Sim Unlock - Please explain like i'm a 3 y.o.

[hugorudd]

I've trawled through the forums to get a definitive answer, but to no avail. I'm on Orange UK with the Kaiser, and I intend to move to Ireland next week (semi-permanent), and no company in Ireland is offering a decent phone.

I want to unlock my Kaiser, so I can use another company's sim. I am aware of imei-check, and I'm comfortable shelling out for a paid solution.

My questions are these:
1. will sim unlocking the phone be permanent,
2. is there any circumstance where it would be necessary ever to repeat the procedure?
3. Will the code generated by imei-check be a constant, that I could use again if necessary (same phone obviously)
4. What's the estimated lead time for a free solution?

Plaudits for the definitive answers!

[yakleback55]

I've trawled through the forums to get a definitive answer, but to no avail. I'm on Orange UK with the Kaiser, and I intend to move to Ireland next week (semi-permanent), and no company in Ireland is offering a decent phone.

I want to unlock my Kaiser, so I can use another company's sim. I am aware of imei-check, and I'm comfortable shelling out for a paid solution.

My questions are these:
1. will sim unlocking the phone be permanent,
2. is there any circumstance where it would be necessary ever to repeat the procedure?
3. Will the code generated by imei-check be a constant, that I could use again if necessary (same phone obviously)
4. What's the estimated lead time for a free solution?

Plaudits for the definitive answers!

1.sim unlock is permanent
2.should only need to do it once
3.1 code for 1 handset
4.there probebley will be a free sim unlocker available soon but your best bet is to just ring orange and ask for a subisdy pin they will probebly charge you but it will defo work and not void your warenty as it is the network that has provided you with it

[hugorudd]

Thanks for that. If there's a free unlocker by Sunday, then happy days. If not, I'll give imei-ckeck some hard earned. Life's a bitch lol.

As I promised, Plaudits to you for the answers, Yakleback

[edi]

Thanks for that. If there's a free unlocker by Sunday, then happy days. If not, I'll give imei-ckeck some hard earned. Life's a bitch lol.

As I promised, Plaudits to you for the answers, Yakleback
don't think that there will be something until sunday, cause the only known to me unlocker-project ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=355345 ) hasn't been started.
regarding posts at this board, imei-check works good with no problems,
otherwise you can call you net-operator and ask for a free unlock-code cause you leave the country for longer time and want to use a local sim in your phone. just use the search-function, some people does so with ATT and get a free code, perhaps it works

[yakleback55]

in the uk t-mobile charge £15 vodafone charge £20 and i know O2 charge but dont know how much so i asume orange would charge as well but probebly wont be more than £20

[bravo261]

a free one doesn't appear to be on the verge from anyone here...it'll either just show up with a surprise, or announced and a lead time for deployment, which means sunday ain't looking good

[hugorudd]

Yeah, I was being facetious about Sunday. Looks like imei-check will be getting some cash tonight then...