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[Ali Zain]

Are there any minimum balance requirements or balance usage requirements for unlocking osd from orange after 3 months?

[flibblesan]

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pay as you go

In order to have your phone unlocked:

• The IMEI must not be blacklisted (customer services will check this for you).
  
• The phone needs to be active, you can't unlock an old pay as you go phone that's no longer on an active account.
  
• The handset to be unlocked must have been registered to Orange pay as you go for a minimum of three months.

http://help.orange.c...personal/474187

[BlueMoonRising]

You also need a minimum of £20 in credit since that is what they charge.

[Ali Zain]

And any credit usage requirements?  Like at least 5£ a month used etc

[BlueMoonRising]

Ali Zain, on 26 December 2012 - 07:55 AM, said:

And any credit usage requirements?  Like at least 5£ a month used etc

No, just has to be 'active', i.e. 1 text a month to another phone (even just a balance check is enough I think, but better safe than sorry).

[Pondlife]

Remember Orange do tiny top ups so you can put just enough on to have the unlocking amount.

[potatowhale]

Does anyone know how active it needs to be? I'm putting a Virgin SIM in my OSD for a few months- they do an unlimited data (well, 10GB and then a speed throttle) PAYG for £10 top up per month. Should I stick my orange sim back in every now and then and send a few texts? Or can I forget about it?

[BlueMoonRising]

potatowhale, on 02 January 2013 - 12:07 PM, said:

Does anyone know how active it needs to be? I'm putting a Virgin SIM in my OSD for a few months- they do an unlimited data (well, 10GB and then a speed throttle) PAYG for £10 top up per month. Should I stick my orange sim back in every now and then and send a few texts? Or can I forget about it?

If you want to unlock sim then you would have to send a solitary text, once a month should do.
That said I'm still waiting for my unlock code, they've already given me £20 credit due to failing to deliver in the 30 days I was advised

[ColdEmbrace]

I take it from reading this I cannot purchase one an make EE unlock it there and then?? Giffgaff offer me such a great deal I don't want too change.

[BlueMoonRising]

ColdEmbrace, on 14 January 2013 - 01:50 PM, said:

I take it from reading this I cannot purchase one an make EE unlock it there and then?? Giffgaff offer me such a great deal I don't want too change.

That is correct.

[Pondlife]

BlueMoonRising, on 14 January 2013 - 03:51 PM, said:

That is correct.

Still waiting on yours?

[BlueMoonRising]

Pondlife, on 14 January 2013 - 08:43 PM, said:

Still waiting on yours?

Yes, due another call I suppose. It's not actually important to me but I would like it unlocked anyway.

[almighty15]

Got mine unlocked after 3 days of owning the phone.

Told them that I wasn't happy with the signal, internet speed, tariff and there customer service, threatened to go to ofcom and after being passed between a few 'supervisors' they agreed to unlock it.

[grizzlyflea]

almighty15, on 14 January 2013 - 10:54 PM, said:

Got mine unlocked after 3 days of owning the phone.

Told them that I wasn't happy with the signal, internet speed, tariff and there customer service, threatened to go to ofcom and after being passed between a few 'supervisors' they agreed to unlock it.

Sounds like I may have to borrow that little plan of yours

[ColdEmbrace]

I was told they wouldn't unlock in store but I could get it unlocked via a third party, that being said they sold me a pretty decent 12month sim only deal so unlocking no longer needed.