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OK, confession time. I just bought a Nokia N95! |
Sammy_boy
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Yay! It's finally arrived! That's the good news, the bad news it the bugger's locked to vodafone, despite the seller insisting it was unlocked! 
I've emailed him, just awaiting a response. Told him I still want the phone, but want a part refund of £20 to pay for the unlocking of the phone!
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Miss UK
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f00k not you and all Sammy i had the same problem with mine the seller said she would refund or pay the unlocking charge but she never did 
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Sammy_boy
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Luckily he's sent me the part refund, got an unlock code from a third party website (I would have used my spare voda sim but I've lost the bugger!)
Just waiting for the unlock code, hope it hurries up!
One thing I've found with this N95 is that the GPS struggles to find a signal, unless i'm doing something wrong!
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Miss UK
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which site did you use for the code sammy? 
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A L 3 X
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On 2007-09-12 23:10:20, Sammy_boy wrote:
Luckily he's sent me the part refund, got an unlock code from a third party website (I would have used my spare voda sim but I've lost the bugger!)
Just waiting for the unlock code, hope it hurries up!
One thing I've found with this N95 is that the GPS struggles to find a signal, unless i'm doing something wrong!
that was a prob on early FW but i've never used so i wouldnt know....try it once you unbranded and upgraded 
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Sammy_boy
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On 2007-09-12 23:24:41, miss uk wrote:
which site did you use for the code sammy?
a site called www.mrunlock.com , seem reputable! Was a bit more to pay than if I had my Voda sim, probably paid too much (£35) but just want the thing unlocked so I can use it lol!
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Miss UK
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I never seen that site when I tried to get mine unlocked £35 is abit much though 
im glad your seller paid you some cash towards the unlocking people on eBay need to ell people if these are unlocked or not cos there telling proper lies lol
btw will 02 sims not work in Vodafone handsets?
someone on eBay was saying 02 sim worked in Voda locked phones :->
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A L 3 X
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sammy you cold of had it done at:
http://www.kingmobilephone.com/pages/nokia.php
and they are reputable on here...i'm sory to say but the site you used seems unreal to me as AFAIK BB5 phones are extremely hard to unlock.....hope it turns out ok though
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Sammy_boy
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I hope it does too! I just hope that code works - though it looks like that King mobile phones place would have given the the unlock code for £15 cheaper than I paid
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Miss UK
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well have they sent you it and does it work yet 
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Sammy_boy
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Nope, still not recieved it, hope they're not shysters! Though they did say it would take up to 72 hours mon-fri, looks like I'm going to have to wait till Monday!
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Miss UK
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Oh well i'd get onto them Monday if it hasn't gone thru Sammy Goodluck
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Sammy_boy
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I emailed them today, but no reply so far!
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Miss UK
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if they don't respond i'd phone them Sammy monday!!!!!
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Sammy_boy
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Dont worry, I will be Kerry! And going through Paypal to get my money back if they won't refund me!
I'd then drop King Mobile Phones on here a line and ask them for an unlock code, it's cheaper and they have a good rep on here.
Just had a brainwave on debranding my N95 - I've got a couple of deactivated Voda sims lying about, thought I'd try one of them in the phone with the update service - and it's working! I'm in the process of downloading the firmware update - over 113Mb! 
So, barring any disasters I'll soon have a nice, sim free N95 devoid of all the Voda rubbish they insist on putting on their phones, even if it's still locked to them!
btw, I might keep the product code as the generic one rather than changing it back to the Voda one - would doing this affect the phone's stability at all or would it be more stable putting the original Vodafone product code back (and just changing it before any update?)
"All it takes for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing" - Edmund Burke
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Posted: 2007-09-12 16:37
