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    I have to unlock every time I switch on

    Many thanks, that's very useful. Buying a new phone will solve my unlock problem as well. Alan
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    I have to unlock every time I switch on

    Yes, it's the Alcatel that is the problem. And yes, it's running Gingerbread. Is this a significant disadvantage? I've never really needed a smartphone before since the Nokia was perfectly good enough for calls and texts which was all I wanted. Would Gingerbread be a problem if I want to install...
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    I have to unlock every time I switch on

    I have an Alcatel 4010X which I bought to replace a Nokia 4310. Both were registered to the Virgin network and I used the same SIM on both. However, I didn't like Virgin's data charging model so I reverted to using the Nokia. Last year I bought an O2 SIM and got an unlock code from Virgin...