Unlock your phone, avoid the scams

I recently put my cell phone in the washing machine. I know, not a clever move but it was late, I was tired and I had too many pockets. So when I put my clothes out to dry the next day, I discovered my brand new Sony Ericsson would do nothing but vibrate. Thankfully, my girlfriend at the time had just received a new phone which she didn't need and let me keep hers. But that is only where my troubles started.

I tried using my card in it (which surprisingly still worked) but the phone was from a different provider so it would not read the card. So started my quest to unlock my telephone. I tried various shops around my neighbourhood, but the prices were ridiculously high because the phone was new. I tried at least 5 different places, they all said they could do it. Two of them did not even have the necessary codes and the other three wanted me to pay around a third of the telephone's actual price.

So I turned to the Internet. I tried various websites that gave out free codes, but of course their resources are limited so I could not find what I needed. Then I checked out sites where you pay and they provide you with a code to unlock your phone, but a few minutes of research later I realised the number of scams people are running involving this service. All I wanted was to simply type "unlock cell phone" and get a result, but things are never that simple.

Or are they? I was recently given the above link by a friend to a website that unlocks cell phones. Unlocktotalk.com is a guaranteed service that will unlock your phone and you can be sure you are avoiding scams as it is an established business. They have a very well organised site that is easy to navigate and get you to the code you need for your model telephone. What impressed me the most with them is the fact that if you have fallen victim to a scam and you email them the receipt sent to you by that website, they give you a 25% discount. So you can either wait a few months for the shop round the corner to get the codes and unlock your phone, or you can stay one step ahead of the game.