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Unlocking phones for roaming

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  • 30-05-2005 12:49pm
    #1
    Chunks
    Registered Users Posts: 658 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    I'm a meteor pay as you go customer and I'm off to South Africa for the summer. However, I want to unlock my phone so i can use a local network sim when im over there. I also want to be able to use my meteor sim for receiving texts n ****.

    Anyone know how to unlock a phone for roaming?

    The reason im asking is cos meteor wont do it because the handset im using is not the original handset I got 4 years ago! :eek: what a bunch of pricks

    Anyway, any help appreciated, cheers

    /bollox, i posted this in the wrong forum, could an admin please move it to mobiles/PDA's? cheers


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    rondjon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 195 ✭✭rondjon


    Chunks wrote:
    The reason im asking is cos meteor wont do it because the handset im using is not the original handset I got 4 years ago! :eek: what a bunch of pricks

    But is it still a Meteor handset? If so, they will unlock - at a price.

    If not, where did you buy it? If it came with some network, whichever and wherever, they'll unlock for you - again, at a price.

    Otherwise just google for it - your handset and unblock, unlock.


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    #3
    dudara
    Registered Users Posts: 33,518 ✭✭✭✭dudara


    Check out the thread on unlocking in the Comp -> Net/Comms -> Mobile/PDAs forum


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    the_syco
    Registered Users Posts: 37,302 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    Is it tri-band, or quad-band? SA may not use the same system over here, so unless your phone suppports their system, unlocking it won't do much good.


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    feliwilli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14 ✭feliwilli


    Dude when you do get your phone unlocked, and jet off to SA, use Vodacom. Its better value than the other 2, MTN and CellC. Expect a sim to be about R200. And remember "bru" means a brother from another mother.


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    drdre
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,245 ✭✭✭drdre


    what phone is it, if its nokia then it can be unlocked online for free.

    please tell us what fone it is so we can help u


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    cheema
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36 ✭cheema


    drdre wrote:
    what phone is it, if its nokia then it can be unlocked online for free.

    please tell us what fone it is so we can help u

    Could you please help me to Unlock Nokia 6680


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    BuffyBot
    Registered Users Posts: 24,924 ✭✭✭✭BuffyBot


    You really need to be asking over here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=411. There is a big sticky thread up the top regarding unlocking.

    However, AFAIK the 6680 can only be unlocked by your operator.


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    jjbrien
    Registered Users Posts: 2,678 ✭✭✭jjbrien


    to unlock most nokia phones go to www.nokiafree.org


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