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How Do I Unlock My Phone?
Damian
posted this on January 19, 2012 11:45
How Do I Unlock My iPhone?
If you have just joined 48 and are having problems with the sim being recognised your phone may be locked to your previous network. To unlock it, your best bet is to ring the mobile network that you got your phone from – Meteor, Vodafone, 3, O2, etc. and request the unlock code for your phone. Below are the numbers to contact:
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Prepay |
Meteor |
Vodafone |
Three |
O2 |
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From your pre-pay phone / pay As You Go phone: |
1747 (15c per call) |
1747 (15c per call) |
1913 (free call) |
1747 (14c per call) |
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From any other phone* |
1890 808 585 |
1850 20 40 20 |
0833333333 |
1850 601 747 |
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Bill Pay |
1905 (free call) |
1907 (free call). |
1913 (free call) |
1909 (free call) |
*Operator charges apply
To see how long it should take for each handset Click here>>
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How long it really takes to get codes from Manufacturers
- Apple Up to 2 working days
- BlackBerry Up to 21 working days (the snow in Canada can delay the unlock codes sometimes)
- HTC Up to 4 working days
- Huawei Up to 4 working days
- LG Up to 4 working days
- Motorola Up to 2 working days
- Nokia Up to 2 working days
- Sagem Up to 14 working days
- Samsung Up to 7 working days
- Sony Ericsson Up to 3 working days