ebay phone - Saxperience

stevenet15 · 5th May 2007, 15:45

my phone messed up last week after i dropped it so i decided to get a replacement but i needed to get the same phone (6630) as its used for work purposes. anyway i saw one on ebay advertised as unlocked so i bought it.
it arrived today, so i turnt it on and it came up with "PUK code required for sim" so i took the sim out and put my sim in and its asking for a "lock code". no codes or anything were with it and tried contacting the seller through a number but its disconnected, i have emailed them so hopefully get a reply but its jsut anoying having to go through all this when it should have been in full working order to start with. anyone know how to get a lock code?

davevts · 5th May 2007, 16:03

we have a dodgy little corner shop round here that if you take it in to them and give them a tenner, you get your phone back accepting all kinds of sim's card etc lol.

devilsadvocate · 5th May 2007, 16:14

Lock code will prob be for the phone as opposed to the sim. Sounds like its NOT actually unlocked at all. The idea being you input the lock code and it unlocks the phone to accept the sim you have put in.

rob_s · 5th May 2007, 16:18

these are a paint to unlock mate,i had one and in the end ended up giving up and useing a crap network onit (orange at the time)

what sim are you trying to use with it mate?

S34MER · 5th May 2007, 16:19

think its a factory code have you tried 0000

stevenet15 · 5th May 2007, 16:24

yeah i have tried "0000" "00000" "1234" "12345" etc... whioch are the standard set ones. i am trying to put a O2 sim in it and its a o2 phone, aparently the lock code is a feature that is used to stop someone putting a sim in there phone so they cant access the info on the phone without the code, its set in the settings of the phone and it is not a network lock

i also paid for recorded next day delivery but it took 5 days and was jsut sent normally

S34MER · 5th May 2007, 16:25

have you left feedback yet?

rob_s · 5th May 2007, 16:26

could you not use this to repir the one you broke? and how mcuh did you pay for it in the end mate?

Robbo · 5th May 2007, 16:27

leave negative feedback for them for messing you around

and to get your phone unlocked just go into town and go to a paki shop(not intending to be racist but i dont know what there called) and itll cost you £7-£10

stevenet15 · 5th May 2007, 16:34

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Originally Posted by Robbo

leave negative feedback for them for messing you around

and to get your phone unlocked just go into town and go to a paki shop(not intending to be racist but i dont know what there called) and itll cost you £7-£10

called a fw phones shops and they said that it cant be unlocked as its BB5 coding which is not unlockable yet

Natalie · 5th May 2007, 17:58

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Originally Posted by stevenet15

called a fw phones shops and they said that it cant be unlocked as its BB5 coding which is not unlockable yet

They are unlockable but only by the service provider. Vodaphone wanted £20 to unlock my brothers BB5 phone

Tobs · 5th May 2007, 18:37

steve the phone lock code is like a pin but for the phone, or the phone can be locked to the pervious sim card so it will need a lock code so u can use other ones

he has probs changed it they can vary from 4 digits to 8

ask the seller what it was mate

David^p · 5th May 2007, 18:39

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Originally Posted by Tobs

ask the seller what it was mate

That's if he ever get's hold of him...

xsmile_be_happyx · 5th May 2007, 18:44

try 000000 or 00000000, i had to have a code for my phone, couldnt figure it out, and then it was one of them

Easty · 5th May 2007, 19:14

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Originally Posted by Robbo

leave negative feedback for them for messing you around

and to get your phone unlocked just go into town and go to a paki shop(not intending to be racist but i dont know what there called) and itll cost you £7-£10

how about corner shop, off license, mobile phone shop....

stevenet15 · 5th May 2007, 19:23

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Originally Posted by Tobs

steve the phone lock code is like a pin but for the phone, or the phone can be locked to the pervious sim card so it will need a lock code so u can use other ones

he has probs changed it they can vary from 4 digits to 8

ask the seller what it was mate

cant get hold of him unfortunatly but i have managed to find a place that can do it but gona cost me £20.

thanks for everyones help people

Ryan^p · 5th May 2007, 20:03

if you paid by paypal raise a dispute, and claim money back.

stevenet15 · 5th May 2007, 20:59

sorted, he got back to me with the codes which were so random i would have never off guessed