on 03-10-2014 13:59
on 03-10-2014 13:59
Hello - does anyone know - how to put a pin number lock for the sim card on pay monthly contracts - phone user guide says to contact customer service but is there a default sim card number - then can change later- any help - would be great
Thanks
Martin_Hannah
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on 03-10-2014 14:51
on 03-10-2014 14:51
on 03-10-2014 15:08
on 03-10-2014 15:08
03-10-2014 15:16 - edited 03-10-2014 15:33
I hope I am not going off topic here by advising all mobile users to make a note of the following information and keep it in a safe place for easy retrieval should you ever lose your phone or worse have it stolen:-
The PHONE's SERIAL NUMBER - usually available on the paperwork/invoice you get when you buy a phone or inside the battery compartment (if you have a make/model that has an accessible battery);
The IMEI number - This is the International Mobile Equipment Identity number, and you can obtain it by keying in the following sequnce on the dialler - *#06# (that is asterix hash zero six hash). If you ,lose your phone or it is stolen phone O2 to report the loss and give them the IMEI - they can then block the phone so that it is unusable even if the "new owner" puts a new SIM card in it.
The PUK code - PUK stands for Personal Unblocking Key, and it's a code associated with a mobile phone SIM card. If you have entered a SIM lock PIN code incorrectly three times, the SIM card will be blocked and you will need a PUK code to unlock it.
If you have registered for My O2, the IMEI and PUK code should be available there, or you can contact O2 Customer Services or indeed a Guru on O2 Chat.
Gerry
on 03-10-2014 15:19
on 03-10-2014 15:19
03-10-2014 15:21 - edited 03-10-2014 15:22
03-10-2014 15:21 - edited 03-10-2014 15:22
Another worthwhile "freebie" is to register all your valued items on :
https://www.immobilise.com/index.php
Edit : Snap !........
on 03-10-2014 15:21
on 03-10-2014 15:21
@Cleoriff wrote:
@MI5 wrote:
Settings >Security >SIM card lockFollowed that and then on mine it has Enter Pin to use device ...so would that mean every time I use the phone I have to enter the pin?
Some phones force you to enter a sim pin everytime you want to make a call whilst some just everytime you turn on the phone.
On the S3 you can also set up a sim change notification so that if someone takes your sim out and puts it in another phone it will send a text (to a nominated number) telling you.....
on 03-10-2014 15:22
on 03-10-2014 15:22
@Beenherebefore wrote:Another worthwhile "freebie" is to register all your valued items on :
https://www.immobilise.com/index.php
Edit : Snap !........
on 03-10-2014 15:31
on 03-10-2014 15:31
@MI5 wrote:
@Cleoriff wrote:
@MI5 wrote:
Settings >Security >SIM card lockFollowed that and then on mine it has Enter Pin to use device ...so would that mean every time I use the phone I have to enter the pin?
Some phones force you to enter a sim pin everytime you want to make a call whilst some just everytime you turn on the phone.
On the S3 you can also set up a sim change notification so that if someone takes your sim out and puts it in another phone it will send a text (to a nominated number) telling you.....
Thanks for that
Veritas Numquam Perit
on 03-10-2014 16:22
on 03-10-2014 16:22
I hope anyone reading this now sets up sim lock pin. There are ways round it but it makes it very hard to run up a bill before you get the phone and sim blocked.
on 03-10-2014 16:37
on 03-10-2014 16:37