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Unlocking a PAYG Vodafone phone?

  • 28-03-2012 3:31pm
    #1
    BhoscaCapall
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,940 ✭✭✭


    Bought an old Nokia off eBay, didn't realise it was locked to Vodafone.

    Will I have to pay to get it unlocked?


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  • #2
    pigeon999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 83 ✭✭pigeon999


    BhoscaCapall wrote: »
    Bought an old Nokia off eBay, didn't realise it was locked to Vodafone.

    Will I have to pay to get it unlocked?
    Yes. Unlocking shop or the interweb.


  • #3
    BhoscaCapall
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,940 ✭✭✭BhoscaCapall


    pigeon999 wrote: »
    Yes. Unlocking shop or the interweb.
    I know about these, but what if I contacted Vodafone?

    It seems odd that Trading Standards haven't forced them to give unlock codes out for free. Absurd that they are allowed to lock a phone they do not manufacture, when no contract is involved.


  • #4
    sdanseo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,234 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    They can only provide the unlocking code to the registered owner - anything else would be a breach of the Data Protection Act.

    Trading Standards is an English statutory body. The equivalent here would be the NCA.


  • #5
    BhoscaCapall
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,940 ✭✭✭BhoscaCapall


    I see, thanks for the info. Anybody know a good website to unlock?


  • #6
    Davy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,340 CMod ✭✭✭✭Davy


    BhoscaCapall wrote: »
    I see, thanks for the info. Anybody know a good website to unlock?

    What model is it?

    Do you know anyone who has a contract with vodafone?


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  • #7
    BhoscaCapall
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,940 ✭✭✭BhoscaCapall


    Davy wrote: »
    What model is it?

    Do you know anyone who has a contract with vodafone?
    Woops thought I'd said. It's a 6300.

    And nope.


  • #8
    Davy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,340 CMod ✭✭✭✭Davy


    BhoscaCapall wrote: »
    Woops thought I'd said. It's a 6300.

    And nope.

    Will be cheaper via cable in a shop, should be just a tenner


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