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You can ask for a PAC but as things stand at the moment, O2 will not release the phone from the network. That AFAIK is the official word from O2. If you are not prepared to stay with o2 then you will probably have to go the unofficial route.
Hi there,
My current iPhone contract ends at the end of July.
Does anyone know what happens then? I mean, since I've completed the contract, I guess the iPhone is mine to take wherever I want, right? Can I get a PAC number from O2? Can I ask for the iPhone to be liberated?
Anyone on the same situation?
Thanks!
Unfortunately the iPhone is different in that Apple govern the provider lock not o2. Apple don't allow o2 to unlock the iPhone, even after the contract minimum term is up.
There is no legal path to unlocking as o2 have an exclusivity agreement with o2. So you can't legally use it on another network.
That's not to say there aren't ways to unlock the phone, but I'll let you Google for that, as posts get deleted on here for using the J word
SV
Thanks for the reply.
Is that legal? 😞
I mean, if I paid for the phone (and I paid a lot), plus also repaid all the subsidy (since I've been on a pay-monthly for 18 months), what leg do they stand on to retain the phone on their network?
I guess is that pesky small print again, right?
Is that legal? 😞
I mean, if I paid for the phone (and I paid a lot), plus also repaid all the subsidy (since I've been on a pay-monthly for 18 months), what leg do they stand on to retain the phone on their network?
I guess is that pesky small print again, right?
I guess is that pesky small print again, right?
Unlike some other countries (such as France) there's no legal requirement for an airtime provider to "release" a handset after end of contract. However, they generally do it anyway for most handsets.
As I say, Apple call the shots and don't allow unlocking by o2 for UK iPhones.
SV
Well, is the "J" for me then 
So long O2!
So long O2!
