HTC One Unlock

[Anonymous]

A friend of mine recently bought me the new HTC One which is locked to O2 on a Pay & Go account

I live in SA and want to use the phone here.

Will it be possible for me to unlock the device so that it can be used in South Africa?

tx 

[MI5]

Not from SA. The phone needs to be in the UK to unlock it unless it was previously used in UK ?

[Anonymous]

the phone was used for a short time in UK and still has an active O2 SIM (on international roaming)

I read somewhere in the forum that O2 can send me the unlock code for £15 which can be deducted from my account.

Will that method work? 

[jonsie · Accepted solution]

It would but the phone has to be registered on the network for 12 months before O2 will unlock it.

[Anonymous]

Hey, ive been on contract with o2 for 24 months and im wondering if i can unlock my phone to use a cheaper network because im a student and o2 is just too expensive for what traffif i want... please reply and let me know 

[MI5]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Hey, ive been on contract with o2 for 24 months and im wondering if i can unlock my phone to use a cheaper network because im a student and o2 is just too expensive for what traffif i want... please reply and let me know 

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Yes, full instructions here http://service.o2.co.uk/IQ/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBCGI.EXE?New,Kb=Companion,question=ref(User):str(Mobile),CASE=17424

[Anonymous]

thank you!

[Anonymous]

Glad your sorted