Is phone locked to o2

[Rab55]

Contract is just up and wanting to change to a sky sim will my S8 PLUS be locked to o2 ?

[MI5 · Accepted solution]

@Rab55 

May not be but check with a different sim first.

Guide: Unlocking an O2 phone to use a different SIM card 

[PhoneChanger]

O2 don't usually lock handsets, however if it is you can request it is unlocked free of charge (request this before you cancel your account), you should get instructions within a couple of days.

On a side note Sky runs on O2 I think so you might be ok anyway

[Cleoriff]

Although O2 phones have only been sold unlocked since June 2018...so depends when it was purchased....

[MI5]

The S8 would have been locked when it was released as it was still policy at that time.
A sky SIM will not work in an O2 locked phone either, however, some phones at launch were not locked.
Best to try another SIM as I suggested earlier.