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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrYiff:
Even more annoying is that ive just spotted that you can get an 18 month contract with T-Mobile for £30 a month and £20 for the phone itself but as Im already with T-Mobile i wouldnt be able to port my number between contracts, so many decisions to make!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrdo:
i'm still looking for a decent 12 month deal on vodafone but can't seem to find any apart from carphonewarehouse which doesn't actually have any stock.

anyone ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kriz123:
Any idea where I get the sII cheap in Germany
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deanoaka:
Could you not port one over to a PAYG sim from another provider, then back to T-Mobile?

As far as we were told, under a new law, a PAC must be given to the customer if requested in 4 hours, and then once given to a new provider, they must transfer it in the next 24 hours. So in theory, would only take 2 days!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AvRS:
Went into my local O2 store and they've told me they're expecting a delivery Saturday for Sunday sale so I will probably get it on my upgrade and see if I can barter with them to get it free on a lesser contract.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s3thh:
Can u give us link to that deal mate? Thx
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PyroCF:
Does anyone know if stores will be open Sunday?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lord_Buckington:
I don't think they'd even have to do that, if they take out a new contract with T-Mobile they should just transfer the number for them between contracts. Or at least you'd think T-Mobile would let you do that..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stoney73:
i know its a bit iffy...but couldnt you port your number to a paygo sim first, then port it back to t-mobile? hassle i know....but...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sausageman:
As far as I know, it has to be to a new network. I'm with T-mobile and am interested in the same deal so would like to know what is possible.

I'm hoping that if I threaten to leave they will give me a decent deal.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s3thh:
Im with Tmob as well but they will have S2 in June so can't upgrade just now.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] extrememonkey:
Its not called porting if your staying with the same network, O2 have been playing this game with me over the last couple of days!!!

"unfortunately you cant cancel your contract with us and Port your number back to us for at least 2 months, but unfortunately the PAC code will no longer be valid"

What they conveniently forgot to mention was I could take out another contract then cancel my current one and do a Internal Migration of my number to the new contract.... Takes less time aswell only 2/3 hours...

I finally got this information from a guy in cust services after I said I was gonna cancel and take.my business to Orange!!!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] extrememonkey:
By the way im paying off two months of my current contract and then cancelling as O2 wont let me pay the two months early upgrade unless I want an iPhone bloody 4.........
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrYiff:
I was speaking to one of their retentions team earlier and can confirm what someone else posted, T-Mobile are expecting their SGS2 stock to arrive on the 13th of May so are expecting to be able to handle upgrade and renewals then.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CloudStrife86:
I chose an upgrade tariff on buymobilephones.net and just now realised that I don't know how I'm going to keep my existing number.

Will they send me the handset without the sim, and I just put my old one in it?

Will I get a new sim with my old number on it?

Will I have to port it with a PAC code?

I spoke to an O2 bloke on their chat thing, and he didn't seem to know.

I've emailed buymobilephones twice now, and awaiting a reply on both fronts. Once was to ask about the CPU and once about the number.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrYiff:
Upgrades you normally keep your SIM and they just update the billing records for your account with your new contract details, that has how ive always done it but I haven't used O2 before so they could always be different.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoogWeed:
Just seen this deal on buymobilephones.net, it's by far the best overall deal I have seen, in terms of mins/text/data/price:

Network: Three

Contract: 24 month

Mins: 900

Text: 5000

Data: 1GB

Monthly: £21

Phone: £160

Total price over 24 months: £664

Only thing is for Three, they have it as a pre-order whereas the other networks its 'buy now'.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s3thh:
2 more weeks then? :/ hope i will be able to upgrade through CPW...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrYiff:
Yeah, the wait sucks, I may have to go round the various shops when im back in work next week and see what they can offer although hopefully if i wait for T-Mobile to get stock they might offer a better deal.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s3thh:
Yeah, i really don't want branded phone this time so most definetely use 3rd party to upgrade
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jambonator:
thats a great deal, you can get £30 extra off that if you go through quidco, so £634 for 24 months, phone is worth £500, so effectively paying £5.58/month for the contract!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I hope this is true, as I can upgrade the day after and I'm sold on the SGS2 :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jambonator:
i think the best deal ive seen if you dont use calls/texts too often is on dialaphone -

TMobile

300mins

300txts

Unlimited Data

£20.43/month

Phone: £99

Total over 24m = £589.32, minus £50 quidco = £539.32 :o
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Techno79:
When I did this last year with tmobile, they would not allow me to port to a new tmobile contract even when threatened to go to another network. The only way is porting via another PAYG sim. Since then, I always order a new PAYG sim 1 month before renewal.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickbarbs:
if i use this with my ipad 1gb data plan.. do you think i'm short changing myself by signing up for 500mb for 2 years?

I'm wondering if its worth ditching orange for better data roaming and more generous data allowances.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikzDHD:
500mb is enough for most people, but then if you want to watch YouTube on the go, stream music etc it won't be enough, you'd probably start making more use of these if you had unlimited data, I only have 500mb and would love to stream music out and about but can't due to limit! Once my simplicity plan is due for an upgrade in August I will start looking for unlimited data plans.

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Techno79:
Samsung Galaxy S 2 SIM Free for £489.98 delivered

I think this is currently the cheapest SIM free price available: http://www.box.co.uk/Samsung_Galaxy_S_2_SIM_Fre_1080500.html

I'm sure price will start tricking southwards as more retailers get availability.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RedBlueGreen:
Do you know when they start delivering them @ box.co.uk?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n-j-f:
Very annoyed with buymobilephones. After repeated confirmation that stock for my order was expected at the beginning of next week, in response to another question they have now told me that, because my order is with Three, they can only supply a Three branded handset and they do not have a date for thiose at all! :mad:

No one else had as good a price for me so I'm not sure what to do. I may buy simfree but then I know that if I wait a few weeks it will get cheaper AND I DON'T WANT TO WAIT!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nicolopolus:
Man that sucks - must be why the 3 deals are all listed as pre-order. If that's the case then I hope the reason the T-mob ones are listed as 'buy' is because they won't be branded.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoogWeed:
I was going to buy from them as well.. I wasnt sure if they come branded or not.

Can anyone confirm if they have revieced network branded handsets or not? (and what network you are on?)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StarmanUK:
Personally speaking I have this morning pre-orded my sim free with CPW for £494.95 with 5% Quidco cashback.

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bilboa1:
Still a good 50-100E higher than it will be in 1 or 2 weeks :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fornowagain:
I nearly went for that but didn't fancy the 'Out of stock - Back order' bit. Went with PLAY, which tracked straight away.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WhiteHartMart:
Thanks for the info - saved me chasing my order also - in fact, I've just cancelled from there - wanted to be on 3 but don't want a branded handset ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WhiteHartMart:
£399 on PAYG with O2 now advertised - not in stock for a few days yet though but thats a cracking price imo

http://shop.o2.co.uk/mobile_phone/pay_and_go/init/Samsung/Galaxy_S_II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RedBlueGreen:
just buy sim free phone and buy a 3 sim card.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Techno79:
It says it's in stock so I would assume they deliver straight away.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oawalker:
The price is really great but i am guessing it's locked to o2 and i am on t-mobile. i would buy it if i could unlock it some how.

Update:

I spoke to them in there online chat and they said they have it in stock now and it will take 5 days for delivery. Also it can be unlocked to any network for a fee for £15 so overall £415. not bad for a unlocked phone
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n-j-f:
Update for those looking to get on a 3 contract from buymobilephones

Now got an intelligent response from buymobilephones after a telephone conversation

In relation to your query, I have checked with our Procurement Manager who advises there is currently no confirmed date for the 3 branded Samsung Galaxy S 11.

Until very recently the 3 network would not approve Sim Free phones to be used, however, this decision has recently been changed and we are negotiating with them a range of Sim Free Phones that we can use for 3 Contracts.

We are hoping to have the approval of these handsets over the next couple of weeks and apologise we are unable to be more specific.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fornowagain:
My SGS was an O2, not locked but had some light branding. Given its a new release I doubt there even any branding.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rocketpaul:
Amazing deal, what a shame its probably locked.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bilboa1:
i think they're simfree + branded, also they seems to have a 5 day delivery which is close to in stock

I think 400GBP will prolly be the retail price "post-launch" (500 is the "preorder launch/early adopters)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AvRS:
I've just placed an order for an upgrade through O2 and they're now saying it's available and will be delivered Tuesday. I stupidly went with £50 phone, £31pm for 300 mins, unltd text and 1GB web for 24 months. After working this out I'm in the process of trying to cancel that and change to an 18 month £41pm for the same yet a free phone which works out cheaper at the end. If you're with O2 and are due an upgrade ring now however their retentions team will do nothing to help on cost.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n-j-f:
So it looks like I will be staying with O2. Just ordered it from O2 on PAG for £399. I phoned first and was told they are supposed to have them on Tuesday and that there is no reason why I cannot use my PM SIM in it. It may be locked but I would hope that, as they are getting them on launch day, they are unlikely to be branded and, of course, I can always return it if I don't like it. I am due an upgrade but I prefer to keep my existing tariff of about £15pm which still includes unlimited data and WiFi, unlike the new contract if I upgrade.

Not going to cancel my buymobilephones order just yet to still keep my options open a bit longer.

I haven't had a locked phone for years. Can someone remind me if I would have to get it unlocked before rooting it or can you root a locked phone?

EDIT: Hopefully also £10 cashback from Quidco.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AvRS:
Wish I had the upfront money as would've been able to stay on my current O2 contract but couldn't pay that so have had to go with the newer, less (mins/web) for more (money) contracts and have got them to change my order to the 18 month with free phone so will be paying £41pm. I was told the same as you and will be getting it Tuesday or Wednesday, can't wait now.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikzDHD:
In stock at o2 from May 2nd, argh what a lovely price as well

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fornowagain:
OCUK thread
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rocketpaul:
they are out of stock already!!!!

how quick was that?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RedBlueGreen:
Damn... now i really dont know what to do..

Keep my order with Carphone Warehouse and pay £495 or

buy it from o2 and risk having branding/ locked phone + waiting even longer for £400
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhippsyB:
Had my contract request with T-Mobile declined. Anyone know why this is?

I've currently got 1-month sim only on O2. 600 mins, 1200 mins, 500meg. I'm looking for the O2 deal but whenever I go through to the basket my first and surname come up blank. Anyone had this problem?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s3thh:
Im just thinking, can i request pac code from Tmob now, and then next week try to upgrade with better leverage or just go to another network?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AvRS:
I ordered mine at 14:15 today from O2 over the phone and they had them then (however they said on backorder till 3rd May) and after 6 email confirmations as of 15:32 the phone has been dispatched from the warehouse so will definitely be here for Tuesday :D can't wait!

If you've not already done so call them as I'm sure both online and call centre supply from seperate warehouses as neither can see each others stock and have been told this previously when ordering from the call centre. Or you could wait till Saturday and call up your local O2 stores as that's when they receive all their deliveries and try pick one up.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickbarbs:
I was thinkign about o2 and i called this morning but customer retentions say they can't do anything for me until phone is in stock - you guys say its in stock now? Maybe I can try again..

but honestly, they might lock/ brand and I have an unlocked / unbranded from phones4u including a pretty good insurance policy. The deal is with Orange, I get

900 mins, unlimited texts, 750mb, orange 35£/month 24 months

9.99 for the handset (although phones4u charged me 10.99 wtf?)

155£ cash back cheque after 28 days

I think thats a solid deal and I'm going to go with it.

If you say o2 has it instock on their system now I will give them a call.

edit: you guys are right - they have them in stock. However, they are SIM LOCKED HANDSETS and the best they could do me for a deal is

800 mins

unlimited texts

1gb/month

36£/month

Free handset.

Dissapointing deal. Shows me there's little benefit for sticking around so off to Orange I go!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RedBlueGreen:
I think im gonna stick with carphone warehouse.

I know 100% that its unlocked/ unbranded and that i will have it by next week.

o2 on the otherhand i dont know any of that.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RedBlueGreen:
I think your right.

First person i spoke to said that its unlocked/ and doesnt have any sort of branding on the phone.

The next two people i spoke to said that its locked to o2, has no branding on the case but has o2 software on it. I asked if they could help me report the person who gave me the wrong information.. luckly i save the chat.

Does any one know if the o2 software can easily be removed?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rodi1981:
1 x Samsung Galaxy S II on T-Mobile £30 (18mths) inc. Internet

Price: £19.99

Monthly Cost: £30.64

Inclusive Boosters: Unlimited Internet - £0.00 per month

Inclusive: 600 cross-network mins + 500 texts + Unlimited Internet

Contact me

Send me your email I will send you link
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] monkley:
I just had confirmation from one of the sales managers that if you buy the phone from O2's pay and go for ~£400 mentioned above, then you won't be able to have the phone unlocked by them for 12 months.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CloudStrife86:
I cancelled the buymobilesphones order today, because I couldn't be bothered with waiting on their emails.

Instead I went into town today and got the phone from Phones4U. It's on O2, with 300 mins, unlimited texts and 500MB data; £26/month and a free handset.

Just to conclude: It's AMAZING! So quick, smooth and beautiful. The screen is perfectly visible even under direct sunlight.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rocketpaul:
really? i was told 4-5 days
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WhiteHartMart:
Should have gone to the local store also - ordered from P4U web yesterday and now they tell me they're out of stock - if they had told me when placing the order I wouldn't have bothered!

Might nip to the shops at the weekend and see if they have any :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n-j-f:
12 months is O2's policy for unlocking a PAYG phone. As I will be using it on my O2 PM contract I am hoping they will follow their PM policy which is basically any time. In any event, isn't it relatively easy to unlock phones with a code from other sources after the phone has been available for a short while?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RedBlueGreen:
I think people should keep away from O2 for now..

Since they are telling us so many different things.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jivel:
Ahhh why dont phones4u answer their phones! :( Im just about to pull the trigger on their £20 per month tmobile deal http://www.comparemobiledeals.com/m...nthly&page=1&sortby=Monthly-Cost&internet=yes as it seems the best deal on offer by retailers that comes with data allowance. t-mobile using orange network is a bonus as t-mobile signal in my area is sometimes weak.

Glad I waited but just want to know if it will be shipped on may 1st! :confused:

Edit. They say its in stock. Get in!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WhiteHartMart:
Strange they told me they were out of stock at 4pm today - next delivery in 2-3 days???
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dabotsonline:
Did you get the full name of this Sales Manager? Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b33p_:
Spoke to Vodafone today as I'm due an upgrade. VF don't even have a release date yet and you can't preorder...lol...

Anyway, this won't be confirmed for another week but apparently I should be able to get:

Contract: 18 months

Mins: 600

Text: Unlimited

Data: 500MB

Phone: Free

with Vodafone Passport

Monthly: £35

Total cost over 18 months: £630. Which means a new phone in time for Christmas 2012 ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] monkley:
I don't have the name I'm afraid but I did talk to 2 other people first who weren't sure and eventually passed me over to the manager.

It's actually on their website

http://service.o2.co.uk/IQ/SRVS/CGI...00000003052735660,K=5817,Sxi=7,Case=obj(14790)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blueflash:
yes i was having that problem on o2, think fixed by setting up an o2 acount, logging in then buying, order now in process :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Techno79:
And if you go via http://www.topcashback.co.uk then you get £10.10 cash back which brings the price to £388.90. Not a bad price for top of the range phone 3 days before Samsung's announced launch date.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StarmanUK:
Personally speaking I did mine via Quidco and tracked £10. Hey ho it's only 10p ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cbailey:
...but can it be unlocked? Despite the websites that may offer this service - has it been tested? To date I think the answer is no. We need real info in this area.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] everton86:
I got mine for £323.99 from o2! Someone on hotukdeals posted that they got one for that price so I called o2 upgrades as I have 6 months left on my Palm Pre contract. I was told I could buy it for £399 at first but then when the girl pulled up my account and started proccessing the order it came up for £324! I couldnt belive it! :D

I have gotten an email from o2 to say my phone has been dispatched, looking at my DHL tracking info, o2 have it ready to go but DHL are not doing pickups until tuesday still i will have it quicker than I would have from amazon.

When my contract is up I am gonna either get a sim only deal with o2 so i keep using my o2 cash card or move over to gifgaf.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
When my contract is up I am gonna either get a sim only deal with o2 so i keep using my o2 cash card or move over to gifgaf.

#Giffgaff may well work and indeed should in a locked O2 phone as its O2 network . Giffgaff apn tool from market to set up apn etc..

free £5 credit if you join Giffgaff via my link activated on first top up .

http://giffgaff.com/orders/affiliate/jje

Just been in two O2 stores phone not released until 1st May and no current stock .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pulser_g2:
Has anyone got a SIM locked (perhaps O2, hence posting in this thread) SGS II in their hand yet?

I am wondering if we can use the same technique to unlock it was with the SGS I (ie. reading the unlock code out of a file using a hex editor)...

Might be worth a shot :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinokirk:
Phones4u online are doing a deal:

Tmobile Data 600

600 mins

500 texts

1gb internet

£30 for the phone

£25.53/month

For the same deal in store they want £150 for the phone! I went in today, spoke to the manager and he wouldnt budge on the price of the phone. All he could do was a 'web match'. Thats where you can get the deal thats online in the store BUT your phone is sent from the online peoples warehouse so it would be a few days till i get it, and if they have stock!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pinoypower:
soooooo tempted with this deal, but i think the one with tmobile is a bit better... i have an sgs1 contract with orange which will end in december, but im not sure if i can wait 7months to get my hands on this thing! :((
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pmt32577:
I notice now that buymobilephones.net they claim the phone is in stock, however, no movement on my order status, nor any sign of them taking my money.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pinoypower:
they probably all are at the royal wedding? jk!! :))
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dreadnought001:
I phoned them today and the sales guy told me that they don't actually have them in stock. He also told me that they have nearly 400 orders for the device, so they are not sure whether they will be able to meet all the demand with the first stock.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Datavampire:
Well i ordered mine from carphone wharehouse, yes i know... i have dealt with them in the past though, been ok. it was in stock acording to site, until i had finished my order was accepted ect then i get an email saying sorry its out of stock atm ect ect
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinokirk:
In 7 months this phone will be obsolete!

(if you like to be at the bleeding edge that is!)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bilboa1:
in 7 month iu will be looking at the SGS 3 which will prolly be released in november/december 2011 (its rumored for sep/oct)

likely to be a sgs 2 with dual core 2ghz + higher rez