Unlock Vodafone iPhone 4

Newport81

My mates husband got iPhone 4 as upgrade on Vodafone he doesn't want it so she wants to use her o2 sim in it will Vodafone unlock it?

guil

smyths wrote: »

My mates husband got iPhone 4 as upgrade on Vodafone he doesn't want it so she wants to use her o2 sim in it will Vodafone unlock it?

Not sure what vodafones unlock policy is but a call to vodafone would tell ya

Newport81

Tried that but their call centre doesn't deal with unlocks and referred me too the website and when I did that they didn't recognise the imei?

_Whimsical_

Could she not just port her number over to vodafone and use that sim in the phone? It might be easier. I'm not actually sure that would work but it might be worth asking.

Newport81

No cause she has 13 months left on her o2 contract :-(

drunkmonkey

sell the vodaafone one on adverts and buy her an o2 one.

Newport81

Will Vodafone not unlock it?

whiterebel

smyths wrote: »

Will Vodafone not unlock it?

Vodafone are the only ones that can tell you that. I can't understand how their Tech Support don't look after unlocks. if they don't who does?

Hannibal

the Chinese/African shops in around Moore St and Parnell St will unlock any phone for around €20, wait till they do it then barter with them or pretend you've got much less than you have.. it works every time. I had a phone a few years ago with O2 i wanted to unlock and at the time they wanted me to spend €100 on credit before they'd give me the code for it..

guil

Dotsey wrote: »

the Chinese/African shops in around Moore St and Parnell St will unlock any phone for around €20, wait till they do it then barter with them or pretend you've got much less than you have.. it works every time. I had a phone a few years ago with O2 i wanted to unlock and at the time they wanted me to spend €100 on credit before they'd give me the code for it..

Why would ya pay them to use a free tool to unlock an iPhone
I'd say this one has 4.2.1 if it was only got recently so the baseband will be 03.xx.xx which isn't unlockable yet

GarRo247

I know some people that work in phone unlocking and as far as they know most of the iphone 4s cant be unlocked yet.

guil

01.59.00 is the only unlockable iPhone 4 baseband but if ya updated to 4.1 the baseband will be 02.10.04

Gumbo

ive unlocked 2 vodafone iphones for family.

you have a few options :

if its a PAYG iPhone 4 then get somebody that has a bill pay account and unlock it through their bill pay account, ive done this twice. i unlocked my cousins PAYG iPhone 4 through my dads bill pay account.

also if its a PAYG iPhone, then put €130 credit into it and then Vodafone will unlock it.

if its a bill pay iPhone then vodafone wont unlock it unless you are finished the 18 month contract or you pay up the remainder of the 18 month contract.

Newport81

He's been with Vodafone for years surely they will unlock it?

guil

smyths wrote: »

He's been with Vodafone for years surely they will unlock it?

Ring them and ask

Newport81

They won't do it for 18 months they said apple won't allow them?

guil

No much can be done then. What baseband has it got, go to settings>general>about and look for modem version

Gumbo

smyths wrote: »

He's been with Vodafone for years surely they will unlock it?

that will make no difference if he got the iPhone on Bill Pay through them, he will have to wait out the contract.
they will unlock most phones after 6 months as my dad got a Galaxy S on upgrade and had to wait 6 months to unlock it, but they will unlock PAYG phones there and then most of the time.

whiterebel

smyths wrote: »

They won't do it for 18 months they said apple won't allow them?

That's not Apple's decision, its Vodafone's.

Newport81

whiterebel wrote: »

That's not Apple's decision, its Vodafone's.

She sounded like a dope on the phone

Newport81

It's 4.1 and basement is 02.10.04 is this unlockable

guil

no only 01.59.00 is unlockable

jfcunniffe

That's bull :eek: what vodafone said about apple won't let them as I was talking to apple today about unlocking iphone 4 that my son win at school they could tell me that it was locked to vodafone by the serial number. and they told me to phone vodafone to get it unlocked. will do that later on

Newport81

Was on to vfone again and they won't do it the monkey in customer care said it's apple that won't unlock it some agreement they have with them
For the first 18months of contract.

mfield

I got an iPhone 4 on a Vodafone bill pay upgrade last week.

I am on Vodafone pre-pay myself so I rang them this morning, asking on the off-chance, could I get it unlocked.

I have been topping up by €20 a month for the past 2 years or so and he unlocked the phone there and then for me!

So maybe get someone who is a steady user on Vodafone pre-pay to ring up and ask to get it unlocked?

Might be worth a punt!

whiterebel

smyths wrote: »

Was on to vfone again and they won't do it the monkey in customer care said it's apple that won't unlock it some agreement they have with them
For the first 18months of contract.

Bullsh*t.