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Iphone 4 and Ipad sim cards

  • 17-01-2011 8:58pm
    #1
    forza_milan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭


    Hi guys, I got Ipad and Iphone 4 and using O2 Ireland.
    Because I am heavy data user I'd be very happy if I could use Ipad sim in my Iphone 4, as Ipad sim has greater data alowance than my Iphone 4 sim. When I swapped them, then I cannot get data service on my Iphone 4. Message I am getting is "could not activate mobile data network".

    I know that Ipad card is only for data, and Iphone is voice and data - am not a complete knob, by this swap I am not expecting to magically make calls on Iphone - purely Internet usage is what I need.

    Is that swap possible at all, or is the carrier somehow that clever that blocks using Iphone 4 data by using Ipad sim?

    Or maybe it's just matter of changing APN settings? But I don't know what they should be?

    Both o2 sim cards I got are on prepay. Ipad is just standrd 20 eur a month 5 GB allowance - and this is what would help me if I could interchangeably use in my Iphone 4.

    Thanks for any suggestions.


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  • #2
    culabula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,213 ✭✭✭culabula


    forza_milan wrote: »
    Hi guys, I got Ipad and Iphone 4 and using O2 Ireland.
    Because I am heavy data user I'd be very happy if I could use Ipad sim in my Iphone 4, as Ipad sim has greater data alowance than my Iphone 4 sim. When I swapped them, then I cannot get data service on my Iphone 4. Message I am getting is "could not activate mobile data network".

    I know that Ipad card is only for data, and Iphone is voice and data - am not a complete knob, by this swap I am not expecting to magically make calls on Iphone - purely Internet usage is what I need.

    Is that swap possible at all, or is the carrier somehow that clever that blocks using Iphone 4 data by using Ipad sim?

    Or maybe it's just matter of changing APN settings? But I don't know what they should be?

    Both o2 sim cards I got are on prepay. Ipad is just standrd 20 eur a month 5 GB allowance - and this is what would help me if I could interchangeably use in my Iphone 4.

    Thanks for any suggestions.

    Irish networks haven't been that sussed so far, in fact the only European network that I know that has been this clever is Orange France.

    Did you just swap the SIMs? If so, reboot the iPad and if that doesn't work, tell me what APN you can see. No reason why it shouldn't work.


  • #3
    forza_milan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭forza_milan


    Thanks Cula Bula, I got it resolved.

    It appears on Iphone when using Ipad sim card it won't connect using default network APN settings. For O2, you need to use:

    APN: open.internet
    Login: gprs
    Pass: gprs

    At least this is what worked for me :) Hope this post helps out people with similar issue. Thx.


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