Passing on an iPhone

MrOneLung

Wife has for an iPhone 4 and gonna upgrade next month to the new one. Wants to give the old phone to her mum who is on different network. Would she have to get phone unlocked and then get her mum to get a sim only deal that she them puts in the phone or is it already unlocked by the fact she has upgraded to another phone?

kings hill addick

MrOneLung said:

Wife has for an iPhone 4 and gonna upgrade next month to the new one. Wants to give the old phone to her mum who is on different network. Would she have to get phone unlocked and then get her mum to get a sim only deal that she them puts in the phone or is it already unlocked by the fact she has upgraded to another phone?

If it's Vodafone you need to request that it be unlocked. I've just done this with a 4S I sold. If you are upgrading they will unlock it for free.

ShootersHillGuru

Or go to any market stall selling / repairing / unlocking phones and get it done for a tenner.

csr_cafc

ShootersHillGuru said:

Or go to any market stall selling / repairing / unlocking phones and get it done for a tenner.

If it has ios7 on it this probably wont work usually can only be done thorugh apple and itunes.

robroy

Even with ios 7 you can contact Vodaphone and they will unlock the phone for free. They will do this from the first day you get the phone. I gave my 4s to my Dad and he absolutely loves it

MrOneLung

Thanks all.

EastStand

Bump bump.

My iPhone 4 is knackered and I've been waiting on my sister to give me her iPhone 4s for months. Finally got it today and it's bloomin locked to Virgin. Apparently they charge £15 and it can take up to 30 days. I'm not having that.

Does any one know any shops around the SE London area that are any good? Cheap/quick/less likely to take all the expensive stuff out and replace it with cheap shite?

Any help is appreciated!

DaveMehmet

Probably won't do it much good, would imagine it would short the electr..... Oh PASSING on the phone. Sorry, my mistake.

Curb_It

I used Cell Phone City in General Gordon Square the other month but for a crappy old phone. Not sure about iphones.

Macronate

RIP

Talal

Try ebay.

kevtherev

To unlock a phone from Orange now EE and the shops want £80 > £100 although Orange will unlock for £25

SuedeAdidas

There's one opposite the Partridge in Bromley High St that will unlock it if you're round that way. Not sure about the cost though.

C_A_F_C

Ahh....never mind read the title wrong.

soapy_jones

Heads up to everyone. I-phones don't bounce... Bollox!

Crusty54

If you update the system after unlocking the phone it will be locked again. Needs to be done properly.

DamoNorthStand

Have an IPhone from work and a Samsung Galaxy S5 for my personal phone

IMO the Samsung is head and shoulders above the iPhone.