Unlocking an old Three phone

englishpremier · 10 Feb 2010 at 13:11

I used to be with 3. When my old N80 died, I bought another one off ebay that was also locked to Three.

I have since moved to O2 and called Three and asked for them to unlock the phone (£15). They told me that the phone IMEI does not exist on their records and they cannot unlock it. Obviously being locked to Three you think they would have record of the phone.

Is there any way i can get this unlocked to use with my new network?

osc89er · 10 Feb 2010 at 14:32

Google or your local independent phone shop should be able to help you.

Van Diemen · 10 Feb 2010 at 21:32

independent phone unlock shop would be your best bet.

will cost about 5 quid

englishpremier · 11 Feb 2010 at 12:46

Hmm my local independent closed down. They used to be a repair centre too.

If i am correct, the Nokia n80 is one of a bunch of phones that only Nokia can unlock, hence the paying £15 to the network as they have to pay nokia.

Van Diemen · 11 Feb 2010 at 22:19

englishpremier said:
Hmm my local independent closed down. They used to be a repair centre too.

If i am correct, the Nokia n80 is one of a bunch of phones that only Nokia can unlock, hence the paying £15 to the network as they have to pay nokia.

Used to be, but the unlocking software has come a long way since then.