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Will my T-Mobile Simcard work in old Orange Phone?

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Old 20-08-2007, 11:58 AM   #1
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Will my T-Mobile Simcard work in old Orange Phone?

Hey guys

I currently have a samsung phone which I've had since December and I HATE it!!!

It's on T-Mobile network, and obviously I am stuck with it until I get an upgrade this coming December.

In the meantime I was thinking I'd go back to using my old Nokia N70 which I had on Orange Network.

Will I be able to put my sim card in and will it work? Or do I need to get the phone unlocked?

I vaguely remember reading somewhere that you can't get the N70's unlocked, but I may have read that wrong?

Thanks in advance.

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Old 20-08-2007, 12:07 PM   #2
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Re: Will my T-Mobile Simcard work in old Orange Phone?

knowing orange its probably locked to there network,no harm trying the sim in it tho.
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Old 20-08-2007, 12:49 PM   #3
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Re: Will my T-Mobile Simcard work in old Orange Phone?

Orange normally lock their phones so you will have to unlock it,,, you can try and phone customer services telling them you are going abroad on holiday and want to unlock your phone,,, T-Mobile done this for me for free I happened to say I was going to be using T-Mobile USA.

If Orange make you pay to unlock the phone below is a useful website you may find useful, or google it and you will get plenty of options some more user friendly than others.

Kind regards,

Brian,

http://www.unlockthatmobile.co.uk/in...FQ_llAodkWFoQQ
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Old 20-08-2007, 1:02 PM   #4
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Re: Will my T-Mobile Simcard work in old Orange Phone?

Thanks for that.... looking at that website, the N70 doesn't seem to be a supported phone for unlocking though.

Will Orange unlock the phone for me even though I haven't got an account with them anymore?
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Old 20-08-2007, 3:18 PM   #5
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Re: Will my T-Mobile Simcard work in old Orange Phone?

Does anyone know how much orange charge to unlock a phone?
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Old 20-08-2007, 10:11 PM   #6
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Re: Will my T-Mobile Simcard work in old Orange Phone?

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Does anyone know how much orange charge to unlock a phone?
I asked for my k800i to be unlocked and was told it will cost £20.
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Old 21-08-2007, 6:06 AM   #7
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Re: Will my T-Mobile Simcard work in old Orange Phone?

£15-£20 is the standard accross the networks with vodafone being the only one to unlock out of contract handsets for nowt im sure.
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