Hi
I've just received one of the Razr I phones on offer from Three UK for £149 + £10 topup ordered online. People might like to know that the phone I received is an unbranded UK Retail model with 4.1.2 and UNLOCKED. I've tried it with Virgin, T-Mobile & Tesco SIMs and it works fine. Very pleased so far.
Cheers - Andy
Yea problem is you cant unlock the bootloaders try it yourself so no modding.
jutley said:
Yea problem is you cant unlock the bootloaders try it yourself so no modding.
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Yep, aware of that. Should have made clear that I meant it was not SIM locked. Modding always seems to bring me grief so I'm quite happy to keep it standard as a reliable phone/internet browser/navigation device. :fingers-crossed:
Cheers Andy
jutley said:
Yea problem is you cant unlock the bootloaders try it yourself so no modding.
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Hi,
are you totally sure that ALL of the Three PAYG Motorola Razr i-s can NOT be unlocked considering their bootloader? Why?
I plan to purchase one, but I knew nothing about this... Would I miss anything important if it remains locked?
sxxorp said:
Hi,
are you totally sure that ALL of the Three PAYG Motorola Razr i-s can NOT be unlocked considering their bootloader? Why? How do you know that all of them are with unlockable bootloader?
That's why they're so cheap? I plan to purchase one, but I knew nothing about this...
Would I miss anything important if it remains locked?
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What was said above is not correct. See the bootloader thread.
rockmonkey1973 said:
What was said above is not correct. See the bootloader thread.
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Which thread? Can you give the link of the thread that confirms this, please?
I've only found one mostly with older posts: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32576654 I think this not the one you mentioned.
I have just unlocked my locked bootloader, having bought the phone like the op from 3.
The fault with generating the unlock code was with Moto.
Now mine is unlocked, rooted and CWM installed.
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Yes, I can see how this grow into rumour, this is the aforementioned thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2377175
Problem solved
vimesUK said:
I have just unlocked my locked bootloader, having bought the phone like the op from 3.
The fault with generating the unlock code was with Moto.
Now mine is unlocked, rooted and CWM installed.
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By the way: can everybody confirm that the 'Razr i' purchased from Three is SIM-Unlocked (without their official unlocking process)?
That would be great help if I could be sure
sxxorp said:
By the way: can everybody confirm that the 'Razr i' purchased from Three is SIM-Unlocked (without their official unlocking process)?
That would be great help if I could be sure
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Yep, I received mine yesterday and the label on the Box and About Phone page shows it to be a normal UK Retail version and mine definitely wasn't SIM locked as in OP. I'm currently using a Tesco (O2) PAYG SIM to use remaining credit before porting to 3. I've also tested with T-Mobile & Virgin and it works fine.
Cheers - Andy
Thanks for the details Andy!
Can anyone else confirm?
sxxorp said:
Thanks for the details Andy!
Can anyone else confirm?
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I can! Bought one a few weeks ago and tried a GiffGaff sim out of curiosity and it worked! Great!
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yeah mine is sim unlocked too. bought it from three in uk
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jonezy8873 said:
yeah mine is sim unlocked too. bought it from three in uk
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Thanks guys for the helpful (and fortunately positive) replies. Now I'm brave enough to turn the question by 180°:
is there anybody, whose device that has been bought from Three (especially Pay As You Go) was SIM-locked?
(I hope the thread's intensity becomes weaker).
funny enough yes. i bought one for my mrs today and after commenting only a few hours ago i thought i should try. so i put a giffgaff sim in it and it asked for unlock code??????
so i tryed with a EE sim and asked same again.
then i put the 3 sim back in got it all set up with google sync and apps etc and tryed again wigh sims and hey presto it worked????????
whats that all about?
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I must've missed out on that as they're showing as £249.99 now. Shame really as I'm thinking about moving from GG to Three.
Instead I've picked up one from the Orange ebay store (£169.99 with £20 credit included). Seems like unlock codes can be picked up cheaply enough too - here's hoping the Orange branding isn't overboard.
Biohead said:
I must've missed out on that as they're showing as £249.99 now. Shame really as I'm thinking about moving from GG to Three.
Instead I've picked up one from the Orange ebay store (£169.99 with £20 credit included). Seems like unlock codes can be picked up cheaply enough too - here's hoping the Orange branding isn't overboard.
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Hi, I had to do the same, because my UK contact was late by one day (she could go for the phone on 1st Aug 2013, offer ended at 31st July...), so I've ordered from Play.com with free Pillips BT speaker (http://www.play.com/stores/ChitterChatter/listing/828995144). +10Ł & Locked, but still satisfactory offer. When do you get yours? I've never thought of Orange branding... can it be disturbing?
And from where do you buy trustworthy unlock code? I'll need sth like that, too!
I bought mine from the "official" Orange UK eBay store - which is run by ChitterChatter, the same company in your play.com link. I'm hoping it gets delivered at some point this week.
There's quite a few sellers advertising an XT890 unlock on ebay for less than £10, so it seems pretty straight forward to get the handset unlocked.
Looking into people who bought the RAZR i last time Orange sold them for this price, the handsets themselves don't have any Orange branding. Usually, Orange really go over the top with their branding so it's nice to know these won't have that problem.
Three raised there price to £249.99 a day after I bought mine for £149.99 :') guess I was lucku
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And from where do you buy trustworthy unlock code? I'll need sth like that, too!
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Just received my code from: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/160993247848?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
It took about 18 hours to receive and it worked first time
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This may already be common knowledge, whilst playing about with my 3uk s3 in preparation for using a dual sim adapter on it, I discovered it was network unlocked from new, nice suprise as I was looking at paying £15 plus to get an unlock code for it
paulus3476 said:
This may already be common knowledge, whilst playing about with my 3uk s3 in preparation for using a dual sim adapter on it, I discovered it was network unlocked from new, nice suprise as I was looking at paying £15 plus to get an unlock code for it
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Mines locked!
paulus3476 said:
This may already be common knowledge, whilst playing about with my 3uk s3 in preparation for using a dual sim adapter on it, I discovered it was network unlocked from new, nice suprise as I was looking at paying £15 plus to get an unlock code for it
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Where did you purchse your phone and is there any 3 branding on it?
If you bought it from somewhere like Phones4u it will be unlocked and accept your 3 sim because most of the phones they supply are unlocked.
If you bought from a 3 phone shop and it has 3 branding on it , then it will be locked to 3 network.
there is a simple unlock method floating about which i used to unlock mine
regards
marrila said:
Where did you purchse your phone and is there any 3 branding on it?
If you bought it from somewhere like Phones4u it will be unlocked and accept your 3 sim because most of the phones they supply are unlocked.
If you bought from a 3 phone shop and it has 3 branding on it , then it will be locked to 3 network.
there is a simple unlock method floating about which i used to unlock mine
regards
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i got mine from Three online. i got 100GBP cashback so it was worth doing online. only the OS was branded which i removed for the stock updated rom.
irzero said:
i got mine from Three online. i got 100GBP cashback so it was worth doing online. only the OS was branded which i removed for the stock updated rom.
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Yeh that's why it's locked 3 supplied it you you. Doesn't help now but in future if you want a chance of getting a unlocked phone buy/ upgrade from somewhere like phones4u or onestopphoneshop.
As I said there's a simple completely free permanent sim unlock method on xda which is what I'm using
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I per ordered my blue handset from 3 and got it quite early on. It's unlocked and un branded I think the first few batches they sent out were straight from Samsung and they had no time to change them to the 3 branded software what with the delays.
I don't know this for certain but it's my two pence.
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Bit the bullet and ordered online from o2 UK on pay & go for £399
Just wondering if anyone knows if these are carrier locked to o2?
If so is it pretty easy to unlock them? Just a case of flashing a stock Android on there?
It's unlocked
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It's unlocked
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That's good to hear, the sim card cutter i bought to cut my vodafail sim down to micro size isn't money wasted then :laugh:
i.l.p said:
That's good to hear, the sim card cutter i bought to cut my vodafail sim down to micro size isn't money wasted then :laugh:
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You bought something to cut your sim?... Ask o2 to give you one. They should give you one for free.
RedBlueGreen said:
You bought something to cut your sim?... Ask o2 to give you one. They should give you one for free.
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I'm on Vodafone contract, the o2 sim is going straight in the bin.
Use the 10 pound credit first
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deffo unlocked got mine yesterday m8
pro4ever said:
deffo unlocked got mine yesterday m8
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2ND That - Using mine now with Virgin sim in - Not a naughty O2 sim
Mine is simfree as well bought from o2 shop in trafford centre.
Using T-Mobile sim in mine.
I can confirm also. The o2 staff are adamant it is locked tho.
I went to local voda shop and they gave me a micro sim foc there and then which saved me having to cut it down
I went to o2 knowing full well it was unlocked and let them tell me 4 times that I would only be able to use an o2 sim because it's locked to their network. I just went along with them Lol.
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benrees21 said:
I went to o2 knowing full well it was unlocked and let them tell me 4 times that I would only be able to use an o2 sim because it's locked to their network. I just went along with them Lol.
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Same speech I got, I considered a light hearted argument with them but like you decided to go along with the eejits
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Same speech I got, I considered a light hearted argument with them but like you decided to go along with the eejits
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Yea I did feel like telling him, it's a Nexus, it's unlocked, but I just wanted to get the phone and go. o2 love lying about their phones being locked anyway.
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i.l.p said:
I'm on Vodafone contract, the o2 sim is going straight in the bin.
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Then ask Vodafone to give you one for free.
RedBlueGreen said:
Then ask Vodafone to give you one for free.
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I tried that and they said since I upgraded early to the Gnex back in January which extended my contract till December 2014, I can F-OFF!
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benrees21 said:
I tried that and they said since I upgraded early to the Gnex back in January which extended my contract till December 2014, I can F-OFF!
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Then you should dropped kicked them in the face, grabbed a sim and walked out
RedBlueGreen said:
Then you should dropped kicked them in the face, grabbed a sim and walked out
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Don't think it was worth the hassle, even for the Nexus 4.
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benrees21 said:
I tried that and they said since I upgraded early to the Gnex back in January which extended my contract till December 2014, I can F-OFF!
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I'm on Vodafone contract. I just went to the website and chatted to the support guy over the vodafone instant messaging thingy and asked for a microsim. They sent it and I can just activate any time I want online and it will magically move my phone number onto it.
They should give you a microsim if you ask, after all it costs them maybe 10pence to keep a customer happy.
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I went to o2 knowing full well it was unlocked and let them tell me 4 times that I would only be able to use an o2 sim because it's locked to their network. I just went along with them Lol.
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I got my sim out and showed them as the women in o2 was such an idiot. Walked out with big smile on my face
Got the phone today, my DIY cut-down Vodafail sim is working fine
Thanks to posters on HDUK and MoDaCo
This may be only for UK owners but at w w w motorola.kondor.co.uk you can enter your IMEI and receive a free Shell, colour options available too. Servers are not up yet so tomorrow or Monday it should be good to go.
This will mean ive gotten 3 free cases in total
What do you mean 3? I know only of 2:
1) The one that came with the tesco version (i suppose you have that one)
2) This one
Could you tell me what is the third?
I got a free white cover from phones4u when buying mine, be nuce to get free shell as been in 2 minds on whether to get one - what's the catch other than giving out imei?
Edit: lpoks like just for new purchases :
Purchased between 24/12/13 and 26/02/14
Will give it go anyway!
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got mine on the 5th December , maybe it's worth asking tesco if they'll honor it....
I never got one from tesco
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Sorry should have mentioned i meant the black one too, i got a free pink case in the box and now this one too, the phone is my girfriends so shes over the moon, even though she might not use it much as she has the official flip case now, but you know girls they like to mix and match
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Thanks to posters on HDUK and MoDaCo
This may be only for UK owners but at Link Removed you can enter your IMEI and receive a free Shell, colour options available too. Servers are not up yet so tomorrow or Monday it should be good to go.
This will mean ive gotten 3 free cases in total
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I don't you should give them your IMEI... Unless kondor is a reputable site. It smells like a scam to me though.
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Cooptx said:
I don't you should give them your IMEI... Unless kondor is a reputable site. It smells like a scam to me though.
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the same link ifs on the 02 website
Is this live yet?
eemgee said:
the same link ifs on the 02 website
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Keep getting code you entered cannot be found after entering IMEI - will they have a list of which IMEI were sold when? Also mine is unlocked.
I'm getting IMEI not recognised too.
I bought mine locked to o2 cheaply off ebay, then unlocked it, my imei worked so maybe it's for o2 customers?
Went back on and entered my imei for a second time after placing an order and it doesn't stop me from ordering again which is a bit weird?
I have a Tesco UK Moto G, and i get code not found
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I have a Tesco UK Moto G, and i get code not found
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Over at HotUKdeals someone said they got an email from Kondor saying there's a delay in getting the IMEI's onto their server so try again Monday and it should work.
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Over at HotUKdeals someone said they got an email from Kondor saying there's a delay in getting the IMEI's onto their server so try again Monday and it should work.
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Ok, thanks for sharing this info :good:
yasinaydin said:
I'm getting IMEI not recognised too.
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Same story for me, could this be a scam? Like they're fishing our IMEI numbers?
thommio said:
Same story for me, could this be a scam? Like they're fishing our IMEI numbers?
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I don't think so, it's on the o2 website and my imei was accepted, haven't got a an order confirmation e-mail though
so, just is working in UK? not in usa, mexico etc? thanks!
Seriously guys, dont be putting your imei on any webbsite. Do you really need telling this.
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Seriously guys, dont be putting your imei on any webbsite. Do you really need telling this.
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A website provided by one of the biggest Mobile providers in the uk??And one mentions on Motorolas own twitter? You really think thats a scam?
alonsoch said:
so, just is working in UK? not in usa, mexico etc? thanks!
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Yes it looks like it is only for UK...
5. Delivery
Here at Motorola Bundles we offer FREE UK delivery on all orders.
Delivery must be to the address at which your payment card is registered, which must be in the United Kingdom (this excludes the Channel Islands ). Please make sure you keep the receipt enclosed with your goods.
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http://motorola.kondor.co.uk/terms/
Walked into an Optus store today to check a few handsets out.
While there, delivery of their Z2 stock arrived.
Still waiting for demo to check it out but looks like they'll be on sale real soon.
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xchasa said:
Walked into an Optus store today to check a few handsets out.
While there, delivery of their Z2 stock arrived.
Still waiting for demo to check it out but looks like they'll be on sale real soon.
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Picked mine up this morning. There's pretty limited stock available though. Had to try 3 stores.
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Picked mine up this morning. There's pretty limited stock available though. Had to try 3 stores.
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Hey, I was just wondering if the outright version of Z2 from Optus is sim unlocked & bootloader unlockable?
Not sure honestly, I doubt it would be sim unlocked. I'm sure you can unlock the bootloader, but I haven't tried
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Not sure honestly, I doubt it would be sim unlocked. I'm sure you can unlock the bootloader, but I haven't tried
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Could you maybe please check the bootloader status to see whether it can be unlocked?
you can check it by opening the dialer and typing *#*#7378423#*#* the go into service info> configuration> and look at where it says "bootloader unlocked allowed:" whether it says yes or no. Sorry if I'm asking too much, I'm just trying to decide whether I should buy it from Optus or not.
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Could you maybe please check the bootloader status to see whether it can be unlocked?
you can check it by opening the dialer and typing *#*#7378423#*#* the go into service info> configuration> and look at where it says "bootloader unlocked allowed:" whether it says yes or no. Sorry if I'm asking too much, I'm just trying to decide whether I should buy it from Optus or not.
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Bootloader unlock allowed: Yes.
And i think i read right that it's not sim locked
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Bootloader unlock allowed: Yes.
And i think i read right that it's not sim locked
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Thank you so much for your help
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Walked into an Optus store today to check a few handsets out.
While there, delivery of their Z2 stock arrived.
Still waiting for demo to check it out but looks like they'll be on sale real soon.
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Did you get the Adidas shoe promotion they are offering online worth $190. Just curious if its exclusive to online vs going into a store?
Ps Cant wait to get mine delivered tomorrow lol
Haven't decided to buy just yet mate. Holding out to see the user reviews a bit more.
Let us know what you think when you get it too.
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Has anyone been able to remove the sim lock on thier 6P? Ordered a code (which I'm getting my money back for) but it didn't work.
Any help? Based in the UK. Locked to EE have to wait for 6 months before EE would unlock it. Anyone know any other way?
Cheers
dladz said:
Has anyone been able to remove the sim lock on thier 6P? Ordered a code (which I'm getting my money back for) but it didn't work.
Any help? Based in the UK. Locked to EE have to wait for 6 months before EE would unlock it. Anyone know any other way?
Cheers
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nexus is sim unlocked
EE ones are locked, mine was when I first got it. @OP, I looked into it for a couple of weeks then stumped up for a code, tried to do it through EE first and they said it wasn't one of their phones despite me having bought it from an EE shop, so I used the first one that came up on a Google search. Took a couple of days longer than expected,but worked perfectly.
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nexus is sim unlocked
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Incorrect.
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EE ones are locked, mine was when I first got it. @OP, I looked into it for a couple of weeks then stumped up for a code, tried to do it through EE first and they said it wasn't one of their phones despite me having bought it from an EE shop, so I used the first one that came up on a Google search. Took a couple of days longer than expected,but worked perfectly.
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Cheers mate, I've been down the same route. They said the same to me, reason being is that you have to have the phone for more than 6 months before they'll give you a code, in the meantime it'll simply fail.
That's why they say that it's not from them, because on searching for a code it appears that way.
Nice one though, I'll go back to EE and see what they say then I'll start on the net.
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Incorrect.
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yeah sorry forgot about ee