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Hi all
Just got a new, never been used k608i phone off my mate today. I've got it unlocked and I've put my old Virgin PAYG sim in it. It's not happening though, it always says there's no network access available, but if I put my SIM in my old phone then it works fine.
Already manually changed the network preferences in the new phone, but it only ever shows the Virgin reception very rarely.
Any ideas?
Just got a new, never been used k608i phone off my mate today. I've got it unlocked and I've put my old Virgin PAYG sim in it. It's not happening though, it always says there's no network access available, but if I put my SIM in my old phone then it works fine.
Already manually changed the network preferences in the new phone, but it only ever shows the Virgin reception very rarely.
Any ideas?
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If it's barred you can have the IMEI changed in more shadey places (It's illegal afterall) Or you can just give it to someone who lives abroad, as the uk blacklist of stolen phones is only really enforced by UK networks
It's actually a 3 phone and I actually work in the 3 contact centre itself so I could probably have a look on the systems tomorrow if need be.
Have tried phoning somebody on it when it did get Virgin but it just beeped out.
Or maybe the network unlock didn't take properly. 3's phone's are notoriously hard to unlock. Only 2 weeks ago i bricked a brand new perfectly good razr v3x because I made a mistake unlocking it.