unlocking (uk) & (irl)

[silversreen]

Hello,

ok, so this is what i want to do...

I live in the republic of ireland and i want to travel to northern ireland to buy a prepaid iphone, I then want to unlock it for 15£ and bring it back to the republic and use it unlocked for my personal and business calls, which i switch between Vodafone and 02. The only problem that i can see when doing this is the time you have to wait for the phone to be unlocked, and then you recieve the text confirming the unlock.

My question is, if i go up north and unlock the phone in the space of one day, and then come home, will I recieve the text?

I posted the question on an 02 forum with no help whatsoever.

Regards,
eftrix.

 

[9822737]

If you do it officially through O2 it takes 2 weeks to unlock. And you lose your wifi bolt on.

AnDy

 

[silversreen]

If you do it officially through O2 it takes 2 weeks to unlock. And you lose your wifi bolt on.

AnDy

Thanks for the reply, but I mean will I be able to receive the texts in the republic on a northern network?

EDIT:
this isnt a hack, IMO wrong forum.

 

[silversreen]

Its alright I got an answer somewhere else

yes is the answer btw

 

[dhlizard]

If you do it officially through O2 it takes 2 weeks to unlock. And you lose your wifi bolt on.

AnDy

I have seen this several times...

What is WiFI bolt on ??

Part of a carrier cell package to allow use of WiFi hotspots ?

 

[9822737]

I have seen this several times...

What is WiFI bolt on ??

Part of a carrier cell package to allow use of WiFi hotspots ?

O2 in the UK offer free access to BT Openzone hot spots. They rescind this if your unlock you iPhone. But to most people this is no great loss.

AnDy

 

[dhlizard]

O2 in the UK offer free access to BT Openzone hot spots. They rescind this if your unlock you iPhone. But to most people this is no great loss.

AnDy

That's what I figured. Thanks

 

[andybno1]

Thanks for the reply, but I mean will I be able to receive the texts in the republic on a northern network?

EDIT:
this isnt a hack, IMO wrong forum.

expect roaming charges unless you turn roaming off but I think with you going to be in ireland you may need the roaming on?

but saying all that you should be able to get it on O2 irl and not have to go to northen ireland surely?

 

[MattZani]

Only thing is, PayasYouGo iPhone's have to wait a year until they can be unlocked.....

 

[andybno1]

Only thing is, PayasYouGo iPhone's have to wait a year until they can be unlocked.....

not true my mate got an iphone 2 weeks ago on payasyougo and asked for unlock code straight away and got his unlock yesterday and the £15 taken off him

 

[9822737]

Only thing is, PayasYouGo iPhone's have to wait a year until they can be unlocked.....

They don't have to wait a year. They just lose their free wi-fi bolt on if it's unlocked within the first year.