A slightly older relative of mine brought me a factory sealed Lumia 950 from eBay for Christmas (Happy Christmas everyone!). It's the phone I asked for, which is great, unfortunately, it's locked to the o2 network.
I'm pretty sure I can purchase an o2 PAYG SIM card and get the network to unlock it for a fee (£15 from my understanding), but I was wondering if there's a better / faster / cheaper way that anyone knows of?
(Note: it was a present, so returning it isn't an option, especially since I've already opened it, so the "factory sealedness" of it is now compromised).
Try sim-unlock.net - i dunno how much will it cost u, but u have an option.
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Hello all
Basically I am having to put an insurance claim in for my old XDA and the insurance company need me to get quotes for a replacement (which will be the XDA2). However, having searched many places in the UK everywhere can only give me prices for contract XDA2's.
Does anybody know of shops or retail outlets that will sell the XDA2 sim free??? O2 themselves won't, Carphone Warehouse etc won't so apart from Ebay (which I do not know if the insurance company would be happy with) I am a bit stuck.
Any one offer any advice??
With thanks
Ian J
Hi,
The only place I know about is http://www.expansys.co.uk . The price is expensive though as its sim free, but if your not paying. Who cares
Rgds,
Rob.
Top man Rob
No probs dude.
Rob. 8)
I'm buying my xda2 tomorrow sim free for £300 from my local o2 shop as they have a special offer on at the moment
Moonmonkey, can you give more details about this offer, they are selling you an xda2 without a contract at £300? I didnt think O2 sold phones unless they hooked you to a contract.
It doesn't matter if you get one locked to O2 as within this web site is the software to unlock it. It will have the O" logo and settings in it but that doesn't matter as you can change the ROM as well. I've lost the link within the site for it but it's free and works. just follow the easy instructions.
Adam
I'm buying mine sim free as its a replacement phone to my xda1 and I don't want another contract..Erm well normally they sell it sim free for something stupid like £400-450 and with contract for £350...they reduced the price to £300 earlier this year then down to £200something with contract so the price for simfree naturally went down aswell...I'll fill you in when I get bck from the shop hopefully later today
Good luck Moonmonkey, regardless of price if you can find any o2 shops that have the xda II in stock i'll be impressed.
If only o2 spent a small part of there advertising budget keepng there distribution channels properly stocked!
Brand new xda2 on ebay, £400 buy now
here is the link, make sure you can collect, it looks genuine to me but be aware of scammers, do not part with cash until sure, the guy wants immediate payment via paypal.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3081609691&category=3728
Is this the cheapest price for a SIM free Samsung Galaxy S in UK (£397.89 + £5.99 p&p)?
http://www.unlocked-mobiles.com/sim...s-sim-free-unlocked-mobile-phone-p-60773.html
Anyone used www.unlocked-mobiles.com before?
Techno79 said:
Is this the cheapest price for a SIM free Samsung Galaxy S in UK (£397.89 + £5.99 p&p)?
http://www.unlocked-mobiles.com/sim...s-sim-free-unlocked-mobile-phone-p-60773.html
Anyone used www.unlocked-mobiles.com before?
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If you are on O2 or you know someone who is, you can get it direct from them for 355GBP
padlad said:
If you are on O2 or you know someone who is, you can get it direct from them for 355GBP
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Is that via an upgrade? If yes, strictly speaking that's not SIM free as the person with the O2 is bound to another period of contract.
Even if it does allow you to buy the phone with O2, surely the O2 phone will have a load of O2 bloatware on top of the software that you'd get from a carrier free and SIM free Galaxy S?
I don't really know, I'm just guessing and assuming here. Happy to be corrected if anyone knows for sure.
someone i work with just got theirs direct from o2 for £320, and hes on simplicity
Check ebay and get a new one boxed and sealed for about 300-320
if you're on o2 you can get one for £355 like i did but they now let you buy any phone from them payg and it's only £320 (plus £10 credit so £330) at the moment and most likely forever they are unlocked. mine is anyway.
Most people buying from O2 PAYG say that the phone is unlocked, save for the O2 Arena wallpaper.
I rang up O2 customer service and they said that they can only sell what is available on the website. They cannot sell the O2 phone except on a contract renewal. Further, they do not sell the PAYG version.
I'm guessing all these deals were the in store deals?
Can anyone list the differences between the O2 Samsung Galaxy S and the European carrier free Samsung Galaxy S? TIA
Does someone know where i could buy a unlocked Omnia 7 without contract in europe? I searched and didn't find a single shop that had some on stock.
It's listed with a provisional price on Clove but with no release date I am afraid.
You can buy it PAYG on three (£445 I think) and then pay £15 to unlock, so £460 sim free from 3.
I don't see the Omnia 7 when i select PAYG on the three uk online shop. May this option is only if u buy it directly from a three store? And where i can get the phone unlocked for £15, direct from three?
I found a locked Omnia 7 on eBay but not shure if there is a trusted unlock online service.
Not sure about online, but certainly in store they had is as PAYG as well as contract. And the guy in store said you just call 3 themselves and they will give you the code for about £15.
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Not sure about online, but certainly in store they had is as PAYG as well as contract. And the guy in store said you just call 3 themselves and they will give you the code for about £15.
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So there not operating the same 12 month no unlock policy as O2 are then?
Does it leave the device with much three branding?
I bought my Omnis on t mobile and have had it unlocked and am now using it on Vodafone as this is my preferred network as they have much better 3g coverage in my area. Aside from a t-mobile marking on the battery cover there is no branding on the phone at all.
Go to geizhals.at most of the online stores update the availability daily, there u can get it as soon as it's available
I'm also looking to get one soon!
I'm also looking at geizhals.at every day, and it drives me crazy
Any updates on this?
I bought mine BNIB (locked to Orange UK) from eBay for £310, then unlocked for $20. Bargain
www.belsimpel.nl
The Swiss site, www.digitec.ch have an unlocked Omnia 7 for 585.- CHF. I used this site/store many times while I live in Switzerland and it is very good value.
They offer free delivery, but it is only to Switzerland I'm afriad (I see you are in Austria - nextdoor!). You can buy online and collect it from their stores (closest to Austria would be Zurich or Winterthur).
Play.com have it unlocked for £479.99
http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/...pe=allproducts&searchsource=0&urlrefer=search
A german shop has some instock again (since yesterday) Omnia 7 16gb... looks like its completely free of branding.
http://www.redcoon.de/index.php/cmd...amsung_Omnia_7_(I8700)_16_GB_black/#detailtop
They might even deliver to Austria.
I know there is another company delivering to Austria; a1 something .. they also have a website called www.getgoods.de but it is only the 8gb version (also unbranded) They did pretend to offer the 16gb version but they realised that stock was low.
I rang three and got them to bill me for one. They insisted I had a contract and pay monthly for it but I got them to sell me one full price with no contract £445 ish.
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I rang three and got them to bill me for one. They insisted I had a contract and pay monthly for it but I got them to sell me one full price with no contract £445 ish.
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A friend of mine keeps visiting Germany, Frankfurt...can I ask her to get it...I live in India...what about the unlocking procedure then?? SHould I get it unlocked there itself or should I get it unlocked here in India?? Also, I am not looking forward to spend A LOT..like £445 is toooo much for me...(MORE than my salary )
So..around £300 - 350 is fair i think??
Thanx!
All omnia 7 phones in germany are from t-mobile and therefore unlocked. The only branding they have is a splashscreen and t-mobile search in the ie.
You can flash a new rom though and it will be completely unbranded.
I dont know the exact prices right now but it should cost around 520-590€.
Hope that helps...
Hi Guys
I pick up my new streak tomorrow from someone local on eBay, It's currently locked to O2, just wondering, is there any other way apart from rebel sim ii to unlock it? I noticed they can do it over the air for £35 but not sure if anyone has tried this? I know that O2 can unlock it, but considering the streak's only been out since august-ish, i'm guessing nobody should have had luck with them in the first year?
I've also noticed that the 2.2 update won't work with rebel ii ?
Cheers! Dave
i believe this question has been asked multiple times on the forums and some O2 customers have been able to get free unlocks from the carrier, no idea how though since im not an O2 customer. otherwise, ebay can be your friend too but it will cost you more.
Hi there,
I'm currently in Tokyo and grabbed one of these (second-hand) to replace my rapidly dying Z1 Compact. As I'll be heading back to the UK in a few weeks, is there any way at all I can get this model unlocked? I assumed I'd be able to buy a code from an online marketplace when I bought it, but haven't had any luck. Is there anywhere in Akihabara?
The only place I've found online is here: http://www.sgkeitai.com/goods.php?id=25, but spending $50/100 to unlock a phone seems pretty ridiculous, surely there's got to be a cheaper alternative?
Cheers,
Upon further research, I think a hypersim is the way to go - does anyone know where I can buy a nano microsim?