Is it possible to unlock the Lumia 530? (i.e. from a network lock)
I've searched around, and there's the usual boilerplater webpages supposedly selling unlock codes (with the standard copy & pasted text regardless of handset model), none of which fill you with any confidence. Then there's the standard unhelpful replies on the GiffGaff forums, none of which actually gives a proper answer.
The only results on eBay are two listings from the same seller offering unlock codes but only for Vodafone-locked Lumia models.
I've found these two posts on a specialist forum suggesting it's not possible, though that does contradict the eBay seller's offer to unlock Vodafone-locked Lumias.
I also ask because I've looked into unlocking a Lumia or two in the past (sorry I forget the model numbers), and found it wasn't possible - or at least not easily possible. In general, are Lumia phones - or indeed other makes of Windows Phone - hard or impossible to network unlock?
I find having a network locked handset a bit of an irritant!
I've searched around, and there's the usual boilerplater webpages supposedly selling unlock codes (with the standard copy & pasted text regardless of handset model), none of which fill you with any confidence. Then there's the standard unhelpful replies on the GiffGaff forums, none of which actually gives a proper answer.
The only results on eBay are two listings from the same seller offering unlock codes but only for Vodafone-locked Lumia models.
I've found these two posts on a specialist forum suggesting it's not possible, though that does contradict the eBay seller's offer to unlock Vodafone-locked Lumias.
I also ask because I've looked into unlocking a Lumia or two in the past (sorry I forget the model numbers), and found it wasn't possible - or at least not easily possible. In general, are Lumia phones - or indeed other makes of Windows Phone - hard or impossible to network unlock?
I find having a network locked handset a bit of an irritant!