Phone unlocking?

[sylus]

My phone has hit the fan..well several other things as well and being a tight git I didn't choose insurance so with the contract still open I've decided to dig out my old hardly used nokia n70

turns out that they can't be unlocked by the old way of tapping in a code but have to be computer unlocked..anyone had any bad/good exeriences in doing this?

 

[cyfa2809]

not sure about that but me and my mrs used to use a turbo sim which works very well

 

[sylus]

I didn't even know there was such a thing, any problems at all using one?

 

[john]

I've taken a couple of newer Nokias n85 & e61 to be unlocked at a local phone shop. They had to hook it up to a computer / hardware box thing but it clearly worked. If you have such a shop near you suggest you pop down and ask.

 

[cyfa2809]

yeah as john suggests the shops can do it too

but i think the turbo sims are around £5 on ebay
maybe less

only problem we had was we had to cut our sim cards slightly for the little chip to fit
nothing major though

you can get no cut ones too!
(this is uk cheapest)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NO-CUT-UNIVER...me_Phones_Other_Phones_ET&hash=item1c1b9d4e99

 

[sylus]

Thanks for the input chaps

I did read that the n70 had to be cable unlocked due to it's bb5 set up so I have one or two shops who can do this so will find out the cost...too much and the turbo sim maybe on it's way to me..cheers

 

[cyfa2809]

dont foget bb5 is now quite old
so might be cracked with pc/code if you can find the right software

maybe a newer way other than this

http://nokia-bb5-unlock.blogspot.com/

dependant on firmware it seems

 

[sylus]

okay popped to the shops..bb5 is old agreed and cost 10 quid to unlock and debrand so not to bad

but now I know about the turbo sim I'll buy one of those too just in case I get tempted by another

ta all

 

[cyfa2809]

no problem

yeah thats about right
it feels 'cleaner' than a turbo sim
if that makes sense

but either/either really isnt it

glad your sorted