Vodafone D2

rockjock · 21-04-2009, 22:36

OK but my questions still stand.. can i simply get her the new phone and have her number ported or transfered to it? also the pin function was disabled on my vodafone call ya card how I did it I do not remember no matter.. any help pls

G

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Originally Posted by dg7feq

yes, vodafone blocks the pin disable function.
regarding the stolen credit: the providers here are allowed to block your card if there is no recharge within a certain time. But the balance is not lost. You can apply for a form to send to the provider and get the money refunded.

Chris

Motel75 · 21-04-2009, 22:57

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Originally Posted by rockjock

OK but my questions still stand.. can i simply get her the new phone and have her number ported or transfered to it? also the pin function was disabled on my vodafone call ya card how I did it I do not remember no matter.. any help pls

G

You can use a Vodafone SIM in any GSM phone that is not simlocked, or one that is simlocked to Vodafone prepaid. The phone you saw for 13 euros at Media Markt contains a SIM, and this will be activated when you buy it (they will ask for ID and all). However, you do not have to use this SIM, and you can take it out of the phone and put in your friend's Vodafone SIM instead. It should work fine; the phone will be simlocked to accept only Vodafone prepaid SIMs, but if that's what your friend's one is, it will almost certainly accept it. (And if it does not, it is generally very easy to remove the simlock from a Nokia.)

inquisitor · 21-04-2009, 23:14

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Originally Posted by Motel75

the phone will be simlocked to accept only Vodafone prepaid SIMs

That's called "netlock", because the phone is not tied to the SIM (that would be a simlock) but to the network.

Motel75 · 22-04-2009, 10:47

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Originally Posted by inquisitor

That's called "netlock", because the phone is not tied to the SIM (that would be a simlock) but to the network.

Not quite - in this case, Vodafone sometimes distinguishes between prepaid and postpaid for purposes of network locking. My main SIM is prepaid, but it used to be on a postpaid account, and generally does not work in locked Vodafone prepaid phones.

You are right, of course; although the term "simlock" is often used, there is a difference, and usually what one encounters is a network lock. The prepaid/postpaid distinction is one of these.