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Using an Irish bought phone with foreign sim card abroad

  • 23-06-2003 1:27pm
    #1
    ConsultClifford
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 252 ✭✭


    Does the phone have to be unlocked or something if i want to use it for a foreign sim card in another country??
    How do i go about doing this?

    Tnx


Comments

  • #2
    coke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40 ✭coke


    I'm not sure if it is necessary in your case, but i am quite sure i rwad somewhere that unlocking a handset is a factory procedure.


  • #3
    okonski
    Closed Accounts Posts: 66 ✭✭okonski


    It depends on the phone, network and tariff. A rule of thumb used to be all pre-pay phones were locked, and contact ones were not. Then slowly - certain expensive models were locked, and others missed the process - making it hit and miss.

    The easiest way to check is to stick in a SIM card from another network, if it accepts it - you'll be OK abroad.

    As for unlocking being a factory proceedure - far from it, it usually is just a case of entering a 6 digit unlock code, and there are a number of programs available on the internet that will calculate the correct code for you - say, to unlock an xda from O2.


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