Does anyone know if this will work ?
My mum has been given a brand new tesco mobile phone by the old lady that she cares for, its an LG something - we are trying to find out if we can put
an orange sim in it ? Unfortunately i dont live that close to pop down and check for her and she is scared of trying it on her own.
She keeps telling me shes now got bluetooth 
problem is, she doesn't even know what bluetooth is 
Tried a quick internet search but didn't turn anything up.
Cheers Andy
It depends, it could be locked to Tesco which means the orange sim won't work. However best case scenario is you need to enter a code to unlock
it, worst case is you need to take it to one fo those mobile places and they can do it for about a fiver.
Iirc when I tried my Orange sim in swmbo's O2 phone it asked for a "special code" so I imagine if you could get hold of that
you're laughing
stick it in and see if it works if not youll need to get it unlocked or get a tesco sim for it.
tried loads of sims in loads of phones never caused a prob with the phone if they didnt work either
Ray
Tescos service is piggy backed to 02....
so unless the phone is not simlocked it will have to be sorted to work on Orange.
Virgin is piggy back on to TMobile
T Mobile is soon to be joining up to Orange to make the biggest network of all the providers.
Just for you i have tried an Orange sim card in an LG cookie phone on Tesco and it comes up usim locked 
I told the wife having 3 phones on 2
networks was a good idea
Cheers for that, i just spoke to my mum and it is infact an LG cookie - i think i will just get her to stick with the Tesco sim card then, im sure
they will port her number over.
Thanks from my mum for the replys
Cheers Andy
I ported my T-mobile number to Tesco a few months ago, all worked brilliantly.
Neil
quote:
Originally posted by mangogrooveworkshop
Tescos service is piggy backed to 02....
so unless the phone is not simlocked it will have to be sorted to work on Orange.
Virgin is piggy back on to TMobile
T Mobile is soon to be joining up to Orange to make the biggest network of all the providers.
If you have the usb cable that came with the cookie you and you've got your head screwed on you can unlock the cookie for free using software.
EXAMPLE
The other way is to get an i-smartsim which physically allows you to unlock a wide range of phones you put it in
LINKY
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