Samsung D500 O2 Comes Already Unlocked!

loopy_lass

just discovered this by mistake, i have a samsung D500 with o2 online contract. I accidentally put the wrong sim in and it worked!!!

so tried others and hey ho, it appears that my phone (and possibly other peoples) phone is NOT LOCKED!

apologies if this has been posted before...

enjoy!!! loops x :beer:

drahcir_2

they often supply sim-free ones (which have never been locked) with contract phones so wont be locked whereas payg ones will be
i believe cpw often supply sim free as well for contracts

tightwadapprentice

Hi there, I have just purchased a V3 on Orange and have just tried to use my Vodafone SIM but it came up with 'What is your subsidy No'. Any ideas?

groover_3

V3 needs to be unlocked with the smartclip at a market or in a shop.

ukbill69

o2 do not lock there phones at all. The phones are direct from Nokia/Samsung and o2 doesnt touch them, as they try to save money. You will find o2 phones are from direct from sim free stock.

simon_hzero

O2 and Vodafone used to be the only networks that supplied unlocked phones, but since Voda started doing Vodafone Live handsets, they've started to be locked to Vodafone, leaving O2 as the only network to supply unlocked phones.

Orange & T-mobile have always done handsets locked to their network, except on occasions when CPW supplies Orange handsets, where there might be an option to get a generic GSM handset... e.g. black D500s.

loopy_lass

ahhh well.. maybe it was common knowlege then an im just behind the times, lol... sorry folks... really thought id had a good find there...

loops

soul_sister_2

ukbill69 wrote:

o2 do not lock there phones at all. The phones are direct from Nokia/Samsung and o2 doesnt touch them, as they try to save money. You will find o2 phones are from direct from sim free stock.

i have to disagree o2 do lock pay and go phones unless specified on purchase. more often than not contract ones are unloked.

Indy

BT Mobile also do not lock their contract handsets. Virgin is a hit and miss situation, some contract handsets are locked while others aren't.