Cancel O2 contract, will iPhone remained activated?

**badmanbarry** · 02-03-2008 02:49 PM

Hi,

I recently purchased an iPhone the other day and I have it activated with the O2 iPhone tariff. I was wondering, would I be able to cancel this contract, as i am within 14 days, if the iPhone would remain activated so I can use a different O2 contract instead (simplicity).

**n350z** · 02-03-2008 03:47 PM

Originally Posted by badmanbarry

Hi,

I recently purchased an iPhone the other day and I have it activated with the O2 iPhone tariff. I was wondering, would I be able to cancel this contract, as i am within 14 days, if the iPhone would remain activated so I can use a different O2 contract instead (simplicity).

Yes I've done it myself

Cancel the contact but don't stop the direct debit if you do and they mite still try to take a payment if its rejected that gives them a reason to block your phone.

Even after I canceled they still took one payment from my account, All I had to do was contact 02 and they refunded it back to me.

This phone is now JB'd on 1.1.3 and HW downgraded to 3.9bl working on Vodafone

**badmanbarry** · 02-03-2008 03:50 PM

That is great news. Would it also be safe to say that I would be able to recieve updates without having to Jailbreak the phone?

Thanks!

**n350z** · 02-03-2008 04:02 PM

Yes and No.. my 02 sim still activtes the phone after a restore but only goes so far waiting for signal from the 02 cell.

Because you wouldn't have a signal if you canceled it pops up a message now and then saying "Waitng for network to complete activation"

But If you Jailbreak with dev Team that problem goes away.

**badmanbarry** · 02-03-2008 04:23 PM

So aslong as I stick to an O2 simplicity SIM card I should be fine?

I don't think I'll be able to jailbreak yet as i've updated the phone to 1.1.3 in itunes

my bad.

So thats why I was thinking of just sticking in a normal O2 sim card and stop paying £35 a month and instead go to £25 a month on O2 simplicity with more texts and minutes.

**zebrum** · 02-03-2008 04:41 PM

O2 are doubling the minutes for iphone users from this month, just stay on the 35 deal.

**Stewcp** · 02-03-2008 05:41 PM

Originally Posted by badmanbarry

So thats why I was thinking of just sticking in a normal O2 sim card and stop paying £35 a month and instead go to £25 a month on O2 simplicity with more texts and minutes.

Not sure if you know, but they changed the iPhone tariffs on the 1st Feb... for £35 you now get 600mins, 500 txt, unlimited Edge, visual voicemail + hot spots.... IMO, making it more attractive than than the £25 simplicity plan + web bundle, which totals £32.50 p/m...