[freddy.1]

Hi does anyone know if a orange contract has ended are you able to get ur phone unlocked for free, heard 02 do it, any idea if orange do. ALSO does anyone know what a sp lock means on a mobile phone. thanks

[Mystic Eddy]

SP Lock could mean Service Provider lock but not sure on that. AFAIK, Orange charge £20 regardless of you still being in contract or not to unlock a phone.

[acoolwelshbloke]

O2 pay monthly have never locked their handsets, Vodafone offered unlocked pay monthly handsets too but then they changed their minds and started to lock them but after a year or so changed their minds again lol

So O2 and Voda customers on pay monthly get their handsets supplied unlocked, all other networks lock them although if taken from CPW or Phones 4 u you may get an unlocked handset regardless of the network.

[plymouthbloke1974]

Orange will charge an admin fee of £20.42 to unlock the phone, regardless of model or age.

[tellytart1]

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Originally Posted by acoolwelshbloke

O2 pay monthly have never locked their handsets, Vodafone offered unlocked pay monthly handsets too but then they changed their minds and started to lock them but after a year or so changed their minds again lol

So O2 and Voda customers on pay monthly get their handsets supplied unlocked, all other networks lock them although if taken from CPW or Phones 4 u you may get an unlocked handset regardless of the network.

O2 did lock the iPhones, but will unlock them for free once you're halfway through your contract, IIRC.

[acoolwelshbloke]

True the iphone was locked but that was because they had exclusivity i believe at the time so i can understand that. Saying that though when the iphones started to hit other networks they were locked to those networks too!