Nokia Repair Centres...

Smiley012

Ok, does anyone know if there is a mobile phone repair centre around the south county Dublin area? or is the closest one to Stillorgan in Dawson Street?

copacetic

there is one in sandyford business park, MPRC.
http://www.mprc.ie/repairs.asp?section=howto
used them a couple of year back, grand job.

Ruu_Old

Here is a link to their website, they are pretty good. Fast turnaround.

Smiley012

thanks for the quick replies lads, see, i have got this 6680 thats locked to vodafone and i wanna get the firmware flashed cos i've told that then i can put any sim card in the phone after that, will these guys do that for me?

wba88

i think they may flash it and then re-lock it, not sure maybe some1else knows

copacetic

they are a vodafone approved repair centre so don't think they will do that for you..

Smiley012

see i just wanna be able to use an english sim in it when i go away for 2 months, but will then use it on vodafone again, damn thats annoying... will any of the other repair centres do it for me?

wba88

ring vodafone and tell them that and they may do it for free

Smiley012

no, see i'm not the original owner of the phone, it was sold to me, and apparently it needs to have the original sim in the phone before vodafone can unlock it, i asked already!

thats why i'm asking about the repair centre, looking at the last straw here...

are all nokia repair centres vodafone approved?

chrislad

No Nokia center will unlock a phone for you. Period. That phone can't be unlocked at the moment, so it's tough luck really. Vodafone should unlock it just by calling the IMEI out to them. I know people who unlocked phones that weren't theirs.

Smiley012

really? well i went into the vodafone shop today and he told me point blank that vodafone will not unlock a phone that does not have the original sim in it.

he told me that nokia repair centres could flash the firmware and he'd heard of that happening quite a few times.

drdre

Smiley012 wrote:

Ok, does anyone know if there is a mobile phone repair centre around the south county Dublin area? or is the closest one to Stillorgan in Dawson Street?

There is a nokia agent in bray just off the dargle road.its called in car tech.

chrislad

Smiley012 wrote:

really? well i went into the vodafone shop today and he told me point blank that vodafone will not unlock a phone that does not have the original sim in it.

he told me that nokia repair centres could flash the firmware and he'd heard of that happening quite a few times.

Talking out his arse. Try ringing them on their customer care number.

Flashing firmware only gets rid of the Vodafone branding.

wba88

chrislad is right the guy in the shop is tlkin ****e. i buy phones ring vodafone or o2 and get them unlocked (a month ago did it wit my k800i).

Smiley012

thanks guys I will try that later, thanks for the information!