https://community.48.ie/t5/Other-Help/leaving-48-network/m-p/34427#M12498 <P>What exactly is happening with your phone?</P><P>What make/model?</P><P>Are you sure that it can't be rectified easily?</P><P>Why not buy an unlocked phone and stay with 48?</P><P>Or buy a locked one and get it unlocked "unofficially"?</P><P>If you do decide to leave 48 then there is nothing to it - you just leave and ask the new operator to port your number over from 48 if you want to keep it.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Hope this helps.</P> Thu, 09 Apr 2015 21:32:53 GMT dalyer 2015-04-09T21:32:53Z https://community.48.ie/t5/Other-Help/leaving-48-network/m-p/34422#M12493 My phone is starting to act up and I possibly need to get replacement! If so, I'll need to change networks. Does anyone know how to go about leaving 48? Is it a difficult procedure? TIA Thu, 09 Apr 2015 19:57:14 GMT https://community.48.ie/t5/Other-Help/leaving-48-network/m-p/34422#M12493 sparrow17 2015-04-09T19:57:14Z https://community.48.ie/t5/Other-Help/leaving-48-network/m-p/34427#M12498 <P>What exactly is happening with your phone?</P><P>What make/model?</P><P>Are you sure that it can't be rectified easily?</P><P>Why not buy an unlocked phone and stay with 48?</P><P>Or buy a locked one and get it unlocked "unofficially"?</P><P>If you do decide to leave 48 then there is nothing to it - you just leave and ask the new operator to port your number over from 48 if you want to keep it.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Hope this helps.</P> Thu, 09 Apr 2015 21:32:53 GMT https://community.48.ie/t5/Other-Help/leaving-48-network/m-p/34427#M12498 dalyer 2015-04-09T21:32:53Z https://community.48.ie/t5/Other-Help/leaving-48-network/m-p/34431#M12502 Great. Thanks for that. Hopefully it won't come to that <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span> Fri, 10 Apr 2015 06:12:09 GMT https://community.48.ie/t5/Other-Help/leaving-48-network/m-p/34431#M12502 sparrow17 2015-04-10T06:12:09Z