iPhone only available locked to O2

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Samray
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iPhone only available locked to O2

#1 Post by Samray » Sat Nov 03, 2007 9:31 am

... for 18 months?

Not necessarily.
Across the channel it is against the law to tie customers to one network.


alternatively http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news/news. ... lock.phtml
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#2 Post by FlyingKiwi » Sat Nov 03, 2007 10:00 am

Didn't people do this stateside then Apple automatically updated the firmware and the unlocked phones stopped working :smt017
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#3 Post by Samray » Sat Nov 03, 2007 10:11 am

They bought theirs in France ?
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#4 Post by Viney » Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:02 pm

Its actually illegal in the UK. I had a case a few years ago where i had a PAYG phone on vodafone. I tried an o2 sim in it and it didnt work. So i contacted Vodafone, who said it was locked to the network. So i contacted oftel who told me that it was against regulations for a company to do that, and that they should unblock the phone free of charge. I forwarded an email to Vodafone, with the email, and they unblocked it. So fight the issue.
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