Recent content by NokiaOrNot

I bought the phone on Gumtree and never met the seller in person to ask him, he delivered the phone to my friend who brought it to me in South Africa. I understand what you say about at least using it once with a Vodafone Sim, I'll even try that - I will have a Vodafone Sim post to me and try...

I was wondering if a person can't "format" the phone and reinstall everything and have it unlocked in that way, does anybody knows if this would be possible?

I will try once again thank you, will report as soon as I have any luck.

Phone is in it's original state no codes or pin numbers have been punched in. Would really appreciate it if you could be of assistance. Thank you. Please bear in mind that I'm in South Africa at the moment till April 2014 and have the phone here with me hence the need to have it unlocked.

Thank you for all the replies I got, sorry for answering only now but it is the first time I noticed all the replies. The phone is still locked and I have not punched in any unlocking codes yet. The phone is still untouched as I received it. I am in South Africa at the moment and will only...

I have bought a Nokia Lumia 1020 on gumtree uk. The phone is Vodafone UK locked and despite ALL my efforts to get Vodafone UK to unlock the device and paying 4 different 3rd party sites to give me an unlock code I am still sitting with an unusable phone 2 months down the line. I am willing to...

Nokia Lumia 1020 network locked by Vodafone UK - no help just automated messages Hello anybody that can help will be my "Superman hero". I bought a Nokia Lumia 1020 from a gumtree seller in the UK, I checked the IMEI number of the device several times for legitimacy and if the phone was paid...