topic Unlock from O2 in Apple

Unlock from O2

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:06:17 GMT

How do I unlock a phone bought second hand, locked to O2 please. Previous owner has left their old sim in it.

Re: Unlock from O2

jonsie — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:13:50 GMT

Presuming it's P&G you need to fill in the form in the link in my signature just below. You need to use the phone in the UK and make a couple of calls, leaving £15.00 credit on the phone to pay for the unlock.

thanks for that. i dont know if it was P&G or PM.

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:15:53 GMT

thanks for that. i dont know if it was P&G or PM.

Re: thanks for that. i dont know if it was P&G or PM.

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:19:28 GMT

If I put a pay and go sim in it and set it up with Iphone will that work?

Unlock from O2

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:29:39 GMT

First off cant see a link in your signature. Correct me if I am wrong but if i put my own O2 pay and go sim in the phone, set it up with iphone account, make some calls on it, I can then unlock it for £15.00?

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adamtemp64 — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:30:47 GMT

correct and it is in his signature in blue on the end right hand side

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Anonymous — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:31:05 GMT

Yes can see it know, blind as bat!!

Re: thanks for that. i dont know if it was P&G or PM.

jonsie — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:31:31 GMT

Yes it will but if you just want to unlock it, turn off mobile/cellular data otherwise it will eat the credit. Although if you get a text and web sim and top up £20 you will 500Mb data , make a few calls then fill in the form. you will then have enough credit for the unlock.

Unlock from O2

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:34:26 GMT

Thanks jonsie. I struggle a bit with the set up. can you only have one Iphone account?

Re: Unlock from O2

jonsie — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:39:15 GMT

You mean iphone or itunes? Either way you can have have more than one.

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Anonymous — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:44:50 GMT

Thanks once again. I am getting there slowly.

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Anonymous — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:02:50 GMT

I've just got my iPhone 3GS unlocked by O2 and their technical blurb states:

Once we’ve got your form, it’ll then take up to 10 days for us to get it unlocked for you. Once it’s unlocked, we’ll text you to let you know. You can then put a non-O2 Sim into the iPhone and connect it to iTunes. iTunes will then tell you the phone is unlocked.

Is the part where you connect the phone to iTunes a one-off requirement? i.e. You connect to iTunes once then you can use multiple pay as you go SIMS without having to reconnect to iTunes to validate each one?

I'm off on holiday soon and am planning to get a pay as you go SIM whilst abroad. I can get a UK pay as you go SIM before I leave and follow the above procedure connecting my phone to iTunes to complete the unlock process. But I want to check that when I get abroad, buy a new pay as you go SIM, I won't have to connect up to iTunes again?

Thanks in advance for any help/advice!

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Anonymous — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:20:36 GMT

I ended up speaking to an assistant on the web chat. For a one off payment of £15.00 she was able to unlock the phone within 24 hours which was fabulous. however I havn't yet plugged the phone into itunes so I am interested to see the answer to your question.

Re: Unlock from O2

MI5 — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:24:11 GMT

Yes, you just need to plug it in once with a non O2 sim.

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Anonymous — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:26:39 GMT

Thanks for that MI5. Are you then able to change sims when you want?

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MI5 — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:40:32 GMT

Yes, it will be fully unlocked forever.

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Anonymous — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:53:50 GMT

Thanks once again. This forum is great.

Re: Unlock from O2

MI5 — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:55:01 GMT

We do our best

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Anonymous — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:22:22 GMT

Fabulous. Thanks for the speedy reply MI5, greatly appreciated! Happy that I can now get a pay as you go SIM in Australia so I can continue to check Facebook every 5 minutes even when on holiday!

Re: Unlock from O2

MI5 — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:26:43 GMT

Enjoy