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Will unlocked iPhones work on 3?

  • 22-01-2013 10:34pm
    #1
    Ekels
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 462 ✭✭


    Hi folks. I'm on the 3 network and put my sim into a friend's old phone the other day and was unable to send or receive texts or get 3g. The chap in the 3 store informed me that this is because the 3 sim would only work with a 3 phone.

    So, does anyone know if I were to buy an unlocked iPhone (that was with a different network beforehand) whether it would work with my 3 sim? iPhone 4/4s if that helps.


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  • #2
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,696 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    The sim will work in any properly unlocked iPhone, there are 3 instances where it won't, The phone is Blacklisted, Jailbroken or it's an iPhone 1 which isn't 3G.


  • #3
    Ekels
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 462 ✭✭Ekels


    drunkmonkey wrote: »
    The sim will work in any properly unlocked iPhone, there are 3 instances where it won't, The phone is Blacklisted, Jailbroken or it's an iPhone 1 which isn't 3G.

    Smashing stuff. Cheers.

    Was apprehensive given that I can only make and receive calls on this unlocked HTC!


  • #4
    ResearchWill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,111 ✭✭✭ResearchWill


    Ekels wrote: »
    Hi folks. I'm on the 3 network and put my sim into a friend's old phone the other day and was unable to send or receive texts or get 3g. The chap in the 3 store informed me that this is because the 3 sim would only work with a 3 phone.

    So, does anyone know if I were to buy an unlocked iPhone (that was with a different network beforehand) whether it would work with my 3 sim? iPhone 4/4s if that helps.

    You may have to connect to iTunes on a computer to allow the installation of the 3 carrier settings.


  • #5
    guil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,534 ✭✭✭✭guil


    drunkmonkey wrote: »
    The sim will work in any properly unlocked iPhone, there are 3 instances where it won't, The phone is Blacklisted, Jailbroken or it's an iPhone 1 which isn't 3G.
    The phone being jailbroken has absolutely no revelance to whether it will work with a 3 sim or not


  • #6
    kjl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,127 ✭✭✭kjl


    I really don't know what you are asking.

    Can you make and receive call on the unit, just not texts and data?


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