O2 PAYG back on website, but it's gone up to £480!!!!
so glad I brought mine when it first came out
psp888 said:
O2 PAYG back on website, but it's gone up to £480!!!!
so glad I brought mine when it first came out
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Lool, so glad i bought it for 400, plus its likely to be locked as well now.
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Phoned Orange today & they don't even have the Wizard in the pipeline.
Bought an O2 XDA Mini S thought I'd try unlocking it to work on Orange (ONLY Orange works in my Business Unit).
Expected to be searching/asking this Forum for help; was SHOCKED when I simply plugged in my Orange SIM & it worked!
All O2 contract phones are unlocked. They've been like this for quite some time.
John
All O2 contract phones are unlocked. They've been like this for quite some time.
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Not true! My P800 was unlocked, and I was told that was the case, but my Blue Angel (XDA2s) only worked on 02 without unlocking.
mike freegan said:
All O2 contract phones are unlocked. They've been like this for quite some time.
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Not true! My P800 was unlocked, and I was told that was the case, but my Blue Angel (XDA2s) only worked on 02 without unlocking.
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I stand corrected then. Although, IME, any phone I've had from them over the past few years has been unlocked as have those of my friends who are on O2.
John
IME, any phone I've had from them over the past few years has been unlocked as have those of my friends who are on O2
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Yeah, same here. 02 are usually excellent with not filling phones with crap software and leaving them unlocked, which is why I was so amazed with the Blue Angel!
tried my uk o2 xda mini s on vergin, works fine.
O2 is amazing,my first 6630 and N70 was no simlock as well as my later XDA EXEC.Besides,they provide free GPRS...that's invaluable...
Anybody got their Blackstone from them?
I heard they have them on stock and they are quiet reliable.
Question is can anybody tell me something about their insurance (Citymain) and does phones come unlocked?
I got mine through them on orange, its orange branded so I guess it orange locked. How do I tell short of getting an non orange sim? Can't tell you much about the insurance mines through my bank.
got mine from them today, quick transaction
Yep, got mine thru them after an ordeal with mobiles.co.uk
Ordered it on the friday and got it sat at 7.30am lol
catnono said:
got mine from them today, quick transaction
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danprocter said:
Yep, got mine thru them after an ordeal with mobiles.co.uk
Ordered it on the friday and got it sat at 7.30am lol
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Glad to hear that some are having some joy in getting their HD's.
Can either of you confirm whether they are Orange branded and or locked to orange.
Also, do they have orange specific software alterations.
Richard
I've had 4 mobile phone contracts off these guys I think they're great. Never had a problem with getting the free gift etc. They never did the Touch HD on O2 when i wanted one though so i had to go to mobiles.co.uk
so you're saying that orange phones come locked and branded - damn
what about their customer service?
Car phone warehouse is now selling the STREAK Sim free and unlocked for £429 thats £30 cheaper than dell
No, it's just SIM free, not unlocked.
nobnut said:
No, it's just SIM free, not unlocked.
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okay and whats the difference ?
nobnut said:
No, it's just SIM free, not unlocked.
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This is my long winded story i got a streak on sat from 02 on Sunday i read that dell are selling them unlocked so come Monday i sent the streak back to 02 as soon as it arrived
On Tuesday i ordered one from dell unlocked and they said there was a week waiting list so i went on the list.
NOW TODAY i was looking at a utube video about unboxing the streak and the guy on the vid said he had just gone into CAR PHONE and bought it Sim free and unlocked for £429 so i went on there website and it says on there its locked to 02.
So i phoned up customer services to see if it is locked or unlocked and they assure me it is unlocked Sim free unbranded and it arrives tomorrow morning so we will see then
Hi all,
Well i bought mine the day before release direct from CPW by phone and thought it was going to be unlocked as they say Sim free but until now none of the Streaks from CPW have been unlocked. Usually all phones from CPW are unlocked and Sim free just means you can buy it without a contract in this instance but i bought mine on a Mobile Broadband tariff @£25pm with 3GB of Data per month. I have to say although i had heard horror stories about 02's data speeds it has not been what i have found and am getting just under 2mbps speeds every where i have been.
As for the branding on the Streak well that really is virtually non existent it consists of an 02 splash screen on start up and some Wallpaper pictures of the 02 Dome. The only other thing they have done is set the browsers home page to 02 but that can be changed to one of your own choice as it's not locked to it and can be changed easily.
@lufc
Look forward to hearing if your is unlocked when it arrives as i know many other current users that would love to have an unlocked Streak.
Marc
UPDATE !!!!!!
Streak arrived this morning put in my TESCO Sim card and hay presto it WORKED made a phone call and all is well.
So i started to play around a bit about an hour later went to the market to download update for google maps and 10 Min's later it was still not downloading so i turned off wifi and tried to download through 3G and it would not connect,strange i thought,so i got out my VIRGIN MOBILE Sim card and placed that in the phone and hay presto it comes up THIS PHONE IS LOCKED TO THIS NETWORK. Tesco use 02 air waves that is why tesco worked so them B---ards at Car phone lied to me so sorry to every one who said it would be locked i have phoned them back up and they are going to ring me in 10 Min's looks like i will be getting one from dell after all
Hi lufc,
No problem you were only reporting what they told you and i really think the problem is calling these units Sim Free confuses everyone most probably including the poor staff member that told you and thought it was unlocked.
Marc
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Hi lufc,
No problem you were only reporting what they told you and i really think the problem is calling these units Sim Free confuses everyone most probably including the poor staff member that told you and thought it was unlocked.
Marc
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That is true, had to take it back to one of there shops and got a refund and know i have ordered from Dell awaiting delivery
anyone actually got their dell streak from cpw unlocked?
i keep reading conflicting reports as it seems that cpw only do the steak locked to o2. considering its a min 2week wait ordering direct from dell i would like to walk into a cpw store and buy one. ive called up a couple of stores local to me and they dont seem to know if the handset they stock is really sim free or not
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anyone actually got their dell streak from cpw unlocked?
i keep reading conflicting reports as it seems that cpw only do the steak locked to o2. considering its a min 2week wait ordering direct from dell i would like to walk into a cpw store and buy one. ive called up a couple of stores local to me and they dont seem to know if the handset they stock is really sim free or not
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I tried one in CPW Ormskirk today and confirm that it was SIM-locked to O2... sorry.
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anyone actually got their dell streak from cpw unlocked?
i keep reading conflicting reports as it seems that cpw only do the steak locked to o2. considering its a min 2week wait ordering direct from dell i would like to walk into a cpw store and buy one. ive called up a couple of stores local to me and they dont seem to know if the handset they stock is really sim free or not
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I ordered one over the phone and was told it was definitely unlocked when it came it was locked lying git's so i sent it back ordered one from dell waiting for delivery
thats a right pain in the a$$! cpw employees need to be trained better it seems. thanks for the heads up
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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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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