Tesco Mobile phones

bestie

Hello,

I was wondering (unfortunately no concrete info on Tesco mobile phone website) If the mobile phones they sell are sim-free as in not locked. Anyone purchased one already?

Looking to buy a nokia 1616 from them to use my o2 sim in.

http://shop.tescomobile.ie/phones/displayPhone.aspx?p=83

thanks

Mimikyu

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bestie

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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Yup saw that thanks, however it doesn't let me add it into my basket online for checkout. Here's hoping I can just walk into one of their shops and get it for the same price.

Nyum Nyum

I got the Nokia 1616 for €19.99 from Tesco in Arklow and it was definitely sim free because I tried it with O2 and Meteor sims and they both worked fine.

bestie

You legend! - thanks.

wmpdd3

Tesco sell sim free and locked phones.

The sim free ones are in green packaging the tesco ones are in a box with blue on one side and white on the other side, make sure you ask for the right one. You won't get a refund if you open a tesco mobile one and realise your sim won't work in it.

bestie

wmpdd3 wrote: »

Tesco sell sim free and locked phones.

The sim free ones are in green packaging the tesco ones are in a box with blue on one side and white on the other side, make sure you ask for the right one. You won't get a refund if you open a tesco mobile one and realise your sim won't work in it.

Thanks mate, people have been most helpful. I'll go to Rathfarnham branch and haggle them for 19.99 to match the Arklow store

bestie

In case people were wondering and wanted one of these phones..

I only saw one type of packaging for the Nokia 1616 in Tesco and clearly it has a

"I'm locked to TescoMobile network" sticker on it.. however my O2 sim worked fine

so in fact the phone is not locked and any sim will work.

not bad for €19.99

cheers again for all the chaps/chapettes who helped!

Leslie91

bestie wrote: »

In case people were wondering and wanted one of these phones..

I only saw one type of packaging for the Nokia 1616 in Tesco and clearly it has a

"I'm locked to TescoMobile network" sticker on it.. however my O2 sim worked fine

so in fact the phone is not locked and any sim will work.

not bad for €19.99

cheers again for all the chaps/chapettes who helped!

Tesco use the O2 network AFAIK, I would imagine were you to put a Voda or Meteor SIM in it, it would not work.

bestie

Leslie91 wrote: »

Tesco use the O2 network AFAIK, I would imagine were you to put a Voda or Meteor SIM in it, it would not work.

Yeah I heard that before, they are a Mobile virtual operator etc.. and that putting your Tesco sim into your O2 phone would work but not the other way around, i'll test it if I get a vodafone sim or meteor one.

jay93

Tesco sims will not work in an o2 locked phone or an o2 sim wont work in a tesco branded phone ive tested it on 3 diff tesco phones and o2 DOES not work with them unless the phone is unlocked then they will work..
i got a nokia 2330 and a samsung c3050 from tesco and both are locked to tesco sims only and it clearly states it on the box be careful your sim may not work at all if its tesco branded !!

bestie

jay93 wrote: »

Tesco sims will not work in an o2 locked phone or an o2 sim wont work in a tesco branded phone ive tested it on 3 diff tesco phones and o2 DOES not work with them unless the phone is unlocked then they will work..
i got a nokia 2330 and a samsung c3050 from tesco and both are locked to tesco sims only and it clearly states it on the box be careful your sim may not work at all if its tesco branded !!

I purchased one earlier on today, stuck my O2 sim in and it worked, even though the sticker on box says "I'm locked to Tesco Mobile network'. And before I went to purchase I emailed tech support at Tesco Mobile and they said it wouldn't work. Well they are wrong.

Phone was a Nokia 1616 which cost me 19.99 in the Nutgrove store in Rathfarnham.

you can ring me on my number if you don't believe me :P

Mimikyu

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Maental2000

I got the 1616 for my older brother a few days ago in the Tralee store, it cost €24.99 and said "I'm locked to the Tesco Mobile network" on it, however my 3 sim & an old Meteor 1 both work in it.
But stupid Tesco gave a 3g sim card with it, which means the sim only stays connected to the network for a few hours & then "Insert Sim" comes up on it.....this is not a 3g compatible phone - why are they supplying them with 3g sims instead of 2g ones? :mad:

Mimikyu

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Maental2000

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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I know yeah, but in fairness my 3 USIM was only in it for a few mins so I'm sure it would have stopped working after a while. The Tesco 3g SIM looks exactly like the 3 USIM....I can't think of any other reason for the "Insert SIM" fault though...clearly the 1616 stops recognising the 3g sim after a while, as it's not a 3g phone

Spread

Was making a call to the US a while ago (Tesco mobile @ 2c per minute) and got cut off after a warning that dosh was running out. Then dead. Screen says TOP UP balance is €0.01 but my BONUS CREDIT balance is €8.44. How come the latter didn't kick in?

Tesco Mobile: Paul

Spread wrote: »

Was making a call to the US a while ago (Tesco mobile @ 2c per minute) and got cut off after a warning that dosh was running out. Then dead. Screen says TOP UP balance is €0.01 but my BONUS CREDIT balance is €8.44. How come the latter didn't kick in?

Hi there

Only your main balance can be used for international, premium or roaming calls. For national and mobile calls and texts your bonus credit balance is used first until its used up and then switches to your main balance. This allows you to manage both balances to most benefit.

regards
Paul

Spread

Thanks Paul! Every little helps

Tesco Mobile: Paul

No problem spread

Just to add here as this is a thread on our phones that we are currently extending our range instore and online.

We have also started to move into smart phones with our first two models the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 mini and Nokia C5-03. There are more to come over the coming weeks also. See our website link in my sig.

There is something big coming next week also that I will announce here first...

emo72

Tesco Mobile: Paul wrote: »

No problem spread

Just to add here as this is a thread on our phones that we are currently extending our range instore and online.

We have also started to move into smart phones with our first two models the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 mini and Nokia C5-03. There are more to come over the coming weeks also. See our website link in my sig.

There is something big coming next week also that I will announce here first...

ahhh paul. not back to the teasing again, are we:D

Tesco Mobile: Paul

As promised, I am pleased to announce that from this evening, we have reduced from €20 to €10 the amount you need to top-up to get free calls, texts and picture messages to other Tesco Mobile customers.

ubuntulinux

Nice one Paul,things getting better by the day.:)

Tesco Mobile: Paul

Thanks Ubuntu.

We have simplified the process also. Every time you topup by €10 or more you get free calls, texts and picture messages to other Tesco Mobile customers for the next 30 days. We still give you €10 bonus credit every time aswell.

emo72

hi paul, heres a great idea for you. help make tescos even more billions!

why not get the zte blade as an exclusive tesco handset in the republic? you can tell their popularity by the its thread in android. its a mega phone, i got one for my son, and i will have to go back to norn iron to buy another one for my daughter. just saying like.

Tesco Mobile: Paul

emo72 wrote: »

hi paul, heres a great idea for you. help make tescos even more billions!

why not get the zte blade as an exclusive tesco handset in the republic? you can tell their popularity by the its thread in android. its a mega phone, i got one for my son, and i will have to go back to norn iron to buy another one for my daughter. just saying like.

Tthanks Emo, will take a look.

irishpancake

emo72 wrote: »

hi paul, heres a great idea for you. help make tescos even more billions!

why not get the zte blade as an exclusive tesco handset in the republic? you can tell their popularity by the its thread in android. its a mega phone, i got one for my son, and i will have to go back to norn iron to buy another one for my daughter. just saying like.

Hi emo72....and TM Paul.

I am a Tesco Mobile customer, as is my OH, but we are light users, so €10p/m is always adequate.

Are you saying I will spend even less p/month?? on the €10 top-up(+€10 bonus).

I have also bought the ZTE Blade(Orange San Fran) recently.

Have you set up the APN for Internet and MMS for this on the Blade for Tesco Network yet?

I am having a problem sending an MMS picture message to my wifes phone, just testing.

It worked OK on my previous Nokia, but I was able to d/l the settings from Tesco.

However, the settings d/l tool does not include the ZTE Blade.

See here for settings I made, are they OK?

Tesco Mobile: Paul

Hi irishpancake,

From last night for your €10 topup your calls, texts and picture messages to other Tesco Mobile Customers will now be free for 30 days so your €10 topup should stretch further than before (with not having to pay to call your OH!). You still get the €10 bonus credit also.

On the settings I think you have one setting incorrect

The MMSC should be http://mmc1/servlets/mms you have one e too many in there at the moment

regards
Paul

irishpancake

Tesco Mobile: Paul wrote: »

Hi irishpancake,

From last night for your €10 topup your calls, texts and picture messages to other Tesco Mobile Customers will now be free for 30 days so your €10 topup should stretch further than before (with not having to pay to call your OH!). You still get the €10 bonus credit also.

On the settings I think you have one setting incorrect

The MMSC should be http://mmc1/servlets/mms you have one e too many in there at the moment

regards
Paul

Thanx Paul,

I've modified the servlet spelling error, but still no joy.....:(

I cannot send a MMS message to Missus Pancake, small pic just 59K.

I was using this Tesco SIM in my previous Nokia Phone with no probs, and now I have this new Android ZTE Blade (Orange unlocked de-branded).

Normal texts are OK, but I cannot either receive or send MMS.

When OH sends to me, I get a notification msg, showing message size and expiry date, and a download button......when tapped this says Currently unable download, try later..

When I send to her, I just get Sending, before that this flashes up:

currently unable to send, will...etc. :

Pic below showing messages....I'm trying to send the famous Beatles Abbey Road pic



Any help appreciated......

BTW, OH can send message to herself here, she has a Nokia 2700 Classic. Same message to me fails, as above.

Mobile Network settings: Data Enabled checked

Network Mode: GSM/WCDMA auto checked

Data Roaming: Unchecked (phone warns may incur significant roaming charges)

Tesco Mobile: Paul

Data roaming needs to be on... This is because we roam on O2

There are no extra charges in fact it will be free to you OH on Tesco Mobile if you topped up on last 2 days by 10e or more

jay93

Tesco Mobile: Paul wrote: »

As promised, I am pleased to announce that from this evening, we have reduced from €20 to €10 the amount you need to top-up to get free calls, texts and picture messages to other Tesco Mobile customers.

Paul is this effective yet ?
Still no info on your site about it.
But my god this is great all my family and friends will be pleased to hear about this .
So only 10euro i needed to get free calls txts and picture messages to tesco mobile now am i right there

Tesco mobile just keeps getting better and better .:D:D:D

Tesco Mobile: Paul

jay93 wrote: »

Paul is this effective yet ?
Still no info on your site about it.
But my god this is great all my family and friends will be pleased to hear about this .
So only 10euro i needed to get free calls txts and picture messages to tesco mobile now am i right there

Tesco mobile just keeps getting better and better .:D:D:D

Hi Jay

Yes its live! Its on the website here

http://www.tescomobile.ie/FreeCallsAndTexts.aspx

We have simplified the process also so that everytime you topup by €10 or more you get 30 days free cals, texts and picture messages to everyone on Tesco Mobile. And we still give you €10 bonus credit everytime also!

I reckon this will be great for families where managing a €10eur topup every few weeks helps more with the budgeting. And everyone in the family will be able to stay in touch with each other for free,

You can order free SIMs for friends and family members here

http://shop.tescomobile.ie/international.aspx

regards
Paul

CantGetNoSleep

emo72 wrote: »

hi paul, heres a great idea for you. help make tescos even more billions!

why not get the zte blade as an exclusive tesco handset in the republic? you can tell their popularity by the its thread in android. its a mega phone, i got one for my son, and i will have to go back to norn iron to buy another one for my daughter. just saying like.

If you got this phone (at a reasonable price) I would change, as would several of my friends

ubuntulinux

Paul there seems to be plenty of interest in the Zte Blade.;)

irishpancake

Tesco Mobile: Paul wrote: »

Data roaming needs to be on... This is because we roam on O2

There are no extra charges in fact it will be free to you OH on Tesco Mobile if you topped up on last 2 days by 10e or more

Hi Paul,

Finally resolved this MMS problem on the OSF/ZTE Blade...........

It is all in the APN settings, you need two.....one Default, and a seperate MMS.

This is what I did, and it has worked.....

perhaps you could review the settings below, and let me know if there is anything else, but I found these work for MMS. (Some of this info was compiled in co-operation with UK giffgaff users forum)

Can you let me know what is the situation regarding 3G SIM's, which seem to be available now.

Do we now get 3G speeds when available, will I need a new SIM? Mine is already a year old??


First you need two APN set, one Default and another MMS....

Default APN has:

Name: tesco
APN: tescomobile.liffeytelecom.com
Proxy: Not set
Port: Not set
Username: Not set
Password: Not set
Server: Not set
MMSC: Not set
MMS proxy: Not set
MMS port: not set
MCC: 272
MNC: 11
Authentication type: None
APN type: default

MMS APN as follows:

Name: tesco mms
APN: tescomobile.liffeytelecom.com
Proxy: Not set
Port: not set
Username: Not set
Password: Not set
Server: http://mmc1/servlets/mms
MMSC: http://mmc1/servlets/mms
MMS proxy: 10.1.11.19
MMS port: 8080
MCC: 272
MNC: 11
Authentication type: None
APN type: mms

In Settings/Wireless & networks/Mobile networks

Make sure: Date Enabled and Data Roaming both checked(enabled).....

Tesco Roams on the O2 network, (no extra cost)....

When you send an MMS message, you will see the Edge symbol (E) in the notification area.

Tesco Mobile: Paul

Yes you should get a 3G Sim if you don't have already. Yes you will get 3G speeds if available.

irishpancake

Tesco Mobile: Paul wrote: »

Yes you should get a 3G Sim if you don't have already. Yes you will get 3G speeds if available.

Can I order a 3G SIM with my existing number and one for OH? (mine 089...hers 087 ported to Tesco.)

I also want to get SIMs for my two sons and the missus, can't these be ordered on-line for free? Son's will use the 089 SIM's.

Thanks Paul, great support

Tesco Mobile: Paul

irishpancake wrote: »

Can I order a 3G SIM with my existing number and one for OH? (mine 089...hers 087 ported to Tesco.)

I also want to get SIMs for my two sons and the missus, can't these be ordered on-line for free? Son's will use the 089 SIM's.

Thanks Paul, great support

Hi pancake,

Yes order the free SIMs online here http://shop.tescomobile.ie/international.aspx

When you get them then call customer car and they will do the swap over the phone allowing you to keep your numbers.

regards
Paul

irishpancake

Tesco Mobile: Paul wrote: »

Hi pancake,

Yes order the free SIMs online here http://shop.tescomobile.ie/international.aspx

When you get them then call customer car and they will do the swap over the phone allowing you to keep your numbers.

regards
Paul

Thanks Paul, will do....

irishpancake

Tesco Mobile: Paul wrote: »

Hi pancake,

Yes order the free SIMs online here http://shop.tescomobile.ie/international.aspx

When you get them then call customer car and they will do the swap over the phone allowing you to keep your numbers.

regards
Paul

Hi Paul....

See below, from your Customer Care ppl:

Dear Customer,

I regret to inform you that your recent order 8280 on the Tesco Mobile Online Shop has been declined for security purposes. We regret any inconvenience this may have caused you.

Yours Sincerely

Tesco Mobile

So, I ordered 1 earlier for myself (order 8278), and the above was an order for my OH and my son....

So am I now considered a "security" risk by Tesco? :mad:

Funny, they never decline my money when I or OH are topping up, with our stored Visa Card details which Tesco have or shopping in Tesco Supermarkets, etc. etc.

I am very annoyed with this, as you have indicated previously there was no problem with this and we could order SIM's for friends and family using

http://shop.tescomobile.ie/international.aspx

So, what gives?

BTW, no blame attached to you at all....:)

Tesco Mobile: Paul

Hi Pancake, apologies this is likely a default rule triggered from the website due to multiple orders. I will follow up and PM you. Regards Paul

irishpancake

Tesco Mobile: Paul wrote: »

Hi Pancake, apologies this is likely a default rule triggered from the website due to multiple orders. I will follow up and PM you. Regards Paul

Fair play Paul, above and beyond my friend.

thanks, IP

Spread

I say, give that €9 Lottery ticket to Paul for being so helpful. And fair play to Tesco for making talk cheap to our faraway friends. Jack Cohen's adage of high stacking and cheap selling works SO well.

jay93

Tesco Mobile: Paul wrote: »

Hi Jay

Yes its live! Its on the website here

http://www.tescomobile.ie/FreeCallsAndTexts.aspx

We have simplified the process also so that everytime you topup by €10 or more you get 30 days free cals, texts and picture messages to everyone on Tesco Mobile. And we still give you €10 bonus credit everytime also!

I reckon this will be great for families where managing a €10eur topup every few weeks helps more with the budgeting. And everyone in the family will be able to stay in touch with each other for free,

You can order free SIMs for friends and family members here

http://shop.tescomobile.ie/international.aspx

regards
Paul

Cheers paul thats great
It certainly will help people on tight budgets spend alot less on mobile credit ,its great that the 10euro free credit is still included with the 10euro top up.

Again great offer now to persuade more of my friends and family to move to tesco mobile :cool:

RayCon

Im seriously considering switching from O2 PAYG to Tesco based on the new €10 double credit deal - its a brilliant offer to switch my wife and son over to too ... the one thing stopping me is the absence of webtxting ... it's something we all use extensively .. hhhhmmmmmmmm

Tesco Mobile: Paul

We are working on a webtext solution. Should be in place during the summer.

Regards
Paul

RayCon

Tesco Mobile: Paul wrote: »

We are working on a webtext solution. Should be in place during the summer.

Regards
Paul

... I'll be watching this space

Bondvillain

Anyone from Tesco able to confirm if the service is down in Kildare today?
There are 3 prepay Tesco Mobiles on the go here and all 3 are showing no signal, while the service on the O2 phones seems to be fine.

Ta.

Tesco Mobile: Paul

In Kildare town myself and no issues. Where exactly are you?

jay93

RayCon wrote: »

Im seriously considering switching from O2 PAYG to Tesco based on the new €10 double credit deal - its a brilliant offer to switch my wife and son over to too ... the one thing stopping me is the absence of webtxting ... it's something we all use extensively .. hhhhmmmmmmmm

The double top up offer was out since tesco started up .if you top up by 10 you get 10 free.. 20 you get 20 free ..30 you get 30 free the free ..etc etc ..the new offer is that you only need to top up 10euro to get free calls texts and picture messages to other tesco mobile numbers.you used to have to put in 20 to get this but things are alot cheaper now they also have good data add ons too !!

Bondvillain

Tesco Mobile: Paul wrote: »

In Kildare town myself and no issues. Where exactly are you?

Around the Curragh area at the moment. Full signal yesterday on everyone's handset, not a jot today.