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Expect this to be moved, but wasn't sure where to post it. Here goes:
Is the 1100 a DCT 3 or DCT4 unit?
Is the 1100 a DCT 3 or DCT4 unit?
Nokia 1100
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Cheers, Si.
What I wanted to do was unlock it, so I got free sotware to generate an unlock code from the IMEI. I tried DCT4, but apparently, it's a DCT3......
Gave up because the first two codes failed, and I didn't want to lock up the handset.
Anyway, I went to Mobile Liberation in the end.
I bought a new Nokia 1100 from virgin for 19.99 without sim, including 10 pounds of calls plus hands free. Bought a gold number virgin sim for 6.00 from ebay, including £5 worth of calls, got mobile liberation to unlock it for £1.89.
So if you want a basic handset for peanuts, you know what to do.
A new unlocked nokia 1100 inc sim, hands free and 15 quid of calls for just £27.88.
Beat that!
What I wanted to do was unlock it, so I got free sotware to generate an unlock code from the IMEI. I tried DCT4, but apparently, it's a DCT3......
Gave up because the first two codes failed, and I didn't want to lock up the handset.
Anyway, I went to Mobile Liberation in the end.
I bought a new Nokia 1100 from virgin for 19.99 without sim, including 10 pounds of calls plus hands free. Bought a gold number virgin sim for 6.00 from ebay, including £5 worth of calls, got mobile liberation to unlock it for £1.89.
So if you want a basic handset for peanuts, you know what to do.
A new unlocked nokia 1100 inc sim, hands free and 15 quid of calls for just £27.88.
Beat that!
Awww, come on, that's only a 2g phone. I get 500 minutes all networks any time, plus 100 texts, for £15 a month through Three.
Plus 3g phones are much more fun, especially when you absent mindedly accept a video call whilst you are completely naked... as I found last week. My poor mum
Plus 3g phones are much more fun, especially when you absent mindedly accept a video call whilst you are completely naked... as I found last week. My poor mum
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How did you manage to buy the phone without a SIM and yet have free minutes? You need a SIM for the minutes to apply to?
This is interesting because looking through the legal stuff on Virgins site it appears that you are not tied into their service with this phone. Usually the operators tie people in with their phone for 12 months using calls to subsidise the heavily discounted handsets. The legality of phone unlocking appears to be a grey area.
This is interesting because looking through the legal stuff on Virgins site it appears that you are not tied into their service with this phone. Usually the operators tie people in with their phone for 12 months using calls to subsidise the heavily discounted handsets. The legality of phone unlocking appears to be a grey area.
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The deal gave me a handset and a 10 quid voucher. The other 5 quid came with the sim I bought on ebay for 6 quid.
Indeed.
I am not tied to a contract - it is a PAYG handset, not a contract. The minutes are not tied to the handset - you just buy a voucher.
In fact Virgin offered to unlock it FOC if I bought 30 quid of calltime.
In my case, the phone unlocking, I am assured, is 100% legal.
Adam
Who wants 3G? Video bo**cks!! The mobile operators have spent such a fortune securing 3G, they now have to set astronomical rates to claw back the dough. Some providers have BOGOF to try and tempt people. All I want is to make calls and the odd text.
And another thing!
3 are f'in greedy! Their calltime runs out at the end of the month regardless......
All virgin ask to keep the account open is that you make at least one call every 180 days. And calltime never runs out.
And voicemail is free, texts from only 3p, calls only 15p for first 3 mins then 5p......suits me down to the ground!
The deal gave me a handset and a 10 quid voucher. The other 5 quid came with the sim I bought on ebay for 6 quid.
Indeed.
I am not tied to a contract - it is a PAYG handset, not a contract. The minutes are not tied to the handset - you just buy a voucher.
In fact Virgin offered to unlock it FOC if I bought 30 quid of calltime.
In my case, the phone unlocking, I am assured, is 100% legal.
Adam
Who wants 3G? Video bo**cks!! The mobile operators have spent such a fortune securing 3G, they now have to set astronomical rates to claw back the dough. Some providers have BOGOF to try and tempt people. All I want is to make calls and the odd text.
And another thing!
3 are f'in greedy! Their calltime runs out at the end of the month regardless......
All virgin ask to keep the account open is that you make at least one call every 180 days. And calltime never runs out.
And voicemail is free, texts from only 3p, calls only 15p for first 3 mins then 5p......suits me down to the ground!
I agree! 3G=ripoff!
I have pay as you go on o2.
300 texts per month, free. (Try to use 300, go on! I haven't yet and I'm a textaholic!)
Unlimited WAP. (I don't use that either apart from the odd pub quiz cheating)
25p per min for first 3 minutes per day, 5p per min after that.
Only "catch" is that you have to credit £10 every month.
So, £10 a month which you can spend on calls at a nice cheap rate, never pay for texts or WAP. That'll do nicely for me!
I have pay as you go on o2.
300 texts per month, free. (Try to use 300, go on! I haven't yet and I'm a textaholic!)
Unlimited WAP. (I don't use that either apart from the odd pub quiz cheating)
25p per min for first 3 minutes per day, 5p per min after that.
Only "catch" is that you have to credit £10 every month.
So, £10 a month which you can spend on calls at a nice cheap rate, never pay for texts or WAP. That'll do nicely for me!
got the old pooter back on line then si
Nah, you need to shop around! I got a phone from Three, £30 a month package, but £15 for the first year. 12 month contract, and I got £45 for signing my mum up to. All in all, works out to about £11 a month for a year. If it isn't competetive then, I'll switch.
£11 a month not bad for 500 minutes any network any time, plus 100 texts. Pretty much the same cost as your O2 PAYG obligatory top-up, but 8 hours of free calls thrown in!
£11 a month not bad for 500 minutes any network any time, plus 100 texts. Pretty much the same cost as your O2 PAYG obligatory top-up, but 8 hours of free calls thrown in!
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I still think my package (ooh err missus!) is the best for me. I don't have to credit the phone at all, and I send very few text messages. I use it mainly as a means of contact for customers to call me during office hours, and maybe to call suppliers or manufacturers once in a while. Oh, and for my missus to call me when the cat has thrown up or done a whoopsy Betty!
securespark said:
Here we go off on a tangent again, but this is amusing...
My other half got an "urgent" call at work the other day from his mother (who's a bit frail and senile, bless her) to tell him that she'd dropped some cornflakes on the kitchen floor and what should she do?
His answer? "Pour some milk over them and the cat'll clear it all up!"
Cat's are great all-round cleaning devices. I have found that if there is a troublesome daddy-long-legs or spider, all I have to do is place the dopier of my parents' cats with her face 6" away from it, and she will scoff the invertebrate bu**er down.
It isn't because she is hungry, she is rather well fed. To tell the truth I think she likes the crunchy texture...
Also they make great substitute-razors for pubescent boys. I've never tried it, but many times as a 14-year old people would suggest I spread cream on my 'tache and let a cat lick it off...
Of course, their net cleaning potential is decreased by their ability to detect clean bed linen from a mile away, in order to come in and throw up on it. They never do it when you are planning on changing it anyway, do they?!
It isn't because she is hungry, she is rather well fed. To tell the truth I think she likes the crunchy texture...
Also they make great substitute-razors for pubescent boys. I've never tried it, but many times as a 14-year old people would suggest I spread cream on my 'tache and let a cat lick it off...
Of course, their net cleaning potential is decreased by their ability to detect clean bed linen from a mile away, in order to come in and throw up on it. They never do it when you are planning on changing it anyway, do they?!
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