Well that is a really clever line of reasoning, and I am pretty that if he got it from anyone, he got it from Vodaphone (they were the only Network selling the phone on contract at the time). I wonder if I could call them up and ask them if they did that?

Either way I just tried it on an O2 SIM card and the registration also failed, but I can see why that didn't tell me much.

EDIT: Spoken to Vodafone, YES it has been blacklisted....but they are looking into unblacklisting it for me. Keep your eye on this, I will bump the thread when I have more info (they will call back within 48 hours).

Thank you so much for bringing all this (what should be obvious to me) stuff to my attention, I wish there was a better way of saying thanks than the "Thanks" button I owe you big time!


P.S.
Thanks a lot to you too for replying! I wish you had been right, would have been much simpler... be well friend.