phone worked fine with the previously mentioned SIMs.  EE should be able to unlock the phone to work with other networks for £8.99.  What model phone is it as some antique models may struggle on any network. https://ee.co.uk/help/help-new/getting-started-and-upgrading/unlock-your-phone/unlock-a-ee-device-to-use-with-another-network

EE uses the network code of T-Mobile UK not Orange - so no, it shouldn't work.

Any idea if EE will unlock FOC that being the case?  Morally they should.