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Eir locked phone. Will GoMo SIM work?

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  • 01-08-2020 11:54pm
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    Invincible
    Registered Users Posts: 6,118 ✭✭✭


    As above, thinking of buying phone locked to Eir.
    Will it accept GoMo SIM without unlocking ?
    It's a dual SIM phone.


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    [Deleted User]
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    No.
    https://mobile.twitter.com/eircare/status/1225010109492998145


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    scudzilla
    Registered Users Posts: 11,911 ✭✭✭✭scudzilla


    Invincible wrote: »
    As above, thinking of buying phone locked to Eir.
    Will it accept GoMo SIM without unlocking ?
    It's a dual SIM phone.

    Unsure if this helps but here's a trick i recently tried out first hand after hearing a lot of rumours.

    Upgraded my wife's phone to a Huawei P30 on eir, now i need a phone with a UK Sim for business i do in UK so i was keeping the handset for myself, it was locked to eir

    First sim i put in it was the O2 UK sim and it automatically locked to that network, proving the theory correct that the first sim put in a locked handset will lock it to that network


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    Ten Pin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,815 ✭✭✭Ten Pin


    In theory it should work as both Eir and Gomo use same MNC.

    AFAIK the only additional bar they could possibly use would be to restrict specific IMEIs that Eir provided to Gomo...it's doubtful that they would do that but who knows.

    Any time this question was asked before on various threads, the consensus was that it does work.


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    JTMan
    Registered Users Posts: 5,537 ✭✭✭JTMan


    Invincible wrote: »
    As above, thinking of buying phone locked to Eir.
    Will it accept GoMo SIM without unlocking ?

    Yes. I know 2 people who have purchased Eir phones and used a GoMo sim card without issue.


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    kaizersoze
    Registered Users Posts: 7,042 ✭✭✭kaizersoze


    It will work.
    Infact most dual SIM phones are unlocked even when purchased from an operator.

    I was using a Galaxy S9+ purchased from Virgin mobile with both an Eir & Vodafone SIM onboard.


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    Ten Pin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,815 ✭✭✭Ten Pin


    It will work.
    Infact most dual SIM phones are unlocked even when purchased from an operator.

    I was using a Galaxy S9+ purchased from Virgin mobile with both an Eir & Vodafone SIM onboard.

    It depends on how the phone is set up by the network.

    All VM phones are unlocked anyway, according to their TV ad.

    Other networks dual SIM phones may be restricted in some way, such as locking one slot...

    https://m.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=112084350&postcount=330


    In the case of Gomo and Eir, they both use the same MNC (03) so Eir locked phones will accept a gomo SIM without unlocking.


    Separately....Vodafone and Post mobile also use the same MNC (01), however, phones locked to either network are not necessarily compatible with a SIM from the other...

    https://m.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056017519&page=2

    ...possibly because there is a a way of locking a SIM slot based on ICCID and / or IMEI in addition to the MNC value.


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