Shockingly - Yayyy Vodafone
Posted on September 6, 2006, by Conor O'Neill, under Gadgets, Technology.
So I bitched about Voda (twice) and the fact that I couldn’t upgrade the software on my N70 mobile. Then Ciarán, an old workmate, pointed out that I could get the phone unlocked by just calling customer service.
It turns out that they have to ask Nokia for the unlock codes for the N-series, five days later they texted me the code and now the phone can work with any SIM card (like Roam4Free for example). I never knew they would do this so good on them. I’m still on a long contract with them so I guess they don’t really care.
I then re-tried the software upgrade of the phone (as previously described) and the beauty worked! I have no idea if it is related to the unlocking or it is just a coincidence but I now have the latest (bar one) version of the N70 software and I’m a happy bunny.
The main obvious change is that it just seems faster, particularly the SMS menus. Hopefully they have also fixed the idiotic bug where if you paused an MP3 that you were listening to and then someone called you, it would play the paused tune at full volume for the world to hear rather than the ringtone.
If you have an N70, go get the upgrade. If it doesn’t want to upgrade you, call Voda and get the phone unlocked.
tags: Vodafone, Vodafone+Ireland, N70, Nokia, Roam4Free
2 Replies to "Shockingly - Yayyy Vodafone"
conor on September 7, 2006
I think the N-series will be an unlock challenge considering that Voda are unable to do it themselves. But then, that should only be a tiny percentage of your business.
I was surprised that http://www.roam4free.com didn’t resolve to anything. I’ve pulled the cheap stunt on our new business by pointing the domain to the old business until I get the site built.
I’ve mentioned Roam4Free to a few people who travel and they love the sound of the idea. It’s a winner!
Pat Phelan on September 6, 2006
Hi Connor
Thanks for the link
The full roam4free site should be live in under 2 weeks,we will have a full unlock your mobile facility on the site.87% success rate so far on online unlocks for only 5 euro