What is 3's policy for unlocking handsets when min contract is up?

 And does it hack it's phone s/w - I read an old post that some 3
phones have had menus trashed so that network selection to another
operator  is impossible.

TIA

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On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:07:36 +0100, Steve  wrote:

>What is 3's policy for unlocking handsets when min contract is up?
>
> And does it hack it's phone s/w - I read an old post that some 3
>phones have had menus trashed so that network selection to another
>operator  is impossible.

When I got rid of my e61 I ended up paying £15 to have it unlocked and
once that was done I changed the model number to a generic flavour e61
using a piece of software and then Nokia's software update tool gave
it the latest generic software which meant all options and menus were
the same as any other e61.
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On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:16:38 +0100, BGN 
wrote:

>On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:07:36 +0100, Steve  wrote:
>
>>What is 3's policy for unlocking handsets when min contract is up?
>>
>> And does it hack it's phone s/w - I read an old post that some 3
>>phones have had menus trashed so that network selection to another
>>operator  is impossible.
>
>When I got rid of my e61 I ended up paying £15 to have it unlocked and
>once that was done I changed the model number to a generic flavour e61
>using a piece of software and then Nokia's software update tool gave
>it the latest generic software which meant all options and menus were
>the same as any other e61.

So how locked-down were 3's E61 menus?  I don't want to get into
re-flashing a phone (which would probably be a 6120c).

On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:02:10 +0100, Steve  wrote:

>On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:16:38 +0100, BGN 
>wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:07:36 +0100, Steve  wrote:
>>
>>>What is 3's policy for unlocking handsets when min contract is up?
>>>
>>> And does it hack it's phone s/w - I read an old post that some 3
>>>phones have had menus trashed so that network selection to another
>>>operator  is impossible.
>>
>>When I got rid of my e61 I ended up paying £15 to have it unlocked and
>>once that was done I changed the model number to a generic flavour e61
>>using a piece of software and then Nokia's software update tool gave
>>it the latest generic software which meant all options and menus were
>>the same as any other e61.
>
>So how locked-down were 3's E61 menus?  I don't want to get into
>re-flashing a phone (which would probably be a 6120c). 

Dunno, 3 were such a shit network that I hardly used the handset.
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Steve wrote:
> 
> So how locked-down were 3's E61 menus?  I don't want to get into
> re-flashing a phone (which would probably be a 6120c). 
> 
Pass, the Voip stuff works fine.