I just paid for an offical unlock...now what?

irishglass · 03-01-2011 3:18pm #1

I just had 3 unlock my iphone 4 and told me it would take 10 working days Im just wondering will it just be a matter of popping in a new sim? can I up and downgrade my phone as I please? Anybody do this already? I tried asking the dude with costomercare but he didnt seem to know anything

aidan_walsh · 03-01-2011 3:28pm

Once the unck is processed, you should receive an SMS to that effect. After that put in the SIM of the new carrier and connect to iTunes.

irishglass · 03-01-2011 3:33pm

thanks dude

Hogzy · 03-01-2011 4:03pm

How much did you pay as a matter of interest? Did your contract expire?

irishglass · 03-01-2011 4:06pm

in total it was €540 basicly the remainder of my contract but from what little I understood of the chick I was talking to Im still in my contract the 540 will just be used as credit for the remaining year I have left

JDxtra · 03-01-2011 4:15pm

Ouch!!!!!

ComeraghBlue · 03-01-2011 4:28pm

Couldve bought one new from apple unlocked for nearly that price!

guil · 03-01-2011 4:51pm

Tell them to shove their contract. There's no way they can tell ya that ya have to stick to it if ya paid it off

Soarer · 03-01-2011 5:20pm

guil wrote: »

Tell them to shove their contract. There's no way they can tell ya that ya have to stick to it if ya paid it off

Exactly.
If you've paid up your contract in full, there's no more contract.

Just cancel the direct debit in the bank, and have no more to do with them.

drunkmonkey · 03-01-2011 5:39pm

Are you sure you know what you've paid for, if you wanted to change phone all you needed was a replacement sim and you could use any 3G type phone you wanted. Is it too late for a refund? I think you've just wasted a lot of money.

irishglass · 03-01-2011 5:53pm

I just want to use my meteor sim, I only went with 3 because it was the easist way to get an iphone 4 at least on the day it came out.

drunkmonkey · 03-01-2011 6:08pm

That explains it, you'll need a meteor micro sim which you will then only be able to use in the iphone4.

Why don't you just move your meteor number to 3 until the contracts up, it must be cheaper than having 2 phones going at the one time.

guil · 03-01-2011 6:47pm

drunkmonkey wrote: »

That explains it, you'll need a meteor micro sim which you will then only be able to use in the iphone4.

Why don't you just move your meteor number to 3 until the contracts up, it must be cheaper than having 2 phones going at the one time.

The contract is up. He paid for it in full so bought out of the contract

drunkmonkey · 03-01-2011 6:54pm

guil wrote: »

The contract is up. He paid for it in full so bought out of the contract

That's not the way I've read it. There no mention of the contract been terminated. OP was just looking for an unlock code.

guil · 03-01-2011 7:02pm

In all fairness ya read it that he wanted to change phone at first.
He clearly said "in total it was €540 basicly the remainder of my contract"
So how could ya read it any other way

Abelloid · 03-01-2011 7:05pm

irishglass wrote: »

in total it was €540 basicly the remainder of my contract but from what little I understood of the chick I was talking to Im still in my contract the 540 will just be used as credit for the remaining year I have left

Does that mean you still have flex units and data etc. for the remaining year?

drunkmonkey · 03-01-2011 7:11pm

Yes but he clearly says he is still in contract and was advised the same by customer care.
He didn't call up trying to get out of contract he called to get his phone unlocked, why would they release him from contract when he didn't request it?

My question still stands, why not move the meteor number to 3, surley it's cheaper than spending 500 odd on an unlock code.

guil · 03-01-2011 7:24pm

Just cause some numpty in cc says something it doesn't mean it's true
Look back in the three thread. People got the phone unlocked for 25 euro for a few weeks but then three changed it and said ya have to pay the remainder of the contract
Paying off a contract leaves ya on a rolling contract, ya can cancel at anytime and I'm sure he would rather be on meteors network otherwise he would of ported the number when he was getting the iPhone

drunkmonkey · 03-01-2011 7:43pm

guil wrote: »

Just cause some numpty in cc says something it doesn't mean it's true

If that was the numpty I was doing the deal with i'd take it as the truth.
I know what your saying and i'd presume the same but it all depends on what way the situation was approached. I can't see any network releasing you from contract when you don't ask them. OP never said he wanted to get out of contract he just wanted to unlock the phone.

You can like a network but paying 540 euro for the pleasure and throwing away a years worth of calls, texts and data is a bit of a waste. You'd have to question the value of doing it.

guil · 03-01-2011 7:51pm

drunkmonkey wrote: »

If that was the numpty I was doing the deal with i'd take it as the truth.
I know what your saying and i'd presume the same but it all depends on what way the situation was approached. I can't see any network releasing you from contract when you don't ask them. OP never said he wanted to get out of contract he just wanted to unlock the phone.

You can like a network but paying 540 euro for the pleasure and throwing away a years worth of calls, texts and data is a bit of a waste. You'd have to question the value of doing it.

The op paying the 540 released him from contract. There's no ifs or buts about it

drunkmonkey · 03-01-2011 7:56pm

guil wrote: »

The op paying the 540 released him from contract. There's no ifs or buts about it

That's what I think as well but the numpty the deal was done with thinks differently and op accepted it as so.

There's the 540 minimum commitment for the remaining contract but there's also a subsidised iphone4 in the mix.

whiterebel · 03-01-2011 9:42pm

guil wrote: »

The op paying the 540 released him from contract. There's no ifs or buts about it

I think 3 will have an if and but about it. If he asked how much to have it unlocked, that's what he got. And to ensure he is still in contract, he is now in credit for €540 with 3. Smart move by 3 for a change.

guil · 03-01-2011 10:19pm

but what can do legally if thats all the remainder of the contract costs, they cant force him to use the sim and they have the payment already they wont be taking DD, he could just cancel it anyway

whiterebel · 03-01-2011 10:51pm

guil wrote: »

but what can do legally if thats all the remainder of the contract costs, they cant force him to use the sim and they have the payment already they wont be taking DD, he could just cancel it anyway

At the risk of going around in circles, he asked the cost to UNLOCK, not to buy out his contract. They have neatly sidestepped a minefield, by crediting him back the remainder of his contract, therefore they still hold on to the customer.
I can't see any judge ruling in OPs favour if it went to court.

guil · 03-01-2011 11:20pm

whiterebel wrote: »

At the risk of going around in circles, he asked the cost to UNLOCK, not to buy out his contract. They have neatly sidestepped a minefield, by crediting him back the remainder of his contract, therefore they still hold on to the customer.
I can't see any judge ruling in OPs favour if it went to court.

I doubt it would go to court. A few years ago I had a bill phone with 3. I only had it 2 months when they cut off calls even though the bill was paid. They said I was using it too much

I told them I wouldn't keep to the contract so they let the monthly commitment run up an up. They even renewed it after a year even though the phone hadn't being used in months
In the end the bill was 1300 and I refused to pay and after a few months they wrote it off

I just paid for an offical unlock...now what?

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