I want to unlock the SIM on an old HTC one SV from EE, which sill has a goo d battery from circa 2013, but not getting much sense on the web. I get tw o sets of web pages: (i) No problem. Do it for free with our unlock codes (ii) it's not possible to do it for free. Buy our codes for anything betw ween £5 - £20.
So Which set of pages is telling porkies. Why should anyone do it for free . Are the lot that charge just a rip-off.
Grateful for expertise, thanks
You can request a free unlock code on O2 so I would imagine you can do the same on EE unless its a prepay phone.
Try contacting their customer support and ask.
Free on contract when >6 months old, prepay is 8.99 even if you aren't a customer. You just call them up with the IMEI, take a payment over the phone and they give you an unlock code.
Generally 'unlocking guides' are useless: the feasible methods of unlocking varies by model, and lots of the guides say 'you can do it free or pay for a code' but then don't admit this is generic advice for every model - the free method only works for some models.
If you're after a free unlock, search XDA for the model number of your phone (not the name, the model number) which is the only place I'd trust for real info.
Given that it's 8.99 from the horse's mouth, it's not worth bothering with pay unlock services any more.
Theo
Why does anyone write free software/Apps. Why do people reply with help on user support forums?
Often the people charging the fees will only direct you to the web page which requires no fee.
Are you trying to unlock the SIM or trying to unlock the phone so that you can use a SIM from any supplier?
g betwween £5 - £20.
r free. Are the lot that charge just a rip-off.
Maybe it's not so easy from EE though I'm still on EE with a new phone. Th eir web page says it's free at first then says it's 8.99 further down. Fol k who go in person into the EE shop have paid this amount, the shop sends t he online form in, but then it's still locked after an unreasonable number of weeks. Other folk say the shops claim they can't do it anyway. So it sounds like the usual runaround. I would try the free method but it may brick the phone.
All I can say is that it worked for me:
Theo
Are you trying to unlock the SIM (when you have forgotten your PIN) or are you trying to unlock the phone itself so you can use a SIM from another telecoms company in it?
The answer to each will be very different.
ood battery from circa 2013, but not getting much sense on the web. I get two sets of web pages:
twween £5 - £20.
ee. Are the lot that charge just a rip-off.
Surely if you need to unblock the SIM then it is irrelevant what phone it is in. You need the 'unblock code' for the SIM.
If it's the phone you want to use, rather than the SIM, then you can just put a new SIM into it, can you not?
Robert
Yep, poor sentence. Unlock the phone I meant.
it does say unlock the phone in the subject. Maybe some don't read the subject?
That's the easy bit. Ignore the on-line 'we can do it' folks and go straight to the network its locked to. That way you don't risk bricking the phone and it won't cost that much more than any other way.
good battery from circa 2013, but not getting much sense on the web. I ge t two sets of web pages:
betwween £5 - £20.
free.. Are the lot that charge just a rip-off.
I saw a rumour that freebie unlock sites might be harvesting the IMEI codes for use on stolen phones overseas.
+1
And certain models of phone can be incredibly awkward requiring you to take them to some expert dodgy geezer in a backstreet somewhere. These are usually the sort that lock down on the first SIM they see from new.
You will always get the odd clueless muppet claiming that something doesn't work if enough people do it.
ISTR EE would have quite happily unlocked my mums phone for me but at the time £9 would have more than doubled its value! Instead I found an original Orange SIM in a Poundshop for £1 (on their recommendation).
Unless you are tech savvy (and asking here says that you are not) it isn't really worth chancing a dodgy unlock code from an unknown source. Some of the guys on market stalls do slightly cheaper unlocking than the official high street outlets. Depends if you trust them not to brick your phone in the process.
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