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I will be with Voda from tommorrow...
So will share my findings...
Thy offered a decent deal even though I am a new customer which was good...
Wonder if battery life would improve a little due to have a network that has stronger signal...???
Cheers
ENJOY
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Posted: 2009-11-26 10:54:36
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Anyone who has unlocked there iPhone... and using a different sim...
Have you switched your phone off and on again since... As when I do it it wants me to connect to itunes...
Wanted to know other peoples view on this
Cheers
ENJOY
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Posted: 2009-11-27 11:18:39
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SE-Naz - obvious thing to ask, did you connect to iTunes and get the "unlocked" message in iTunes when you first put the Vodafone sim in, as per Masseur's screenshots? I can't confirm or deny anything as I only briefly used another sim just for the unlock, before going back to O2.
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Posted: 2009-11-27 11:22:48
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Boinng - Yes i got the exact same message as Masseur's screenshoot...
Everytime I connect to itunes it says "Congratualtion your iPhone is Unlocked"
This is the 3rd time now...
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Posted: 2009-11-27 11:25:16
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Sorry - I realised I have a T-Mobile sim in my desk drawer here so I just tried it out for you - my 3G is definitely completely unlocked, it started up fine with the new sim and then again after a power cycle (quite a novely to see "T-Mobile" up in the top left).
This is with a completely standard, unjailbroken iPhone 3G 8GB running 3.1.2, unlocked last week (or whenever it was) on a Mac with the latest iTunes.
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Posted: 2009-11-27 11:47:46
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Was your phone connected to itunes when you did that???
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Posted: 2009-11-27 11:50:33
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the first time I connected to itunes after getting the O2 text message I did see the "connect to itunes" message on my iphone, even though it was actually connected.
itunes itself didn't seem to do much so I disconnected the phone and then reconnected it and immediately I got the "your phone is now unlocked" message.
Its behaved totally normally since and I'm running full time on my tmob sim now that my number has also been ported
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Posted: 2009-11-27 11:57:15
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Have you switched off the iphone and switched it back on since with your tmob sim init...?
As when I do that it wants me to connect to itunes...?
Did you do a restore before unlocking???
Also was your iphone Jailbroken when you unlocked?
Help appreciated
Cheers
ENJOY
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Posted: 2009-11-27 12:01:34
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On 2009-11-27 11:50:33, SE-Naz wrote:
Was your phone connected to itunes when you did that???
No, not connected to anything at all* - it's been sync'd with iTunes since the unlock (is it possible that makes a difference?), but that was at the weekend.
I did the actual unlock with a different sim last week, and as Mass says, the unlock screen in iTunes didn't appear immediately for me either. The phone was asking to be connected, I plugged it in, iTunes loaded, and then sat there with a blank screen and no apparent activity for maybe a minute or so. Eventually I just started clicking around in the iTunes menu (between playlists etc), then the status window announced it was "connecting to iTunes store" and moments later the "Congratulations" screen appeared.
After that I actually unplugged (I didn't click through in iTunes to "setup this iphone") and went back to my old O2 sim for the last week... until today.
* EDIT - it occurs to me that Wifi was on, so it's possible my phone could have "called home" using that to check it was ok to use the new sim, but that seems unlikely. To get to the point where the wifi could connect, it had to boot up fully and was already showing full signal on the new network etc.
[ This Message was edited by: Boinng on 2009-11-27 11:14 ]
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Posted: 2009-11-27 12:08:00
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Well...
I have done a complete restore and that seems to have sorted the issue out...
When I switch the phone off and on it does not ask me to connect to itunes... like it was doing before...
At least it all sorted...
If anyone needs Vodafone settings to get there internet and mms working go here:
Vodafone Settings
Cheers
ENJOY
[ This Message was edited by: SE-Naz on 2009-11-27 17:02 ]
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Posted: 2009-11-27 16:23:14
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