Updated Mobile Unlocking Article discussion

Heng_Leng wrote: »

• Tesco Mobile will unlock free after 90days use, or £25 before.
• Orange PAYG unlock fee is £20
• Three, O2 & T-Mobile is £15, where the phone is locked.

Good work.

the_rottweiler wrote: »

i called vodafone 2 days ago and was told that they would charge me £19.99 because i bought my phone last november, i was reallyangry at this cos i have 4 phones registered with them and have spent approx £80 per month for past 3 years, so i told them that i had bought another phone (the same model) for someone else in nov and they believed me and gave me the code

so just tell them your phone is over a year old, they have no way of tracing where you got the phone

Did you buy your phone direct from Vodafone?
and did you tell them you bought your phone in November or did they tell you ?
If you told them that you bought two phones of the same model, they would in theory be able to tell which one you are unlocking by tracing the IMEI numbers, but they don't appear to be going to any such lengths as it's clearly not worth all the time and effort involved.

I suspect from what others have also said, if you challenge the charge and have a plausible excuse then they'll back down and do it for free. There doesn't appear to be any set procedure for determining how long a person has owned a handset, and the only way Vodafone could say for sure it was less than 12 months old is if a particular model has only been launched and available to buy within the last 12 months.

Ian :cool:

the_rottweiler wrote: »

vodaphone will not give in if you argue with them cos thier cust services is a subcontract company in wales and have no authority to make a deal.

But you've just proven that you DID get them to overturn the £19.99 charge so they must have the power to do this (even if you did have to tell them a little porkie to make them believe your phone was over 12 months old ).

Ian :cool:

coinchaser wrote: »

I went through a search engine and found unlockangel.com, and after putting in details of my son's phone, Sony Ericsso J110 on Virgin, it said for £2.99 I could have an unlocking report. Great I thought, so paid on PayPal.
This is what I got :-(
Dear Customer,
Thank you for using Unlock Angel.

Please find below the report for your phone (Sony Ericsson J110)

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Phone IMEI Number : 2147483647
Phone Details
Phone Model : J110
Phone Manufacturer : Sony Ericsson
Phone Description : General 2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 - J110i
GSM 850 / 1900 - J110a
Announced 2007, February
Status Available
Size Dimensions 99 x 44 x 17 mm
Weight 79 g
Display Type STN, 65K colors
Size 96 x 64 pixels
- Wallpapers, themes
Ringtones Type Polyphonic (16 channels) Customization Download Vibration Yes Memory Phonebook 200 entries Call records 10 dialed, 20 received and missed calls Card slot No Data GPRS No HSCSD No EDGE No 3G No WLAN No Bluetooth No Infrared port No
USB
Features Messaging SMS, EMS
Browser No
Games Yes
Colors Smooth Grey, Soft Cream, Precious Purple Camera No
- T9
- Calculator
- Reminder
- Built-in handsfree
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion
Stand-by Up to 400 h
Talk time Up to 9 h

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Network Details
Provider Name : Virgin UK
Country : United Kingdom
Address :

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Unlock Option
Please contact your Network Provider to obtain an unlock code.

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Thank You
Unlock Angel
www.unlockangel.com

I knew all that before. I have emailed their customer service looking for a full refund. Has anyone else experienced similar? Am soooooo cross with it GRRRRR

I think they are complete cheater. Dont use them any more.
You can try to unlock your handset by yourself, but I have never tried to unlock J110 as I have not such a handset. I successfully unlocked my W580i using some other software freely.


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