mobile phone advice please

[MargaretR]

Originally Posted by BERNADETTE

The shop on Blackburn Road will unlock it while you are there. They did mine, if you go to the stall on the market they will want to keep it for a few days.

Is that the shop near the arches at bottom of Eagle St?

[BERNADETTE]

Originally Posted by [email protected]

Is that the shop near the arches at bottom of Eagle St?

More towards Wllows Lane

[WillowTheWhisp]

It may be that you've just got a phone that's tricky to unlock. There seem to be some that people won't touch with a barge pole.

[MargaretR]

Originally Posted by BERNADETTE

More towards Wllows Lane

The one that Flashy mentioned earlier
PC Cellular at 178 Bbn Rd ?
Fine - can park nearer because it is away from town centre
(I have pinpointed it because Platts club is 174a)
Thanks again

[MargaretR]

Today - I feel like chucking both phones OUT THE WINDOW!!!!!!!
Yesterday a friend said -' why dont you try putting your old sim card in the new phone'

After he had told me what a sim card looked like I felt confident enough to try.
result:-
The new phone will not switch on (it IS charged up)
The old phone (which was 'sort of' usable) now wont work at all after removing and then replacing the sim card - keeps telling me 'insert sim'

I have repacked the new one, found the receipt, and will try for a refund (after I regain my composure)

[entwisi]

You sure you've put it in teh right way chuck ?

I probably have an old (to me) phone knocking around, I'll see what I can dig out.

[MargaretR]

Thanks for the offer Entwisti (Willow offered too )
Dont go out of your way - might get another new one with camera from son as a combined birthday/xmas pressie.

The sim is right way round

[MargaretR]

This miserable saga continues
I didnt get a refund at Woolies because the girl on the counter opened it up, jiggled the battery and got it going "this model is a bit temperamental that way".
I would have gone straight to the shop that unlocks but I didn't have my old 'brick' with me (well it doesnt work so why carry it about -doh)
At least I am getting out and about more than usual

[WillowTheWhisp]

If you're determined to buy one Margaret, I saw a Vodaphone Nokia one advertised for £19.99 at Curry's at Whitebirk today.

[MargaretR]

I was tempted by the fancy ones (with cameras) My son usually asks me what I want for bithday and xmas so was thinking of saying a phone.

But, thinking rationally I dont need a fancy one - just this cheapo one to work with my old sim card (with its £13 credit), which is what I set out to do when I started this thread.

Hopefully my plan is back on track, but I didn't think it would take this much effort. During the 8 years I have carried the 'quarter brick' in my handbag, I have only ever topped it up 3 times (it was always too big to fit in the special 'phone pockets' in my handbags)- a fancy phone would be wasted on me.

Hopefully this saga of my incompentance will end soon

[MargaretR]

That cheapo Woolies phone was UNLOCKABLE
A waste of £9.99 - the Blackburn Rd shop needed to keep it from Friday till the following Thursday because the young man takes such difficult phones to Manchester on Wednesdays only. When I phoned Thursday they said 'unlockable' - no charge - can collect the useless little ******** at my leisure.
I thought well if I buy a phone that is locked to my Tmobile sim card (with its £13) I will just be able to put in my old sim card (now I have learnt what one looks like and how to do that). So I went onto the Tmobile website and bought their cheapo at £14.99 - it arrived today - put my sim card in and waahey! it works.
It is more complicated to use than my old half brick so I have spent the last couple of hours trying to fathom it out - not been entirely successful yet, but at least the date and time are set . In error I sent 2 blank messages and a very brief call to a person I was trying to add to my list, so my £13 credit is down a bit .

So if anyone wants the cheapo with its Orange sim (no money on it) - I will sell it for the knockdown price of £4 - otherwise it will go to Tesco for 50p worth of vouchers (along with the half brick)

[mallard]

what dose it matter as long as it work,s i have a pal who would make is loo roll last if it,s two ply he would make another roll out of it,so you keep your phone its always there.