Omega Owners Forum
Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: I_want_an_Omega on 10 August 2013, 20:48:36
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Saw a load of blurb about this earlier .........
Any idea which network they use?
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Google is your friend and says vodafone
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Google is your friend and says vodafone
:'(
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Shame they sold out in the first place... I was with Sainsbury's Mobile when they first tried it 12 years ago... Then they sold out to Carphone Warehouse who ballsed it up :-X I wouldn't dare try it again ::)
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Have got Tesco mobile cheap tariffs good phones and above all customer service which up to now has been excellent. :y
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I got my first mobile phone on a one2one tariff through carphone warehouse sometime last century.
I have stuck with 121 (then T-Mobile) because the reception was excellent when I worked in central London. Since I moved to Cornwall the reception has been rubbish (can't get a signal indoors at home or at work).
I picked up a Sainsburys SIM card on Friday and so far all seems good (I can use it indoors at home). I haven't taken it to work yet and I don't know whether I will miss the unlimited T-Mobile internet.
My biggest irritation so far is that my Samsung S2 (1 year out of contract) is locked to T-Mobile and they want £20 to unlock it >:(
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My biggest irritation so far is that my Samsung S2 (1 year out of contract) is locked to T-Mobile and they want £20 to unlock it >:(
Very easy to unlock if you are prepared to root the handset (which in itself is very simple).
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My biggest irritation so far is that my Samsung S2 (1 year out of contract) is locked to T-Mobile and they want £20 to unlock it >:(
Very easy to unlock if you are prepared to root the handset (which in itself is very simple).
I have spent a couple of evenings trawling through the rubbish that you find if you do a Google search with "unlock" in the search string looking for pearls of wisdom ::) so far it looks like I need root access to grab a bin file off the phone which can then be scanned to find the unlock code :-\
Not keen on bricking the phone, I might try getting another to play with.........
At the moment I have the Sainsburys sim in the old Nokia that I had before I got the S2. I had removed the (charged) battery and stored it separately over 2 years ago. Put the battery back in and plugged in the charger to discover it was still 90% charged :) I don't understand why Nokia jumped into bed with Microsoft. If they started selling Android phones I would buy one tomorrow.
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I don't understand why Nokia jumped into bed with Microsoft. If they started selling Android phones I would buy one tomorrow.
Some may say its due to the head honcho being ex-MS.
However, I see it differently - Nokia had nowhere to go. Their own OSes were a mix of unfinished, unreliable experiments (the Linux based ones) or too old to be maintainable (Symbian). This can be seen in all of Nokia's N series. They were also burning through money at an alarming rate, having to sell off the crown jewels to stay alive.
So they had to use a 3rd party OS. Absolutely no point whatsoever going Android, as they would never be able to compete against the miriad of other Andriod phones.
Which left Windows as a viable (at the time) option. And only producing a couple of current smartphones, due to financial constraints.
They will go bust, and somebody will buy the brand (but no more).
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To the OP, its Voda. I looked at it, but as Voda doesn't work in the residential areas of this town, its no use.
Thus I'm forced on to an O2 based network, as EE and 3 are useless in the surrounding rural areas.
I currently use GiffGaff, based on cost, as I don't stream video, so their £7.50 a month bundle (200m, unlimited text, 250Mb) is more than enough for me, including limited tethering (if going away for a week, I have a seperate SIM that I stick a data bundle on, or pick up a Voda based SIM if their signal is better at my location, and pop it in my MiFi unit).
I give out enough SIMs to actually pay for the service anyway (I get a fiver every time someone activates one of my SIMs).
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My biggest irritation so far is that my Samsung S2 (1 year out of contract) is locked to T-Mobile and they want £20 to unlock it >:(
Very easy to unlock if you are prepared to root the handset (which in itself is very simple).
I have spent a couple of evenings trawling through the rubbish that you find if you do a Google search with "unlock" in the search string looking for pearls of wisdom ::) so far it looks like I need root access to grab a bin file off the phone which can then be scanned to find the unlock code :-\
Not keen on bricking the phone, I might try getting another to play with.........
Funny you should say that, because the missus is due an upgrade in 4 weeks and her S2 is immaculate and unlocked ;)
I also have a SIM free S3 in Marble White that is 11 months old and comes complete with unused charger and headphones that I can't work out whether to keep it as a "test rig" for ROM tweaking, or to sell it on ;)
Anyway, should you decide that you do want to have a go at unlocking your S2 then I have all the files you need and can provide foolproof instructions that don't go on forever if you want them.