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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great service, really fast and efficient, on a Sunday too. Don't get your phone unlocked on the high street, Do it yourself using these guys.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars
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Flawless service , cheap as chips ( 3 quid ) , took about 3 hours waiting for the code to be sent via email , way way cheaper than handing your phone into a shop and getting charged 20+ quid for som... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars
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I'd been trying but unsuccessfully, to obtain my unlock code for my previous Samsung Mobile with a Vodafone contract for months. For whatever reason the Vodafone system either ignored my requests or... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Verified

Firstly, I looked for an unlock service and then chose Unlocks as their price is the lowest and the site was clear in simple steps and explanation. Followed instruction and sent my IMEI, my details,... See more

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  1. Cell Phone Recycling and Unlocking Service

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Operating online since 2003, Unlocks is a well established and highly trusted online mobile phone unlocking service, currently being destroyed by Trustpilot and their criminal business practices. They allow fraudsters and scam artists to post false, defamatory reviews, and refuse to entertain conclusive evidence that these reviews are false and defamatory. Stop using Trustpilot, you simply can't believe anything you read on this site!


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Excellent

TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

362 reviews

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great service

Great service, really fast and efficient, on a Sunday too. Don't get your phone unlocked on the high street, Do it yourself using these guys.

September 17, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

PRICE/ sorry to the rute customer Service

Dear Unlock - Team. Your right and I apologize. Your rute answer wasn‘t necessary! A short hind would have been enough! Thanks

March 4, 2023
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Reply from Unlocks

Is it really so difficult to review the CORRECT company? I mean really, it’s not rocket science, is it? Here’s a tip for ya, just look at the URL of the company you’re referring to, then look at our URL and SHOCK HORROR, they’re different. We don’t even unlock iPhones, we only unlock Samsung. Get a grip!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A positive experience

Contacted this company through there website to see if they could unlock my phone, which is quite old. After reading various review that had been placed by some customer. There was a mixture of good, and bad.
But went ahead, and decided to use this company, because you are alway going to have some customer who are not going to be satisfied with the service they received.

I filled out the required information, which was all quite straight forwards. Just before you come to the page where you will make your payment, there is a list that you have to read through, to make sure your phone is suitable to be unlocked.
I must say that I found the whole process quite easy. I paid the amount due, and was informed of how long it might take, and also if they were unable to unlock my phone, I would receive a refund.

The next day I had a message from pay pal, to say that I had received a refund from Unlocks. That is why I have given them 5 stars, because as soon as they realised that they could not unlock my phone, they refunded my money, I did not have to chase them up about it.

There is only one minor criticism that I have, and that is that I would have really like to have known, why they could not unlock my phone?

August 30, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Rude, disrespectful, and HIGHLY unprofessional

This is an exact copy of a message I have just received;

Hello.

The delay was caused by you failing to respond, and you blame us and say you’re not impressed? I don’t think so! Order cancelled and payment refunded, go elsewhere!

If that's what you call customer service feel free to use them?

Because I placed the order using my email account, but my wife paid using her PayPal account they asked for confirmation from my wife's email account to protect against fraud (I guess, which is fair enough). My wife immediately replied to the request with no acknowledgement from Unlocks. I then asked them to confirm that they had received the email 3 days later, again they did not respond. The website says that if you do not receive a code within 3 working days to message, which I have done, and they respond with this? Very professional!

April 28, 2022
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Reply from Unlocks

Yet another moron who can't read. Clearly informed during the order process that delivery can take up to 10 business days. Because they used an email address that was different to the PayPal email address, we requested confirmation from the PayPal account holder. That request was ignored for 4 days, then they had the audicity to have a go at us for the delay, absolutely brainless! get a grip and grow up you childish morons!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Quick and Sufficient

Was skeptical at first but they did indeed do the job. Unlocked my very old orange SIM card with an old ZTE phone can now use as back up, only took 4 hours.

April 21, 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Brilliant

Brilliant. Unlocked 2 alcatel phones in under 2 hours. Very clear instructions. Recommend to anyone.

January 6, 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Words cannot describe..

My phone provider in Australia wasn't even listed but he still managed to unlock it for just a few dollars in under 48h.
Really helped me out, as I couldn't afford a new phone or to switch to the phone's provider. I doubt he's earning much from this.. to unlock from the provider would have been over 10x higher cost.

I really appreciate you, mate. Made my week with this :)

November 1, 2021
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

It's not good I don't believe this…

It's not good I don't believe this company gets the correct unlock codes.
I have tried & tried to enter the codes & every time they're not accepted.
I've asked for a refund but I'm told I've got to keep trying the codes in 24 hours, then 48 hours, then 72 hours, so when does it end, in a year?
I just want my phone unlocked & this company is unable to do it.

October 27, 2021
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Reply from Unlocks

We make it clear during the order process on our website that customers should not purchase an unlock code for any device that had already been subjected to previous incorrect unlcok code entry attempts. This customer chose to ignore that advice. Despite this, we advised the customer that they should leave the device on at the code entry prompt for 24 hours and try again. After less than 24 hours the customer claimed they had waited 24 hours and the unlock was still unsuccessful. I advised the customer they should try again, only this time waiting 48 hours. The customer admitted that they had tried twice again, therefore I advised them to wait 72 hours. Despite the excellent customer service and patience we have shown, this customer saw fir to post a negative review of our service. I suppose you can't please a moron no matter how hard you try.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Brilliant

Brilliant. After being scammed by another unlocking company I thought they were all the same. I couldn't believe it when I found this website that could unlock my old Nokia 6310i for free. Tbh I thought it was a scam because it was free but it worked perfectly. Thank you for providing this great service.

September 14, 2021
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Verified

SCAM

I bought an unlock code for a motorola from them. They never sent me the code but they took my money, around $ 3. Seeing that I do not send my code I asked paypal to return my money. After about 2 weeks I received a refund from paypal. That same day I received a threatening message from a Derek from unlock, that he had contacted the fraud department and my internet provider, as well as that I was dealing with fraud. Can you believe how brave this Derek is? So they are scammers but i am the one with fraud :) If necessary, I can attach the emails from them. there are so many serious companies, I have never had problems.

September 4, 2021
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Reply from Unlocks

Informed clearly during the order process and prior to purchase of the bespoke nature of the service, and also informed that a refund would not be issued if incorrect information was submitted. Ignored this, stated their phone was a Motorola WX395 when in fact it's a WX345, then committed an act of fraud by reversing their payment to PayPal. We have made it clear to this customer that appropriate action will be taken, and advised they seek legal representation.

Unlocks will NOT tolerate fraud, so if you have fraud in mind, please stay away from our service, we do not want or need your custom!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Honest and fast delivery of phone code

Honest and fast delivery of phone code, that worked. Not much more that I can add.

Had no reason to contact them so cannot comment in this respect.

Edit. Actually one more thing I can add, used them a few years ago for a Blackberry 9000 unlock code and the code came within minutes (as far as I can remember!!), so no issues there either.

July 22, 2021
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars
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No Response

I've tried pretty much everything to get my phone unlocked, I sent a message to 'unlock' hoping they could help, I didn't even get the courtesy of a response. 'Unlocks' is your company and the company I contacted, I can provide you with a private screenshot confirmation as evidence, clearly you are more responsive to a 'trustpilot' negative review than responding to a customers call for help
UPDATE: Just read what I can only call a rant regarding my review and the disproportionate response to Trustpilots upholding of my review, this guy/company really has issues, I suggest you think carefully before trusting your hard earned cash with a company that have such negative principals, read the 'bullying' review by a previous disgruntled customer, I think that says it all, beware

June 13, 2021
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Reply from Unlocks

The reviewer is clearly referring to a different company because (1) we respond to all queries and (2) we're not called 'unlock'.

UPDATE:

Truspilot have marked this review as 'Verified', claiming the reviewer supplied evidence of their interaction with our company, however on requesting proof of this alleged evidence, Trustpilot are refusing to provide proof. Why? Because there simply is no proof, Trustpilot have invented the proof! This is all part of a vendetta Trustpilot have against my company for stading up to them and their unscrupulous business practices. They've even resorted to removing parts of my reviews and replies to try and hide the truth (don't worry, I have screen captures). This is all ammunition for me legal case against Trustpilot. I am making a stand for all of the small businesses out there that have been ruined by fake reviews that Trustpilot will do nothing about. They're criminals, nothing less!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Threatening bullying tactics

Be very careful when dealing with these people. I left a negative review a few days ago & in response they threatened me with 3 things if I didn't remove my review. These include legal action from which they are now pursuing due to them wanting to claim costs for the custom they believe they've lost due to my negative review.
Also they are reporting me to my service provider.
Also they intend to contact my mobile phone manufacturer to get my phone black listed!
So woh be tide you if you have bad service & leave a negative review ha ha. You have been warned. I feel you as customers reading this you really need to see how this company operates by using threatening & bullying tactics just because they don't like customers leaving negative reviews from which we are all entitled.

April 26, 2021
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Reply from Unlocks

Fraudster who thought they could get a refund by falsly claiming they failed to unlock their phone. We get morons like this all of the time, and every now and then they get annoyed when we outsmart them, so they retaliate with negative reviews, and then the morons at Trustpilot fall for it.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Quick response

Quick response, worked first time! Really impressed with the step by step instructions which unlocked the phone perfectly.

April 15, 2021
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Verified

this item was for my step-daughter who…

this item was for my step-daughter who do's not have access to the internet,or is IT savvy. The time it took for the code to come through caused a slight delay in gettig her phone up and running. But it worked perfectly. Thank You.

April 14, 2021
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Reply from Unlocks

Hi. Just to clarify that your unlock code was dispatched to you via email less than 13 hours after you placed your order. We do make it clear during the order process that delivery can take up to 24 hours, therefore your unlock code was dispatched well within the advertised time frame.

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