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Virgin Pay & Go Phones Locked?

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Chris Fryer - 23 Oct 2003 16:14 GMT
Apologies if this has been posted before- if I buy an off-the-shelf virgin
pay and go mobile (motorola c350 at £70), will it be locked to virgin or
should i be able to put a different sim card in?
thanks in advance,

chris
Dan - 23 Oct 2003 17:26 GMT
> Apologies if this has been posted before- if I buy an off-the-shelf virgin
> pay and go mobile (motorola c350 at £70), will it be locked to virgin or
> should i be able to put a different sim card in?
> thanks in advance,

They're locked but you can ask Virgin for the code after you top it up
with £30 (if you get any vouchers thrown in with the phone, they can count).
Chris Fryer - 23 Oct 2003 17:49 GMT
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Chris Fryer wrote:
> Apologies if this has been posted before- if I buy an off-the-shelf virgin
> pay and go mobile (motorola c350 at £70), will it be locked to virgin or
> should i be able to put a different sim card in?
> thanks in advance,

They're locked but you can ask Virgin for the code after you top it up
with £30 (if you get any vouchers thrown in with the phone, they can count).
hairydog@despammed.com - 23 Oct 2003 17:46 GMT
>Apologies if this has been posted before- if I buy an off-the-shelf virgin
>pay and go mobile (motorola c350 at £70), will it be locked to virgin or
>should i be able to put a different sim card in?

It will be locked to Virgin, but Virgin will give you the unlock code
as soon as you have bought £30 of call credit.

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