CredIT Crunch – beat the downturn

If you are on a contract with O2 you can unlock your phone for FREE at anytime.

My advice is to do this whether you want to stay with O2 long term or not, you’ve got nothing to loose whatever you decide to do.

If you are a Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) customer, you can also unlock for a relatively low cost one off fee of £15 deducted from your credit balance.

This is a much more cost effective and long term solution than jail-breaking your iPhone through a local mobile shop as O2?s unlock process is permanent and a “proper” solution.

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Knowing how to get your mobile phone’s IMEI code is quite a handy tip.

I recently needed to access my IMEI code when getting my old iPhone 3G handset unlocked through O2 – see next post!

The easiest way to do this is using the keypad – no need to switch off and read the small text on the SIM card.

Just enter the code *#06# on the keypad, as soon as you hit the second “#” the 15 digit IMEI code appears