Sony Eric P990i REFURB Locked to Orange £89.99 delivered

seth

SE P990i reconditioned £89.99 on Orange.
I paid £99 for mine in Jan 08
Hard to unlock, large size!
Old phone, but cheap for a phone with keyboard and 2005 vintage features
http://www.orangeaccessories.co.uk/reconditioned_mobile_phone/orange/sony_ericsson/p990i/orapp.html

Mark_Ice

Pretty good phone by all accounts. Easy to unlock as well!

Might be up for one meself!!

saver2000

seth wrote: »

SE P990i reconditioned £89.99 on Orange.
I paid £99 for mine in Jan 08
Hard to unlock, large size!
Old phone, but cheap for a phone with keyboard and 2005 vintage features
http://www.orangeaccessories.co.uk/reconditioned_mobile_phone/orange/sony_ericsson/p990i/orapp.html

What kind of condition was yours in? I'm just wondering what condition orange consider ok for refurbs.

I've done a bit of looking with regards unlocking, and there doesn't seem any easy way apart from phoning orange and paying them £20 or whatever.

However, I may decide to transfer my number over to orange PAYG as their prices seem more suited to me

seth

saver2000 wrote: »

What kind of condition was yours in? I'm just wondering what condition orange consider ok for refurbs.

I've done a bit of looking with regards unlocking, and there doesn't seem any easy way apart from phoning orange and paying them £20 or whatever.

However, I may decide to transfer my number over to orange PAYG as their prices seem more suited to me

Mine was abolutely mint no scratches or marks on screen, case.
I'm quite observant and it was as new. The packaging was generic no extras just a wall charger and the phone.

I got a case and data cable, car charger from ebay. Software for PCs is free from the SE site. There is a thread on how to debrand the phone and update the firmware.

Unlocking is hard the folk on MSE advised I pay Orange £20 for an unlock.

kkpolobear

they can be unlocked but you have to rewrite the firmware and get a patch to unlock the phone

saver2000

Thanks for the replies, there's been some on ebay (unlocked) with all the bits, but I'm always worried about getting a mobile from ebay because I've heard lots of horror stories.

I'll probably be using the phone with orange, but I've read it's better to unlock it then you can debrand it by putting on the SE firmware which is much better.
Some people said if you try to flash the firmware or whatever before unlocking the phone will stop working, although from what kkpolobear says it sounds like it's possible

vlassis

Mark_Ice wrote: »

Pretty good phone by all accounts. Easy to unlock as well!

Might be up for one meself!!

Mark, I take it you are talking about a SE P990i, is that right?
If yes, how did you unlock it?

seth

saver2000 wrote: »

Thanks for the replies, there's been some on ebay (unlocked) with all the bits, but I'm always worried about getting a mobile from ebay because I've heard lots of horror stories.

I'll probably be using the phone with orange, but I've read it's better to unlock it then you can debrand it by putting on the SE firmware which is much better.
Some people said if you try to flash the firmware or whatever before unlocking the phone will stop working, although from what kkpolobear says it sounds like it's possible

Debrand is easy (backup your GSMS) unlock is hard best left to Orange.

To debrand you need a USB cable for the SE this does not ship with the refurb phone. You backup some files that are unique to your phone, change the code to a global handset. Then when you run the firmware you get the generic f/w not orange. Phone is still locked.

lynn44

I purchased nokia refurbished in Nov from orange, worked fine for 3 months then packed up....I took it into the orange shop they were not interested because they said phone was to old!!
I have emailed orange several times still NO REPLY...
This was my 4th purchase with them and will now be my last

seth

lynn44 wrote: »

I purchased nokia refurbished in Nov from orange, worked fine for 3 months then packed up....I took it into the orange shop they were not interested because they said phone was to old!!
I have emailed orange several times still NO REPLY...
This was my 4th purchase with them and will now be my last

These unit come with a warantee and Orange cover them from 12 months form purchase date. Take the name of the manager of the store show them proof of purchase. If you get no joy ask local trading standards to help out. Also write a letter to the MD of Orange. They cannot treat people like this.

Once you have it repaired you can move to another provider. I was with Orange for a while went to Virgin for 1 year (12month free with cashback) now back to Orange as this was the only good 12 month deal .