Originally Posted by
bullroot
you could avoid any risks of the unlocking not working or the phone not having the right bands by buying a cheap pay as you go phone from any of the phone shops, e.g.
http://www.o2online.ie/o2/shop/phone...ung-e1180/183/. vodafone and meteor also do similar deals.
then get a top up card for it, you can buy these in any supermarket or gas station or newsagent.
less technologically funky, but guaranteed to work 100%
The trouble is that it would only be good for use on that service in that one country since it's probably locked (at least in countries that allow phones to be sold locked.)