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  • 15-09-2009 2:43pm
    #1
    mayordenis
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 9,654 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    n95 lost/stolen in london at the weekend,
    popped into o2 today to get something new and a new sim,
    got an iPhone + new sim - iPhone keeps telling me the sim is locked, Is this normal? does it take some time to activate?
    any help much apprecaited.


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  • #2
    cpu-dude
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,089 ✭✭✭cpu-dude


    mayordenis wrote: »
    n95 lost/stolen in london at the weekend,
    popped into o2 today to get something new and a new sim,
    got an iPhone + new sim - iPhone keeps telling me the sim is locked, Is this normal? does it take some time to activate?
    any help much apprecaited.
    This screen?

    Iphone-3g-activating-graphic1.jpg

    Notice how the iPhone 3G says SIM locked and that you need to insert an unlocked and valid SIM to activate the iPhone? This is kind of misleading because if you improperly put in a SIM card and then powered it on, you might think something is wrong with your iPhone or it’s not unlocked for your SIM.

    So make sure that you inserted the SIM card correctly and pushed the slot back in place. Once you do that and it’s powered on, you won’t see the SIM locked alert as seen above. You’ll just see the “connect to iTunes” image, like below.

    iphone_os3_error.png

    If not, then that SIM doesn't seem to be assigned to the O2 network - it is an O2 SIM your using yes?


  • #3
    mayordenis
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 9,654 Mod ✭✭✭✭mayordenis


    Ok yes that is indeed the screen I get when I press "unlock" I can enter the pin that came with the new o2 sim card I was given and then I get that second screen you show but I can't do anything there,
    Is it just that I actually need to connect it to itunes?


  • #4
    cpu-dude
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,089 ✭✭✭cpu-dude


    mayordenis wrote: »
    Ok yes that is indeed the screen I get when I press "unlock" I can enter the pin that came with the new o2 sim card I was given and then I get that second screen you show but I can't do anything there,
    Is it just that I actually need to connect it to itunes?
    Yes you have to connect for just 1 minute to activate your iPhone.


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