To cut a very long story short I found the 'phone was locked by VF to pre-pay SIM cards only
So I put the 'phone away, somewhat grumpily, until a few days ago when it dawned on me that a 2deg pre-pay SIM card would be just the ticket & I'd be able to use the Talkabout :-)
Or at least so I thought - it doesn't work >:-( I know it does work with a VF pre-pay card (have tried a friend's) & John told me at the time that the cards have a bit set to ID a pre-pay from anything else. So it looks like the 2deg card(s) I have tried don't have this bit set.
Does anyone have any ideas for me here - either about the 2deg SIM cards or a way to unlock the 'phone?
BTW I'm here 'cos I'm a closet geek from wayback & did my share of messing with the old AMPs 'phones etc so am keen to find a method around this problem that doesn't involve a new 'phone or spending lots of $$ with a third party - apart from the fact that the unit isn't worth it that removes any challenge and really isn't what any self-respecting geek would do eh?! What I'd really like to do is clone a SIM or two, for various reasons that'd be particularly useful to me but that seems a bit unlikely so it looks like an operation on the 'phone somehow. Presently it just asks for a security code when I switch it on (with anything but a pre-pay VF SIM)....
Cheers, P.