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djgorman23
Guest
Hi,
I just wanted to pass onto the group something i found out recently. My 02 bill phone died on me recently. My local 02 shop told me i'm not due an upgrade for 6 months so either i will have to pay the full whack for a new nokia 3220 or buy a speakeasy version. All mobiles you buy from operators are locked to the network they belong on. The nokia 3220 on 02 speakeasy costs €199 and comes with €60 call credit. I think this call credit is drip fed to the account over several months. So basically i would have to chew up the call credit on an old o2 or sim unlocked phone and then i can put my bill sim into the new phone. I thought that €199 was a little expensive so i strolled over to the vodafone shop and bought the exact same phone for €139 with €70 call credit (the phone retails for €129 at time of writing). Of course this phone is locked to the vodafone network and wont work with my o2 bill sim card. To unlock the phone i went to www.mobilefun.co.uk and clicked on unlock phone. You can unlock most common mobiles for use on any network in the world. Cost was £5 sterling about €7.50. Full instructions were given. I any wary about most these things but i have used mobilefun for buying new batteries etc before so i trusted them a little. This website gives you a code for unlocking the phone which worked no problem. So now i have a network unlocked phone for €139-€70 call credit = €69 +€7.50 unlocking fee which is alot cheaper than an o2 speakeasy and about the same price as an upgrade in a few months time. I'm delighted with my scam.
another tip: buy a data cable and download the mobile software for free from mobileaction.com (or .co.uk) so you can copy / backup all your numbers to your pc. No more lost numbers or hours retyping!.
If you use this hack then please let me know.
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I just wanted to pass onto the group something i found out recently. My 02 bill phone died on me recently. My local 02 shop told me i'm not due an upgrade for 6 months so either i will have to pay the full whack for a new nokia 3220 or buy a speakeasy version. All mobiles you buy from operators are locked to the network they belong on. The nokia 3220 on 02 speakeasy costs €199 and comes with €60 call credit. I think this call credit is drip fed to the account over several months. So basically i would have to chew up the call credit on an old o2 or sim unlocked phone and then i can put my bill sim into the new phone. I thought that €199 was a little expensive so i strolled over to the vodafone shop and bought the exact same phone for €139 with €70 call credit (the phone retails for €129 at time of writing). Of course this phone is locked to the vodafone network and wont work with my o2 bill sim card. To unlock the phone i went to www.mobilefun.co.uk and clicked on unlock phone. You can unlock most common mobiles for use on any network in the world. Cost was £5 sterling about €7.50. Full instructions were given. I any wary about most these things but i have used mobilefun for buying new batteries etc before so i trusted them a little. This website gives you a code for unlocking the phone which worked no problem. So now i have a network unlocked phone for €139-€70 call credit = €69 +€7.50 unlocking fee which is alot cheaper than an o2 speakeasy and about the same price as an upgrade in a few months time. I'm delighted with my scam.
another tip: buy a data cable and download the mobile software for free from mobileaction.com (or .co.uk) so you can copy / backup all your numbers to your pc. No more lost numbers or hours retyping!.
If you use this hack then please let me know.
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