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uk iphone bricked

  • 25-04-2011 8:48pm
    #1
    driverite
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 168 ✭✭


    Brought back an uko2 iphone 18 months ago and had it unlocked, my son did a restore on it when i gave it to him and now its bricked, saying insert valid sim to activate.

    Anyone can suggest a place in dublin that can sort out this problem?


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  • #2
    naasrd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,408 ✭✭✭naasrd


    driverite wrote: »
    Brought back an uko2 iphone 18 months ago and had it unlocked, my son did a restore on it when i gave it to him and now its bricked, saying insert valid sim to activate.

    Anyone can suggest a place in dublin that can sort out this problem?

    It's not bricked. The restore did away with the unlock. As for a valid sim; it was bought in Britain you'll need a sim from there to activate it.


  • #3
    culabula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,213 ✭✭✭culabula


    driverite wrote: »
    Brought back an uko2 iphone 18 months ago and had it unlocked, my son did a restore on it when i gave it to him and now its bricked, saying insert valid sim to activate.

    Anyone can suggest a place in dublin that can sort out this problem?

    IMO, unlocked is unlocked, the information resides with Apple's servers.

    Stick a SIM in and activate it. Should not be a problem.


  • #4
    Nonoperational
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭Nonoperational


    If it was officially unlocked then it should activate with a Sim, if it was ultrasnowed then it will need the original carriers Sim to activate it.


  • #5
    LukeS_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 704 ✭✭✭LukeS_


    Just so you know, just because the iPhone is not unlocked, does NOT mean it's a brick. A brick is when your phone is damaged beyond repair which leads to a paperweight 'brick'.


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