yet another mobile phone question
Dec 15th 2006 | 12:48 pm
#1
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yet another mobile phone question
Hi
We are going back to the UK asnd have a Pay as You go virgin mobile phone. We have UK virgin sim cards.
do we have to get our virgin phone unlocked before it will accept our UK sim card?
If we need to unlock any suggestions?
We are going back to the UK asnd have a Pay as You go virgin mobile phone. We have UK virgin sim cards.
do we have to get our virgin phone unlocked before it will accept our UK sim card?
If we need to unlock any suggestions?
Dec 15th 2006 | 1:45 pm
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From: Dundee (Scotland) now Bayside Brisbane
Re: yet another mobile phone question
Originally Posted by atkinsfamily
Hi
We are going back to the UK asnd have a Pay as You go virgin mobile phone. We have UK virgin sim cards.
do we have to get our virgin phone unlocked before it will accept our UK sim card?
If we need to unlock any suggestions?
We are going back to the UK asnd have a Pay as You go virgin mobile phone. We have UK virgin sim cards.
do we have to get our virgin phone unlocked before it will accept our UK sim card?
If we need to unlock any suggestions?
I know that Vodofone has unlock codes for some phones. Is there a virgin outlet that could help? I know we had to get our UK Vodafones unlocked here in Oz before we could use our Oz Vodafone PAYG Sim.
Cheers and good luck with things.
Ginny
Dec 15th 2006 | 2:24 pm
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Re: yet another mobile phone question
We have Virgin PAYG phones here: Virgin in Warringah Mall unlocked them for free and we bought Tesco sim cards for use in the UK - went fine.
We have to make a brief call on the Tesco sims every 6 months to keep it active and preserve the credit so that we can use it when we go to the UK for a vacation but otherwise that's it!
We have to make a brief call on the Tesco sims every 6 months to keep it active and preserve the credit so that we can use it when we go to the UK for a vacation but otherwise that's it!
Dec 15th 2006 | 10:22 pm
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Re: yet another mobile phone question
Originally Posted by atkinsfamily
Hi
We are going back to the UK asnd have a Pay as You go virgin mobile phone. We have UK virgin sim cards.
do we have to get our virgin phone unlocked before it will accept our UK sim card?
If we need to unlock any suggestions?
We are going back to the UK asnd have a Pay as You go virgin mobile phone. We have UK virgin sim cards.
do we have to get our virgin phone unlocked before it will accept our UK sim card?
If we need to unlock any suggestions?
If not, then google 'unlock codes' for your phone and you may be able to find one free online. If that fails, you can pay a few quid and get one off someone online. If THAT fails then ring virgin, who might charge you up to about £20. (That is in the UK, but if it's an Oz phone then I'd talk to virgin in Oz).
OR, depending on how long you are in the UK, buy an outofdate handset on ebay to use whilst you are here - could get one for under £20.
