i have a virgin mobile sim card with my current phone which is playing up a bit so i am going to get a new one. if i buy a new phone with an orange or a vodaphone sim card and then just put my old virgin sim card in the new phone will it work fine?
2007-02-04 01:19:01 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cell Phones & Plans
Orange and Vodafone lock their phones. So no. You will need to either buy it unlocked from somewhere like this - http://www.hi-mobile.net
or buy it from the network and have it unlocked. 90% of the time this is a very easy process and is normally the cheaper option because network provider phones are generally cheaper
2007-02-04 01:28:32 · answer #1 · answered by the_big_v 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-08 08:23:47 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you cant put a virgin Sim in a vodaphone or orange phone cause it wont work but you can get it opened to virgin which is quite cheap an it will work then
2007-02-04 01:29:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends if the new phone you buy is locked to a network, a lot of phones are now, but you can get them unlocked for about £5.
2007-02-04 01:27:47 · answer #4 · answered by Tara 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the phone will be locked to the network. The phone will need to be unlocked. You can buy simfree phones but they tend to be a lot more expensive. Virgin can sell you a phone only, but it will still be locked to the Virgin network.
2007-02-04 02:56:08 · answer #5 · answered by phil 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on whether your phone is locked to virgin or not if it is it will only accept virgin sims
2007-02-04 01:23:58 · answer #6 · answered by puzzled? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no you will need to get it unlocked to use on another network
2007-02-04 01:25:42 · answer #7 · answered by frogg135 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋