Posted by jlacd
Hi All,
excuse my ignorance, but.....
O2 shop has a SE W910i for £150, in a lovely black colour. The Vodafone shop across the street has the same phone for £200, in a horrible turd colour. I'm currently on Vodafone PAYG, and want to keep my number.
Will my Vodafone SIM work if I buy the cheaper, nicer colour model from O2? The board in O2 says phone not available for Vodafone tarrif.
I don't understand all this branding nonsense. Reason I'm changing phone is I got a cheap Vodafone 716 a few weeks ago, and it's truly horrible - clunky menus, difficult to use. I've had SE in the past and would go back.
Thanks everyone.
jlacd
Posted by gaming_guy
the voda handset will be branded and locked to voda, meaning that you get vodas crap menus and you can only use the phone on their network.
if you get the o2 phone, then you will need to get it unlocked before it will work on voda
Posted by unforgiven_sh
i think that flashing the phone with generic fw + SIM lock patch should do the job
i use ex-vodafone branded phone on an other network without any problem
Posted by bearcub24
On 2008-04-24 15:15:46, jlacd wrote:
Hi All,
excuse my ignorance, but.....
O2 shop has a SE W910i for £150, in a lovely black colour. The Vodafone shop across the street has the same phone for £200, in a horrible turd colour. I'm currently on Vodafone PAYG, and want to keep my number.
Will my Vodafone SIM work if I buy the cheaper, nicer colour model from O2? The board in O2 says phone not available for Vodafone tarrif.
I don't understand all this branding nonsense. Reason I'm changing phone is I got a cheap Vodafone 716 a few weeks ago, and it's truly horrible - clunky menus, difficult to use. I've had SE in the past and would go back.
Thanks everyone.
jlacd
Sounds good, is this "turd" colour a Voda exclusive
Posted by gaming_guy
On 2008-04-24 21:03:01, unforgiven_s wrote:
i think that flashing the phone with generic fw + SIM lock patch should do the job
i use ex-vodafone branded phone on an other network without any problem
are you joking?
the w910i is a DB3150 phone which cannot be patched yet
Posted by unforgiven_sh
sorry, didnt know that
Posted by jlacd
Cheers guys.
I think the turdish colour is a Voda exclusive ... all their SE phones appear to be that colour now - they're calling it "a new range"! Still looks like cack to me.
Next dumb question - can I migrate my existing number to O2?
On 2008-04-24 20:54:43, gaming_guy wrote:
if you get the o2 phone, then you will need to get it unlocked before it will work on voda
Is that easy to do?
Cheers
[ This Message was edited by: jlacd on 2008-04-24 20:52 ]
Posted by bearcub24
Think it proper title is "Havana gold" but much prefer Turd
Posted by gaming_guy
On 2008-04-24 21:49:20, jlacd wrote:
Next dumb question - can I migrate my existing number to O2?
yes, but i think you need to give vodafone something like a months notice before you port (migrate) your number.
On 2008-04-24 20:54:43, gaming_guy wrote:
if you get the o2 phone, then you will need to get it unlocked before it will work on voda
Is that easy to do?
Cheers
[ This Message was edited by: jlacd on 2008-04-24 20:52 ]
it all depends if you have a local independent shop that does unlocking, otherwise davinciteam.com can do it
Posted by A L 3 X
Lol i just almost spat beer on my keyboard when i read:
On 2008-04-24 15:15:46, jlacd wrote:
O2 shop has a SE W910i for £150, in a lovely black colour. The Vodafone shop across the street has the same phone for £200, in a horrible turd colour. I'm currently on Vodafone PAYG, and want to keep my number.
and:
On 2008-04-24 21:49:20, jlacd wrote:
I think the turdish colour is a Voda exclusive ... all their SE phones appear to be that colour now - they're calling it "a new range"! Still looks like cack to me.
yeah i'm sure you should have a phone shop near you that will unlock it? If not then i think davinciteam.com do it dont they? but you would have to do it yourself and IIRC it costs quite a bit
Try Carphone warehouse see how much it costs from them?
EDIT:
http://shop.carphonewarehouse[....]-go/sony-ericsson/w910i-black/
it will be unlocked and unbranded from CPW i think
[ This Message was edited by: A L 3 X on 2008-04-24 21:43 ]
Posted by jlacd
On 2008-04-24 21:54:17, bearcub24 wrote:
Think it proper title is "Havana gold" but much prefer Turd
Havana Gold, eh?!?
Hmmm .... the kind of gold that could be scooped out of a nappy, IMHO.
Posted by carkitter
On 2008-04-25 10:39:21, jlacd wrote:
On 2008-04-24 21:54:17, bearcub24 wrote:
Think it proper title is "Havana gold" but much prefer Turd
Havana Gold, eh?!?
Hmmm .... the kind of gold that could be scooped out of a nappy, IMHO.
You'd better not let Muhummad Oli see this thread or there'll be carnage everywhere...
Havanna Gold is cool IMO, I've been considering painting one of my 3 V800's in Havanna Gold.