I am considering buying the Nokia 6030 (Pay As You Go) from Orange, as it is the cheapest available (£40). However, I have noticed in the Terms and Conditions this line: 9.1. For security purposes pay as you go phones ordered from the Orange shop™ online will be despatched to customers with an ACCESS BAR in place. This will be lifted when the customer registers the phone to the Orange network. Will this affect the phones "unlockability"? Or does the phone need hardware to unlock it?
I dont know much about the phones from Europe, but it would make sense to me that once you buy the phone ( espacially on a prepaid service) you OWN the phone. You should be able to do whatever with it. Maybe you will have to register it with Orange, and then cancel it and then we can help you unlock the phone.
