Unlock Code for Old Nokia

littlebighorse

Hi, just wondering whether anyone could very kindly help at all please? I still use a very old phone, a Nokia 6822a released in 2005, this particular one was bought on Ebay a couple of years ago. I have been happily using this phone on my Plusnet mobile sim but as Plusnet mobile is now shutting down I have switched to an EE Sim (offered unlimited calls and texts for £4 a month)
The trouble is that when I put the EE sim in I find the phone must be locked to a network (I would guess Orange). It's not that the sim is incompatible with the phone as I have another badly battered phone of the same model and it works fine.
Back in the day there were free websites where you could put in your phone details and it would calculate an unlock code. This worked really well but I can't seem to find any that still work. Could anyone offer any help please? I know there were some experts on this board on the subject back in the day.
I tried calling EE but after being on hold for 20 minutes they basically said "Google it" (which of course I had already done)
Oh, and please don't suggest getting a smartphone as that wouldn't be particularly helpful. Many thanks.

Jon_01

This looks like it might work?

http://www.unlock-free.com/nokia/nokia-6822.html

400ixl

Difficult to suggest, http://www.unlockme.co.uk/Unlock_Nokia_FREE.php does spit out codes, whether they work is something I can check.

Taking it to a local phone repair shop (old school independent rather than one focussed on screen repairs).

Is the 6822 a 2G only phone? Thinking that the 3G networks get switched off soon. Not suggesting getting a smart phone, but a 4G capable non smart phone can be had for not much money. So if it is going to cost to get it unlocked maybe replace https://www.amazon.co.uk/Non-Smart-Mobile-Phones/s?k=Non+Smart+Mobile+Phones

littlebighorse

Jon_01 said:

This looks like it might work?

http://www.unlock-free.com/nokia/nokia-6822.html

I tried it but unfortunately after whirring away for a minute or so I just get a message saying "an error has occured". Thanks for the suggetsion though.

flaneurs_lobster

 The EE site might be worth a punt

https://ee.co.uk/plans-subscriptions/mobile/settings-permissions/device-unlock

littlebighorse

400ixl said:

Difficult to suggest, http://www.unlockme.co.uk/Unlock_Nokia_FREE.php does spit out codes, whether they work is something I can check.

Taking it to a local phone repair shop (old school independent rather than one focussed on screen repairs).

Is the 6822 a 2G only phone? Thinking that the 3G networks get switched off soon. Not suggesting getting a smart phone, but a 4G capable non smart phone can be had for not much money. So if it is going to cost to get it unlocked maybe replace https://www.amazon.co.uk/Non-Smart-Mobile-Phones/s?k=Non+Smart+Mobile+Phones

That site worked. Thanks so much. I'm sure that's the one I used back in the day.
It may be a 3G phone but as I only use it for calls, text, and internal features (diary, alarm, notes etc.) that isn't an issue. I appreciate that they plan to turn 2G off one day but at the moment that would appear to still be years away (Vodafone for example have stated 2033 I believe) I will just have to worry about that bridge when I get to it.

PHK

It is a 2G only device, 2G will be switched off by 2030. 

Two things that might hinder the life:

The component lifetime was 10 years so you'll begin to see memory and capacitor failures

It's a tri-band phone so you may need to experiment with networks to see which still has 2G coverage on those bands. As more and more spectrum is re-purposed for 4G and 5G then you may find that coverage falls off even though 2G hasn't been switched off.