Hi Justin The cheapest way is to DIY. Google kicks out a few web sites that can send you the code to unlock your mobile for a small price but, this might involve a slight risk. To unlock my 3650 I have three chances before the mobile locks out and there might be permanent damage to it. The other cheap alternative is to take it to a market trader in mobile phones. They may be able to do it safely for you. The safest way is to take it to a reputable mobile phone shop, such as Virgin, and they'll do it for you. Barry H ----- Original Message ----- From: Justin R To: access uk Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2004 10:23 AM Subject: [access-uk] unlocking mobile phone with talks Hi everyone firstly, apologies for the cross posting as talks users will see this e-mail too. I wanna get as much advive as possible. I'm on Orange pay as you go and own an n-gage phone. I want to go across to Virgin mobile but I will have to unlock my phone to do this. I've checked compatability with my phone and the Virgin network on their website, all good! just two questions; first, can someone tell me how the phone is unlocked? what process do you go through to get it unlocked? can any tell me anything about that as, I know nothing about how a phone is unlocked and what it does to a typical mobile. Second question is; will it have any adverse effects on talks at all? I have talks on the mem card and not the sim mind you. So, I just need a little info based on others experiences with this and maybe a little assurance that it's not gonna be a very messy process. thanks for your help everyone. Justin ** To leave the list, send a message to:- ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, send a message to:- ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq