Nokia 6700S on Meteor - network unlock online?

Basq

Brother's girlfriend has a Nokia 6700S (as below) on Meteor.. it's only about a month old but she's spending a fortune as most of her friends are on Vodafone so she wants to go back for her free calls etc.



A local shop in town quoted her €30 for the unlock but said I could probably get her an unlocking code for half that.

The only problems is there's so many, and although practically all offer a money back guarantee, I rather get one that was recommended.

Davy

€30 isnt to bad tbh.

Has she tried the Vodafone route?

They will give the code for free, she would have to spend €130 on her account in the past 6 months which i take it she hasnt done, but she could get the code on someone else's account. Go online to my account on vodafone.ie, the person enters her imei number, and code is sent via email or text. So if she knows anyone on bill, or anyone who has spent the €127 in the past 6 months on credit.

Basq

Cheers Davy.. €30 isn't too bad alright. But I've seen sites offering unlocking codes for €2.99 or £4.99 with money-back guarantees.. but they could be as dodgy as frig and god knows how long you could be waiting for a refund. It'd be an inevitable ongoing Paypal dispute!

My mother has probably spent €127 in the past 6 months, and she's on Vodafone... so maybe I'll try that.

Would it not be Meteor she'd go through since the phone is locked to, and originally bought on, Meteor?

Cheers mate.

Davy

basquille wrote: »

My mother has probably spent €127 in the past 6 months, and she's on Vodafone... so maybe I'll try that.

Would it not be Meteor she'd go through since the phone is locked to, and originally bought on, Meteor?

Sorry my bad, I read the post wrong . Yes it would be meteor you need the code off, and they wont give it like vodafone would. Needs to be on her account

Basq

Balls..

.. might give one of the cheapie services a go. I saw one for €2.99 so if they work, all good. And if not, I'm only down €2.99.

Davy

Let me know how you get on, but I think you will have to get it done locally in the end

Mad_Mike

I can guarantee you, that any service costing €2.99 will not unlock a Nokia 6700, so don't even waste the price of it

The price you were quoted locally isn't bad as these are Nokia BB5 SL3 which is the newest simlock type and not everybody can do them, and most of them have to pay for server credits in the first place to unlock your phone

Basq

Mad_Mike wrote: »

I can guarantee you, that any service costing €2.99 will not unlock a Nokia 6700, so don't even waste the price of it

The price you were quoted locally isn't bad as these are Nokia BB5 SL3 which is the newest simlock type and not everybody can do them, and most of them have to pay for server credits in the first place to unlock your phone

Yeah, I probably won't bother as a quick Google reveals that they're not easy to unlock alright.

Cheapest online unlock was €27.99 from Ebay so feck it, let the local guy try it!

Mad_Mike

Yeah, I think so, even though the ebay lad is slightly less, if it doesnt work you can always jump the counter with the local guy!!

Basq

Mad_Mike wrote: »

Yeah, I think so, even though the ebay lad is slightly less, if it doesnt work you can always jump the counter with the local guy!!

True enough!

I've a feeling this guy just said "ahhh yeah, I can unlock it!" on a whim. Sure, the brother's girlfriend didn't even know the phone model until I had a look at it.

If he can unlock it, great.. but I have my doubts. Options then might be slim!

Davy

Worst comes to worst, post it to the big smoke

Mad_Mike

Ah! I was actually gonna say that to you
Not all shops can do them tbh
The fact he didn't even know the model before quoting would make me wonder
Also, any place that CAN do them, will generally have to keep the phone in for anything from a couple of hours to a few days depending on the load on the unlock server. Either that or they'll read the phone, take full payment, and give you the phone back until they receive the unlock data

Basq

Cheers lads.. will let ye know how it works out.

She was half tempted just to pick up a new phone on Vodafone to save the hassle.