Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Turkey Related Subjects => Local Tradesmen => Topic started by: colmoor on August 21, 2007, 11:01:23 AM
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hi brian here recently moved here from the uk. My business back in the uk was amongst othere things UNLOCK&ING MOB&ILE PHONES. i have brought my equipment with me. So if there are any recently arrived ex pats who have brought there old uk pay-as you-go or maybe contract phone with and would like to have it unlocked for use on turkcell then give me a call or send me an e-mail.
my e-mail. colmoor@hotmail.co.uk
phone number is 0539 476 4790.
im based at tloss but travel into fethiye most wednesdays or fridays.
i can at present unlock most sony ericcsons. LG 3g phones. Samsungs and soon most nokia 3g phones such as the N series and the 6630 etc.
&I DONT UNBLOCK PHONES (TOTALLY ILLEGAL) AS &IN THE UK.
REMEMBER ONCE UNLOCKED THEY NEED TO BE REG&ISTERED ON THE TURKCELL NETWORK. will do that for you as well.
Now for price well the shops charge 10-15 pounds back in the uk so
my price 30 lira.
get in touch and i will let you know wether i can unlock your phone
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Do you accept mobiles which are past sell by,which could be re-used[?]
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What about a clone service?
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yes can do old phones and it all depends reagrding the clone. okay if the other phone is yours and yu want to just transfer stuff
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PHONE NUMBER HAS NOW CHANGED TO 0534 213 74 05 AND &IM NOW L&IV&ING &IN FETH&IYE
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Is it still possible for U to register the phone with Turcell. I understood that this can't be done online now.? Anne
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Colmoor, i am going to the UK, in jan so if i buy a new phone i can call you on my return i live in Fethiye too....
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It is now possible to register your English phone in Fethiye. Call at the Turkcell Shop a little way past HSBC on the left hand side of top road out of Fethiye It is called Koyuncuoglu Iletisim. (I don't think the other Turkcell shops will do it).You will need your passport and I was asked for my residency visa but I am not certain if that is mandatory as the guy just looked at it and gave it back.....they take a photocopy of your passport. You do NOT need invoices or customs receipts etc.
I had a spare uk phone done this morning, cost 22YTL which included a new Turkish Sim card and 100 Konturs. :)
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you dont need a residency permit just your passport.
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Thanks Brian. Sorry read this after your other post. Will let U know how I get on. See U soon. x
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I was wondering if this s just a con to sell U a new sim card. Cynical I know. !!
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yes i reckon it is
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I don't need a new sim or kontors, just a damn LG 3300c phone unlocked, when the phones first needed to be registered I did register the phone, but far too trusting did not get a receipt and now the phone is blocked, rip off merchants!
I asked Colmoor a question before, the answer was no, but now this one, can the Lg be unlocked?
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is it one of the new lg phones i will check with my list and see if my softwqare can do it ill get back to you when ive checked okay
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Unfdortunately this phone model can only be unlocked via remotely. there are noboxes able to unlock it. i use fonfunshop.co.uk they do it via an email.if you go onto theirwebsite and look on the left hand side menu (unlock yourphone) then look for the LG section and your phone is listed. its then a case of seeing which network it is presently locked to and then clicking on and they will give you a price. they are very reliable. they are the major supplier of unlock hardware for the trade in the UK. hope this helps.sorry i cant do it myself.
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but i dont need a new sim card i have a contract sim card does this matter
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Originally posted by colmoor
Unfdortunately this phone model can only be unlocked via remotely. there are noboxes able to unlock it. i use fonfunshop.co.uk they do it via an email.if you go onto theirwebsite and look on the left hand side menu (unlock yourphone) then look for the LG section and your phone is listed. its then a case of seeing which network it is presently locked to and then clicking on and they will give you a price. they are very reliable. they are the major supplier of unlock hardware for the trade in the UK. hope this helps.sorry i cant do it myself.
Thanks Colmoor for trying, I will get round to trying the suggested website,
Thanks again
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if you are intending to use it in turkey you will need a turkish sim card. i take it the contract sim you mention is a uk one. if it is will cost you a fortune for the calls as the company will charge you for the cost of any calls big time. if someone phones your uk number the uk company will charge something like 1.50 pence per minute much better to buy a turkcell sim.
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The phone will still need to be registered in Turkey even with a Turkish sim card in it. Did anyone check to see if the Turcell shop is genuinely registering the English phones?
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Originally posted by mercury
The phone will still need to be registered in Turkey even with a Turkish sim card in it. Did anyone check to see if the Turcell shop is genuinely registering the English phones?
Hi Mercury :) That's a really sad thought :( Even sadder is the fact that, I stopped to evaluate, the possibility 8):( Rip off, after rip off.... :(
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yes the turkcell shop in fethiye does register english phones that can use turkcell sims
i recently went in did a connection and found them very helpful indead.. they do speak a little english but will phone someone who will explain on your behalf to the staff in the shop. they are the official turkcell shop like the one in mugla.
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Brilliant. Thanks very much. I am sure that this will be very helpful to people on here. Thanks Brian for the info in the first instance. Cef. just shows sometimes we can be wrong but is it surprising that we are cynical? Anne xx
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Have faith....being too cynical can sometimes spoil our lives. :)
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thx for that. im pleased i can pass on valuable info to other people.
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Went in yesterday to have my new mobile registered but they are having a problem with the stamp!! I am going back on Friday. Being cynical comes with age and living in England too long Brian. Not just living here. I have never been as relaxed. xx
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sorry to hear that i take it they couldnt read your visa stamp.
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They did not look at my visa stamps....just took a photo copy of the mugshot page and as I mentioned did ask for the residents visa.
If it is a question of "reading" a visa stamp does Barrie have a better one in his passport? It doesn't really matter whose name it is in once it is registered. :)
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It is "their" stamp that was the problem. We have to go back Friday. If I hadn't got the phone free then I wouldn't be bothering. U know us Yorkshire folk. Anne x
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My contract sim card is a turkish one colmoor
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residence permit that a new one never had to do that. it doesnt matter i dont have one only a tourist one but managed to get mine connected.
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:)Thanks Col was just about to ask that very question. ;)
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Hi Brian,
I have a British Samsung SGH-E720 GPRS Tri Band Mob Phone which has had a Turkish SIM card in for a while but is now locked. Can you unlock this model Samsung? If so can you reply through my profile.
Cheers
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Hi
so long as it isnt the c or i or s models of the e720 then i should be able to unlock it. the others can only be unlocked remotely by using a code fonefunshop.co.uk can supply this service.
&If i am able to assist i now live in fethiye send me a text
cheers
brian
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I feel i should add that when they unlock it they only unlock it to ONE turkish number. You cannot put another turkish sim card in - it won't work.
Bear this in mind if you don't live here and only come now and again - turkish sim cards get switched off after 3 months without top-up - so if this happens your phone will not accept a new one.
You will have to wait a full year from when you had your phone unlocked before they will do another unlocking.
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Thanks for that information my friend. a very usefull bit of info for all those who are visiting.
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Our phone was switched off and we were only 3 days over the three months. Just added credits and the old credits were reinstated as well. Now here for good so should not be a problem any more:D.
Baz 8)
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Can you unlock sagems? i have the model sagem my v60? If not don worry i will buy a simple £9.99 mob in uk and bring that over to be unlocked.
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Crazychick - Get the best phone you can afford - you'll never be able to afford a good phone here!!!!!!!
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sagems are notoriously difficult to unlock better of buying something else
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can a Nokia 5200 be unlocked? I sent u an e.mail. ta
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I e.mailed Virgin for the unlock code and they sent it to me free of charge via e.mail which I thought was very nice of them. x
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can you unblock a nokia 6111 it was suposed to be unblocked last year but was blocked again it was not registered on the turkcell site or how much is a turkish 6111 phone i live in calis thanks
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i havent got any nokia software that works at the moment. however a 6111 nokia can be unlocked. leave it with me for a few days and i will make some enquiries with one of my contacts in fethiye and i will find out first how much it will cost to unlock and how much a turkish 6111 will cost. As a thought have you taken yur phone into the turkcell office in fethiye and see if they can register it on their network for you. any problems or further questions please either e-mail or phone me on 612 32 72. daytime.
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Thanks will try asking and wait for your reply
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yes i can get nokia 6111 unlocked for you cost will be 65ytl or a replacement phone nokia will be 250ytl to work on any turkish networks. let me know by e-mail or phone me on 0534 213 74 05 if you would like any of the above. i have an office in the centre of fethiye.
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'UPDATE! i am now able to unlock Nokias.Samsungs. Sony Ericssons. etc etc all of the latest models too.
Can also do repairs and service too.
So if you have a problem with your phone please contact me.
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Originally posted by colmoor
yes i can get nokia 6111 unlocked for you cost will be 65ytl
It would be cheaper to post it to England, get it unlocked and post it back to turkey. 8)
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Costs a tenner to unlock a phone here 8)
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Originally posted by cef
Costs a tenner to unlock a phone here 8)
A fiver if you haggle. :D
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Originally posted by Crabbit
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Originally posted by cef
Costs a tenner to unlock a phone here 8)
A fiver if you haggle. :D
:D Must of been a 'Bogof' deal crabbs :P ;)
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get it unlocked for a tenner then and then pay the postage and wait weeks to get it back via the turkish customs and postal service
:) :) :) :) :)
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Hi i have had it unlocked once in fethiye but let the battery run down or they blocked it again. The prob is it is not registered on the network. So will they just keep blocking it. I can buy a new one in the UK for 49 pounds, but will have the same prob. That's why I was thinking of buying another one in turkey.
Also I paid another 100tl to get it unblocked so it's cost 150tl so far and is still blocked. Yeah I got done.
What do you think is the best thing to do, can it be unblocked to use on turkcell. It works in the UK fine. I use it for my english sim card at the min.
Thanks
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yes it can be unlocked please phone me and we can arrange to have it done within 24 hours
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need the model and number of the phone
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i can either supply you with a turkish phone or have either your old phone unlocked or if you bring one from the uk that unlocked . the cheapest option for you would be to have one unlocked