Author Topic: Cheap Mobile - What type??? (Read 10334 times)

puma · « **Reply #20 on:** April 25, 2006, 15:56:28 PM »

i have got it too ,it remembering everything, it will save me a few bob as well,my phone bill was rediculous last time

legless · « **Reply #21 on:** April 25, 2006, 18:02:51 PM »

My post read that if you find an old Nokia that has been on Vodafone i can gaurantee most will be unlocked you dont need a vodafone sim card in it, I have a nokia 7610 quite new which is unlocked to all networks whenever I am away i just buy a cheap sim card and log on to whatever network i can find, not all other phones that were on Vodafone are unlocked though and you need to take them to someone who can unlock it for you.

A quick test would be to take your sim card out and replace it with a different network sim, say orange or O2 if the phone works on there it is unlocked

Ron ( Phone unlocker )

Ian · « **Reply #22 on:** April 25, 2006, 22:55:41 PM »

Ron - many thanks - I am pretty sure I now understand the mechanics but one last question!

When you buy the sim card in Turkey - do you then need to buy "pay as you go airtime" or is it on the sim card when you buy it?

Ian

legless · « **Reply #23 on:** April 25, 2006, 23:00:29 PM »

you buy a pay as you go sim but first check that your phone can be registered in Turkey as they now have a new rule that you must register your phone Am not sure how it works though, i left my phone over there last October and from what i gather its been registered OK, some shops ask for your passport as well

Ron

Ian · « **Reply #24 on:** April 26, 2006, 04:16:33 AM »

Got it - a "pay as you go" sim - almost the final piece in my jigsaw!

Does anyone know how you check if your phone can be registered in Turkey? Do you do it over there?

legless · « **Reply #25 on:** April 26, 2006, 08:07:20 AM »

Yes

Ron

jo b · « **Reply #26 on:** April 26, 2006, 10:07:56 AM »

When we were in Fethiye at the end of March we decided to get a Turkish sim card.We went into a Telsim shop and they were unable to unlock my mobile a Sharp GX 30 but had no problem with my friends Motorola Razor....I bought a basic Nokia phone with sim card for about £40.You did need your passport.

Ian · « **Reply #27 on:** April 26, 2006, 10:26:43 AM »

Jo b - many thanks - I now have a plan - I will try to get my "cheap" Motorola T191 unlocked in the UK before I go - if I can I will go to the Telsim Shop and buy a "pay as you go" sim card - if not I can't get my phone unlocked before I go - I will do what you did.

Wonderful - I now know what I am doing - thanks for the help.

I know this topic may have seemed long-winded for those of you who have already done it - but it has probably meant I will get it sorted now on my next visit and without the forum I suspect it would have been about 6-visits - lots of frustration - a feeling of being ripped off somewhere - and £100+ worse off using my mobile via the UK - THANKS.

kenkay · « **Reply #28 on:** April 26, 2006, 13:24:49 PM »

Ian
A bit off topic but how far are you from Bury market as we are just down the road in Radcliffe.
Ken

webbstar · « **Reply #29 on:** April 26, 2006, 14:11:02 PM »

legless.

quote:
you buy a pay as you go sim but first check that your phone can be registered in Turkey as they now have a new rule that you must register your phone

Damn! I wish I had thought of telling you that Ian, before legless did.
Oh look I did twice.

Seriously though I'm sure you will get sorted out ok Ian.Remember
though those call charges you make to the uk from Turkey will be even
smaller if you keep your other half away from the mobile.

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