Where's the best place to get a phone unlocked? It's a V500 on Orange. it's not stolen it was my Brother -in-Laws old phone, he's on a new contract.

Thanks

Have you tried unlocking it yourself? I'm not sure if it will work with your phone but I unlocked mine with codes I found on the net.

I've tried that, but every site I've found wants £20 or so. I'd prefer to go to a physical store to know that it works. Easier to get things resolved.

Originally posted by SnailyBoy
I've tried that, but every site I've found wants £20 or so. I'd prefer to go to a physical store to know that it works. Easier to get things resolved.

There's a phone shop just off Fargate down the side of the Link opposite Claire's Accessories. I got my Moto V600 unlocked there for £20. :)

@SnailyBoy
£10 and can be done while you wait no probs :)

@Marketman

Seems like a good price...where would that be?

in Castle Market in the meat and fish section next to the jewellers

Whats it mean, Phone Unlocking ? how do you lock a phone and why ?

in the UK, networks lock the handsets to their own service and won't accept a different network sim card.
people shop around to find a handset at the best price and then have it "unlocked" to accept their sim card.
So its hooray! to the networks coz if they didn't lock the fones or sold them at the same price it would put us out of work!!!

Originally posted by marketman
in the UK, networks lock the handsets to their own service and won't accept a different network sim card.
people shop around to find a handset at the best price and then have it "unlocked" to accept their sim card.
So its hooray! to the networks coz if they didn't lock the fones or sold them at the same price it would put us out of work!!!

Are you just talking about a cell phone ? surely not a regular home phone !

yep only cell fones not household fones

Originally posted by marketman
yep only cell fones not household fones

Ok, getting it now, a bit, don't know much about cell phones but i do have one, i know now we can change cell phone companies andkeep the same number, something like that anyhow, but i understand the UK is far ahead of the US with the like of cell phones as Tvs also.

Unlock it yourself online for £4.50
This site is owned by Sheffield Forum's very own 'DaBouncer'
Here:
http://www.mobileunlocked.co.uk/

er it's a Motorola not a Nokia or Samsung.............

Fair enough, thought he did Motorola, obviously not. You might be able to get the unlock code yourself by browsing the boards in the 'mobile telephony' forum here.
http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/
Lots of unlock info there:thumbsup:

hi
talk time ( name of shop) firvale near junction of herries rd &
fir vale road he will unlock any phone for a fiver he`s spot on

There's a little jewellers shop, opposite Mcdonalds on the moor they unlocked my old phone for a tenner!

Cheers Draggletail mate - but companies like mine have to purchase Motorola master unlock codes from a central Motorola server.

For just one code for us it costs about £8 (and that's to trade), in which case with merchant company charges I would have to charge about £13-£15 minimum to make some sort of profit that would be worth while.

Marketman has an unlocking clip so can do it manually.
If I had a physical store I'd do the same, but having a day job too - that wont be happening.

Marketman is a good manual unlocker anyway, and £10 is a fair cost. :thumbsup:

Originally posted by PIPER1978
There's a little jewellers shop, opposite Mcdonalds on the moor they unlocked my old phone for a tenner!
That's Zerella - avoid them like the plague.

Went to Marketman and got it sorted for a tenner. Good service

cheers guys all recommendations are greatly appreciated!!!

Originally posted by DaBouncer
That's Zerella - avoid them like the plague.

any reason why? i'm going in to town tomorrow to buy my missus a VK530, which will be locked to vodafone.. i was going to take it to zerella to get it unlocked as i got the impression i could blag the guy down to a tenner with a bit of banter.. have you had a bad experience with them?

anyone got any recommendations for the cheapest place to get a VK530 unlocked? there are guys on ebay (with 100% feedback so they're kosher) offering the service for £1.50 plus £5 return post, so i'm a bit begrudged at paying £20 in the high street! especially when you can buy the kit to unlock it yourself for about £10 from ebay or from here (http://www.fonefunshop.co.uk/datacables/vk.htm)!

any help appreciated..

ta.

Vk unlocks £10 mate

Originally posted by marketman
Vk unlocks £10 mate

result, i'll come and see you tomorrow then.. where are you? i barely know sheffield so you'll have to be quite specific lol..

i am in castle market in Sheffield, in the meat and fish section
if you get stuck ask any trader and they will give you directions

Originally posted by marketman
i am in castle market in Sheffield, in the meat and fish section
if you get stuck ask any trader and they will give you directions

i don't even know where this "castle market" is lol.. i'll ask my housemate, he's a steel city boy..

thanks..

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Draggletail
[B]Unlock it yourself online for £4.50
This site is owned by Sheffield Forum's very own 'DaBouncer'
Here:


I've just tried unlocking my phone on this site and after being charged £1.50 for the code and clicking go the page expired. I then went back in and tried again but was told that the code has expired. Is this site a scam ???

Originally posted by marketman
i am in castle market in Sheffield, in the meat and fish section
if you get stuck ask any trader and they will give you directions

right, i'm coming to see you this afternoon chief :)

what's your stall called (i assume it's a market stall)?

ta.


edit: sorry, should have been a PM!

BZP just ask in the market for the fone stall

I've just tried unlocking my phone on this site and after being charged £1.50 for the code and clicking go the page expired. I then went back in and tried again but was told that the code has expired. Is this site a scam ???


Hi Nikid

Dabouncer's site is 100% not a scam. He is away on holiday at the moment so if you had a problem i know he will sort it out when he gets back. Im doing some wardrobes for him so that's how i know he is on holiday. He is a great lad and would not rip you off, as soon as he gets back im sure he will sort it out mate

Jase

Originally posted by nikkid
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Draggletail
[B]Unlock it yourself online for £4.50
This site is owned by Sheffield Forum's very own 'DaBouncer'
Here:


I've just tried unlocking my phone on this site and after being charged £1.50 for the code and clicking go the page expired. I then went back in and tried again but was told that the code has expired. Is this site a scam ???
No, don't worry, DaBouncer is a honest bloke. As coggy says he's on his hols (as posted by DB on the forum recently)
PM him and he will sort it out :)

if u got a old phone i can unlock it for 99p.....email me at vandle_@hotmail.com...cheers

http://logos2go.2u.co.uk/mobile-phone-handset-unlocking/

used this site today , pretty cheap.

Originally posted by willman
http://logos2go.2u.co.uk/mobile-phone-handset-unlocking/

used this site today , pretty cheap.
£5.99 :o.. you're having a giraffe my son :D
www.mobileunlocked.co.uk is where it's at. :P

Hello,

I've just got the nokia 6680 but have taken it with a new number as the 12 month contract was excellent value.

Am I right in presuming I can't just put my old 3 sim into it and would have to get the 6680 unlocked? If so, is anyone out there able to unlock this phone, heard this may not be possible yet?

Cheers,

Dave.

yep, you are correct the 6630 and the 6680 unlocking we are still waiting for i'm afraid :(

Is it just a case of when or are there phones out there that just can''t be unlocked ever?

Its a case of when, the new nokia's are a new security platform so will take time to solve, if you have one on Voda i think they will supply the code for £19.99

Theres a shop near the top of the moore, opposite Maccy Ds and next door to the charity shop. Begins with a Z..... Zunella or something. Quite sure they do it

Marketman - how much to unlock my sony k700i

also can you remove orange branding from the phone also and if so how much for this service,


cheers

... and I've just received an SE 750i on Vodafone. I was gobsmacked to find that it was locked. The first time ever for me on Vodafone.

So, I want to unlock it too, without sending it away! :)

Recommendations?

@Retro
K700i unlock @£10 while u wait. phone must be charged up, debranding you have to leave the phone for half a day @£10 extra for forum members.

@Tony
£10 , takes about an hour

Cheers marketman ill be in on saturday.

Is your bit of the market shut on Thursdays?

Tony - Have you tried them at Xtreme Mobiles pretty sure they will be able to do it too.

near the moor... opposire mc donalds. Think its called summat like zafferillis

no open 9am - 3pm, but I'm not there myself so any other day apart from thurs is ok.

hi Marketman, do u unlock T-mobile mda and debrand? how much? what about 6680 any solutions yet? where are you located?

@mightymouse no and no lol. i'm in Castle Market m8

:help: please can you help im locked to the 3 network with a nokia 6630 can u help me unlock it please if you can i will send you iemi number

nobody can do it right away!

Smartphone's on 3 can not be unlocked like the old phones used to be, however if you are at the end of your contract, then legally the phone is your bought and paid for, so if you contact 3 network they are obliged to unlock it

I can give you a bargain for unlocking phone.
see the post
http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=110023&highlight=flash+phone

Yeah, are getting very tight with the phone unlocking.
A lot of people have been signing up to the good deals on 3 and then selling the free phone and using an alternative phone which they could not get on 3 because pretty much all of their handsets are cr*p compared to what you can get else where.

To combat this 3 are now super gluing their sim cards into the phone. So if you want the good 3 deals, you HAVE to use their big ugly handsets too!

Try the forum at Mobile-review dot com. There might be some more info for you on there.

Deano

3 are really nasty when it comes to unlocking phones, they have some of the best deals but they make it so you have to stay on their network. :( Meanies

there's a guy down the moor who is there everyday with a phone case stall,

he'll unlock it for you..

If you pm me your IMEI number, i will send you an unlock code.

Adam

will only work if the code comes from the network provider coz its BB5

won't work on the 6680 tho, we're still waiting for BB5 unlocking

does anyone know if i can get a nokia 6630 unlocked yet? have looked on tons of websites so am hoping a shop can do it?


any advice appreciated, thanks

:)