Is there anyone about in Lancashire or nearby with an XTC clip to unlock my Wildfire S?
there are people on ebay in the uk doing 2 day rentals for £10 free delivery, comes with everything you need
Look for a little independent phone shop or Google your local ones and call them see if they do it.
Should cost about £10 and takes 5 mins.
Loads of these shops all over London and Kent, so im guessing you must have some local.
Good luck mate.
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When can we expect the desire to be sold in retail shops?
I'm planning a trip to spain and I know a few people who will be in france\germany\UK in a few weeks, is there any information about the release dates for retail shops in those places and the cost?
Thank you.
The desire is in retail shops - I got one yesterday from a T-Mobile store
I got it on a contract £10 per month for 24 months plus £164 up front - it wasn't in stock PAYG although Carphone Warehouse should have them for around £400
Got mine off the local Vodafone shop yesterday. They had two delivered on the release date, and in store techy got one, I got the other.
CPW had them too, at least available according to the store and on display, also local Virgin media store and T-Mobile had them too.
Got mine Friday (2nd) in CPW on upgrade on VF - unbranded and unlocked
Can I buy the phone from a t-mobile, vodaphone or orange store without a contract?
If so, how much will it cost, and will it be unlocked?
And are there no retail shops to buy the phone in, unlocked and unbranded in the full package?
moran679 said:
Can I buy the phone from a t-mobile, vodaphone or orange store without a contract?
If so, how much will it cost, and will it be unlocked?
And are there no retail shops to buy the phone in, unlocked and unbranded in the full package?
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They might do but don't quote me!
As far as I know Carphone Warehouse are selling it SIM free for £399 when you buy a £10 top up. The only issue is lack of stock so I would call around first.
I dont know how many of you are in or around CEntral London but you should try the CPW in the Selfridges basement floor, they had stock of both Sim free and Plan based. Got my Sim Free yesterday
All the T-Mobile stores in the Bristol area have sold out.
Same story with CPW (although they only provide it on contract for Vodafone & Orange).
Many phone calls later I've sourced one 30 miles away and am sad enough to drive to collect it now!
Wasn't in Wells by chance? That's where I got mine last Friday...
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Wasn't in Wells by chance? That's where I got mine last Friday...
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I have returned with a Desire in hand.
If anyone in the South West needs a Desire, the Swindon branch of T-Mobile has 2 left. (All 3 Bristol stores, Newport, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Bath & Chippenham have sold out).
Now to wait the three hour charge time. Good excuse to get some paperwork out the way to pay the bills
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I have returned with a Desire in hand.
If anyone in the South West needs a Desire, the Swindon branch of T-Mobile has 2 left. (All 3 Bristol stores, Newport, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Bath & Chippenham have sold out).
Now to wait the three hour charge time. Good excuse to get some paperwork out the way to pay the bills
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If you need to unlock it be careful not to do the 15 EUR option on HTCCode as it didn't work, although they did refund me.
They do have a post in their forum which let's you send then 25 EUR by papal. Got my unlock code a few hours later
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If you need to unlock it be careful not to do the 15 EUR option on HTCCode as it didn't work, although they did refund me.
They do have a post in their forum which let's you send then 25 EUR by papal. Got my unlock code a few hours later
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Thanks for the advice but I'll be happy enough using it with my t-mob contract. May unlock it after upgrading to HTC xxxxx in 18 months time though to maximise its value on ebay
I needed to unlock now as I still have a £35 a month contract with Vodafone until Jan 2011.
At worst I will pay an extra £10 a month for my T-mobile contract, at best I may use it instead of Vodafone from Jan
Hope you enjoy the Desire, only had mine 48 hours but I am already VERY happy!
moran679 said:
When can we expect the desire to be sold in retail shops?
I'm planning a trip to spain and I know a few people who will be in france\germany\UK in a few weeks, is there any information about the release dates for retail shops in those places and the cost?
Thank you.
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I'm from Spain. I've preordered mine thanks to the Spanish HTC forum with 50€ rebate, regular price is 499€.
That's the spanish HTC partner shop: http://www.ssmoviles.com/htc_desire_terminal-htc-desire.html
The Bristol Orange shop apparently has them in stock, phoned them earlier
Let's see if we can crowdsource the best prices for a SIM-Free Desire.
In the UK I think the cheapest SIM Free deal is from Clove.co.uk (the dark gray model):
£330 (£387.75 inc sales tax)
€381.95 (€448.79 inc sales tax)
£6 or £8 for shipping to UK
£18 or £22 shipping to Europe
They are out of stock until this Tuesday 4th May (they already sold out of two shipments)
Second cheapest seems to be from play.com at £399 including tax and shipping.
Have you seen cheaper? What about in your country?
BTW: The best Class 6 SD Card deal I found so far was at scan.co.uk. A 16GB class 6 card for £46.98 (£55.20 inc sales tax) - catalog number LN32727 - but it's status is on pre-order at the moment
apparently 3uk have it for £350 on payg...
In Romania you can get as low as 422Euro (VAT included) SIM-Free from online retailer CEL.ro
On contract you can get it at 199Euro and 48E/month, or 229Euro with 32E/month fee at Vodafone that includes unlimited data plan (for 2 years subscription).
In Switzerland, no EU VAT, ~ €347
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apparently 3uk have it for £350 on payg...
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I can confirm this as I have one in my pocket. In store that is, it's not on their website. It came unlocked and unbranded. HTC are currently supplying them with SIM free Desires, however this may well change at some stage.
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I can confirm this as I have one in my pocket. In store that is, it's not on their website. It came unlocked and unbranded. HTC are currently supplying them with SIM free Desires, however this may well change at some stage.
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Okay - That's >12% cheaper than Clove (after tax & shipping)! 350 is the record cheapest for the UK so far.
Here in Luxembourg it is 409€ unlocked. You can buy it at any LuxGSM Shop.
phonemania.co.uk has second cheapest price for htc desire.... including VAT it costs 385 GBP which includes shipping.... just check it out...
I bought my desire from 3 on payg for £349.99
he hehe i bought mine locked to t-mobile BUT
the handset was meant to cost me £124 + £15pm x 18months however they didnt charge me for the phone at all which means my phone costs £270+ costs of unlocking which are about £15 at t-mobile == £285
Italy: 430 is the most cheap I've seen but out of stock, 440 plus shipping can be found I think. shipping costs in Italy are quote steep, around 10-15 €
by the way is the dark grey model nice?
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apparently 3uk have it for £350 on payg...
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3 now want you to buy a £20 topup with every purchase which makes this £370 now, not so cheap. (just called them as was going to buy one for the missus).
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3 now want you to buy a £20 topup with every purchase which makes this £370 now, not so cheap. (just called them as was going to buy one for the missus).
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The guy asked me to buy a £10 top-up, which wasn't an issue as I gave this to my brother and he gave me the £10 back! (He's on 3 PAYG). So mine cost me £350
Even still, if you buy the £10-£20 top-up and throw it away, it's still the cheapest you can pick one up!
If you get stuck I'm sure some one on these boards will give you £10 for a £20 top-up.
I bought mine through Orange France, then promptly debranded and unlocked it.
Here is their absurd pricing scheme...
479€ tax included without contract
379€ tax included with a prepaid sim card -- the thing is you can just chunk or sell the simcard the second you get it, they dont even activate it. Just hand it to you and ring you up at the register.
Why anyone would pay 479 is beyond me
The guy asked me to buy a £10 top-up, which wasn't an issue as I gave this to my brother and he gave me the £10 back! (He's on 3 PAYG). So mine cost me £350
Even still, if you buy the £10-£20 top-up and throw it away, it's still the cheapest you can pick one up!
If you get stuck I'm sure some one on these boards will give you £10 for a £20 top-up
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If it's a topup that can be applied to any 3 sim then that is different as don't mind that as can sell it. I thought they would want to use it on the one they give you.
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If it's a topup that can be applied to any 3 sim then that is different as don't mind that as can sell it. I thought they would want to use it on the one they give you.
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They print you off a top-up voucher code. I imagine this can be applied to any 3 (UK) PAYG sim, however I don't think my brother has used it just yet - he's waiting for his current allocation of internet to expire.
in italy 469€ without contract from bow.it
469 € in Belgium too.
Around 500€ here in Norway.
Hey,
Anyone know where I can locate an XTC clip in SW England?
Thanks!
I just got my Wildfire S-Off using a mail-in service on fonefunshop.co.uk. I read a few reviews to make sure it was legit ^_^ and then stuck the phone in an envelope and spent two days worrying about it XD. In the end I had it back under 48 hours from the time I sent it, and with postage it cost me a total of about £20.
Definitely recommend that solution.
xtc-clips around the world
Dears
I am tempted to S-OFF my wildfire S with XTC Clip.
But I am undecided if it is the right thing to do.
Is it worth or a software exploit is upcoming shortly?
If developers will release a software hack then I will wait, otherwise I will risk with the XTC clip..
Is the advantage really worth the risk?
Thanks for suggestion
Might as well get the XTC clip, nobody is really focusing on unlocking the wildfire S, dunno why really, alpharev team was then just stopped because of the hardware.
Just buy an XTC PayG off eBay! They're very cheap now with the ongoing "clone" war and became also unlimited use!
I S-OFFed mine today after I received it by mail this morning!
and how much did it cost to you?
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and how much did it cost to you?
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Incl shipping (arrived +2 days!) and converted from GBP --> aroud 33 euros...
sammyke007 said:
Just buy an XTC PayG off eBay! They're very cheap now with the ongoing "clone" war and became also unlimited use!
I S-OFFed mine today after I received it by mail this morning!
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Where'd you read that the PAYG clip is unlimited too now? I have one of those and if there's a chance to upgrade it with unlimited credits I want to know
Version 1.4.5 is released a couple of days ago. When you plug the clip the first time in, in your PC it updates to the latest version, 1.4.5.
Works perfectly here!
It was released the day I ordered mine! (Google it)
Cool, I just updated to that version and indeed it's unlimited. Guess I'll be offering unlocks for free to XDA members in my region...
Beautiful isn't it? Because of some clones of the XTC clip on the market, they decided to drop the price and make the PayG unlimited!
Hi all!
I'm thinking of buying a XTC-clip to finally get my WFS S-off. The only thing is, is that i'm not sure what the most reliable resellers for the clips are...
I've been looking at several websites that have been written in the most horrible English language I've ever seen and none off them seem particularly reliable.
Than there's also the guys from GSM Hosting that are supposedly selling fakes and than there's Raskal's site at www.xtc.hk that looks like it's been typed up by one of those nigerian princes that only needs your social security number and bank account details to transfer the inheritance of his dead uncle's sister in law that used to own a goat with three legs and met you in the bus that one time..
So to make a long story short.. what would be the best place to buy a xtc clip?
Thanks!
*Edit* This is what I mean... www.xtc.hk and www.xtc.tw
got mine off ebay from x-ziggy-x. came from England (GB) and works fine. Don't know if he has any more. Probably just someone from XDA that was done with it.
I got my clip from these people, very fast and reliable, they only sell genuine XTC Clips.
http://www.fonefunshop.co.uk/Unlocking/xtc_clip.htm
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Thanks!
I'm going to get myself a Clip so I can finally start playing around seriously
Hey can you send the clip over to Belgium or do you have a site where i can get a clip not for England (Belgium, Netherlands, France, Germany).
Thanks
Got mine from Fone Fun Shop this week and just unlocked my Wildfire S. As some others have mentioned, the main problem seems to be ensuring a good contact between the SIM contacts but that was easy to get around.
I'm happy to unlock for people in exchange for postage and a small donation to cover the time it takes.