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5:15 pm
Is the Nokia 1661 locked?
I plan to buy one when I'm in Canada and can just purchase a SIM card from T-mobile in US when I return.
Does anyone know if this work?
Edit: Just read the post said the new Nokia 1661 is locked.
11:34 am
I bought a speakout phone $100 talktime + 2760 phone for about $150 or so with taxes. I asked the store clear if the phone is unlocked. She was kind enought to check it with her sim which i think was rogers and it worked. After i came home i phoned speak out and they asked me to phone nokia the person at nokia told me that if i insert a rogers sim and it works then it is unlocked.
Yes it did work so i registered the phone etc. Now i read Big Ang reply saying rogers sim works on SO, does not mean it is unlocked. So i used my Overseas sim and it said - restricted code required.
Please let me know what this means and where one can get a SO phone unlocked and the price.
Thank you
2:42 pm
January 18, 2009
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Here is an example of what you can do.
10:51 pm
July 14, 2009
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Lee said:
Is the Nokia 1661 locked?
I plan to buy one when I'm in Canada and can just purchase a SIM card from T-mobile in US when I return.
Does anyone know if this work?
Edit: Just read the post said the new Nokia 1661 is locked.
The only thing I can say about this is that today, July 14, 2009, I bought a $100 airtime card and got a $59 phone for half price. The sim works in my unlocked HTC TOUCH HD which was on Fido but they dollar you to death. It looks cheap but by the time you pay $35 for a Fido sim and an unannounced $35 administration fee plus a few others, I ended up so far paying about $80 just to get on their network since approximately 3- 4 days ago.
It works for me!
10:52 pm
July 14, 2009
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I should have said that FIDO looks cheap until you find out about hidden charges.
12:51 am
dennismiller said:
Here is an example of what you can do.
Sim lock and frequency bands are 2 different thing. To test whether a SO phone is locked or unlocked, you need to put a FIDO SIM CARD into the phone. If it works, it is unlocked. If it does not work, it is locked. You cannot use Rogers sim cards to test because
Speakout Sim card=Roger sim card= PetroCanada sim card.
All these cards will work on a SO phone whether the phone is locked or unlocked.
See this post:
speakout-nokia-1661-locked
The SO nokia 1661 I got on June 27 was locked. Other SO phones may be the same. Be aware.
10:39 am
Thank you for your suggestions i will try a Fido sim card into the phone as suggested.
To unlock the phone anyway to do this less expensively.
One store told me they have all different kinds of phones and sims they can check but to unlock it, the price is close to my purchase price of the phone
11:35 am
Thank you for the Fido Suggestion
I did put a fido sim card into my phone and it said restriction code required.
So i guess it is locked. But speak out supervisor keep insisting that it is UNLOCKED !!!!
11:27 am
Can a company (SO or any other) lock their phones remotely? I.E., if I bought a phone some time ago and it was then unlocked, can they lock it now by just sending a message to it???
I bought an SO Nokia 1208 a few months back.
TIA!
5:13 pm
March 31, 2007
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SnowOwl said:
Can a company (SO or any other) lock their phones remotely?
Nope 🙂
2:51 pm
This promotion is not wonderful. Last summer promotion was a 1208 FREE with $100 airtime purchase, which was really $125 as $100 purchase gave better per minute charge.
5:13 pm
March 15, 2008
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This promotion is not wonderful. Last summer...
That was last summer. This is this summer. People who need SO this summer don't have the option of turning the clock back by a year.
However, if they're patient, according to SO, as posted elsewhere on this forum, the "buy $100 airtime, get free phone" promotion will be back for the Christmas season.
6:09 pm
So which phones are included with the buy $100 airtime get a free phone promo? Is it just the 1208? Is it worth it to wait for the promo to be back at christmas or should I just buy one of the half priced phones?
9:21 pm
March 15, 2008
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So which phones are included with the buy $100 airtime get a free phone promo?
Only the least expensive model. The promo is actually that you get $xx towards the phone when you buy $100 airtime, where $xx is enough to pay for the cheapest phone. If you want a better phone you've got $xx to apply towards it.
6:37 pm
August 20, 2009
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I am currently on PCM but do not like their new shorter credit life. A $25 credit now lasts only 120 days, and $50 for 180 days.
I am considering moving to SO but wanted to check with the experts first. Will I be able to port my PCM number, and if I buy an SO phone, will it be easy to sell these locked SO phones so I can continue to use my Nokia 6130 PCM phone?
Thanks for your input.
7:11 pm
October 14, 2008
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jagnyc said:
I am currently on PCM but do not like their new shorter credit life. A $25 credit now lasts only 120 days, and $50 for 180 days.
I am considering moving to SO but wanted to check with the experts first. Will I be able to port my PCM number, and if I buy an SO phone, will it be easy to sell these locked SO phones so I can continue to use my Nokia 6130 PCM phone?
Thanks for your input.
You can port your PCM number to SO. Selling your SO phone is of course always up to whoever is looking for that particular model, and the price. Various SO phones are sold frequently on this site, and elsewhere.
7:17 pm
August 20, 2009
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Thanks. The SO SIM should work with any unlocked GSM phone, correct. If so, I am tempted to just buy an SO Phone and SIM, port my old PCM number, and sell the new SO Phone. Buying an existing SIM card in the aftermarket will not enable me to port my PCM number, right?
7:47 pm
October 14, 2008
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jagnyc said:
Thanks. The SO SIM should work with any unlocked GSM phone, correct. If so, I am tempted to just buy an SO Phone and SIM, port my old PCM number, and sell the new SO Phone. Buying an existing SIM card in the aftermarket will not enable me to port my PCM number, right?
Yes, the SO SIM will work in any unlocked GSM phone (that uses the North American 850/1900 bands)
I'm not entirely sure if an aftermarket sim will work, I can't see how what would stop it, because as long as the sim is active, I think the port should go through.
9:13 pm
March 15, 2008
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Buying an existing SIM card in the aftermarket will not enable me to port my PCM number, right?
I don't see why not, especially since both SO and PCM are operated by the same MVNO, ztar. Note however that when you port your number from PCM SIM to SO SIM (a) the PCM SIM becomes worthless, i.e. you can't sell it and (b) you lose any remaining airtime on it.
