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iPhone officially switches from O2 UK to Orange UK after restore!!!

jonnyb said:
Being able to switch back to O2 is crucial for me (and I suspect many people). Please let me know what happens when you put the O2 sim back in

thanks
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Just tried this. Put my O2 sim card back in and it required me to connect to itunes then activated.

I can now switch between Orange UK and O2 UK WITHOUT activating.

This means when all the UK networks support the iPhone I should be able to activate once with each sim card and be unlocked to eack network.

I am NOT running any software unlocking tools.
 
maka344 said:
Just tried this. Put my O2 sim card back in and it required me to connect to itunes then activated.

I can now switch between Orange UK and O2 UK WITHOUT activating.

This means when all the UK networks support the iPhone I should be able to activate once with each sim card and be unlocked to eack network.

I am NOT running any software unlocking tools.
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I found that restoration of the phone is not required in order to alternate between to either SIM. All that's needed is a re-sync at first and then both SIMs can be used without activation from iTunes again.
 
maka344 said:
Just for clarification. I did not use Ultrasn0w or Blackra1n prior to the fresh restore. Other people on other forums are reporting the exact same result as me.

You have to have your Orange UK sim card inserted in the phone at the point of restore and at the point activation.

Simply do a clean restore, from iTunes leaving the Orange UK sim card inserted. My girlfriends 3G did the exact same and my 3GS both are pay monthly customers and both now using officially locked Orange UK iPhones which where purchased on O2.

I have not tried an O2 sim card. I will do that later and post back.

I can get any file from ssh you require, please let me know
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I did all this, left my orange sim in during the restore but it refused to activate with it in. Only my o2 card would activate it.
 
dayloon said:
I did all this, left my orange sim in during the restore but it refused to activate with it in. Only my o2 card would activate it.
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I think what we can conclude is that an O2 locked phone is still locked to O2 for activation, but can then be activated by another official carrier. I would test this but I don't want to have to wipe my phone just for the sake of this test.:rolleyes:
 
dayloon said:
I've restored my phone 4 times, trying various methods and combinations. It simply doesn't work :(
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Do you leave your Orange sim card in the phone at restore?

Try and "Delete all content and settings" restore and leave Orange sim card inserted.

I can now use both sim cards O2 and Orange with just a simple sync.
 
maka344 said:
Do you leave your Orange sim card in the phone at restore?

Try and "Delete all content and settings" restore and leave Orange sim card inserted.

I can now use both sim cards O2 and Orange with just a simple sync.
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Yes, i left my card in during the whole process. It just complains that it's not a supported sim. Lots of people over at hackint0sh are saying it doesn't work either. You must be the lucky one :)
 
need to know.

All,

so it seems its works for some and not others....

can we clear up what we are running

latests software is

so itunes 9.0.2

carrier updated downloaded from Itunes - confirmed as accepted

iphone 3.1.2

follow the sync steps and you can go between orange and o2 is the question?

so if you have all of that it works??????

if you have other versions or said no to carrier update it fails?

can we agree or not on this please?
 
My iPhone is currently locked to o2. Its a PAYG with a contract sim card in (as I previously bought a 3G.

I put an Orange SIM card in, connected to iTunes and got the following
 

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Do you think they will do this with Vodafone when they are about to sell the iPhone?
 
I think what some of you guys might be experiencing is Apple's SKU simplification. In order for Apple to maximise profit and reduce SKU confusion all UK Iphones on sale will be exactly the same. This means that retailers like Carphone Warehouse and other partners can offer an Iphone with an approved Sim Card e.g. Orange or O2 and then at the point of activation the phone becomes locked. This means that they don't have to worry about different types of iphones and the stock levals of each unit etc (This is much like how the carphone warehouse currently operates with other handsets although they never become locked)

My belief is that as each new operator is added the same thing will happen with each operator, although I am sure Apple will find a way to stop it happening on just a restore.
 
Has anyone else tried this ? I tried it a few days ago and it didn't work. Complained of unsupported sim. Now that orange have officially launched their iphones, maybe it'll work ?!
 
I have tried it too and its not working for me either. Orange UK Pay Monthly sim on an iPhone 3G. Gutted! :mad: I do have one query though....my phone isnt working properly anyway and I have to get a replacement at the apple shop. When they ask me for my sim to activate the new iPhone can I just give him an orange one? How is that going to work?
 
Hm...i've just had this carrier update on my factory unlocked iPhone. They'd best not have locked my iPhone to Orange as a result.

I've already noticed that the option to input details for MMS and internet data has vanished, which simplifies it for most people, but means I now have internet enabled on my phone which I don't want as I don't have nor want a data plan. :mad:
 
:)
dav146 said:
My iPhone is currently locked to o2. Its a PAYG with a contract sim card in (as I previously bought a 3G.

I put an Orange SIM card in, connected to iTunes and got the following
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hi i had the same problem and i did sort it out by following the steps in this link: http://www.everythingicafe.com/foru...im-detected-after-jailbreak-unlock-38924.html. (skip the step 1 from the link)

on my iphone 2g i shift restore 3.1.2 with o2 sim inserted, then activate in itunes. removed o2 sim and used blackrain to install cydia (you can follow the link above). followed the exact steps and rebooted iphone. once started i insered my orange simonly contract sim (havent received any "different sim detected" messege on iphone. now as i connected to the itunes i got carrier update setting, i installed it and now my iphone is officialy activated on orange network. everything works fine including push notification.:)
 
Do you guys have refurbished iphones after Apple serviced your original iphone? The iphones apple send you are actually partially locked. They can be activated with any SIM card from a carrier that sells iPhones, or from any sim card from a country where iphones are freely sold (like Italy).

This means that now you can activate with your orange sim card because Orange UK are now selling iphones.

If you had a spanish simcard from Telefonica Movistar, you would be able to activate and use the iphone with movistar. If you used Orange Spain for example, the phone would not activate because Orange Spain does not sell the iphone.

If you try this with an iphone you bought at the store, you would just get the invalid SIM error.
 
Hello guys,

Very interesting thread, I was just wondering who else this has worked for?

And just to clarify....Users have managed to get there o2 iPhone working with an Orange sim card?

This is how I've got my phone at the minute, but I'm using jailbreak. I wouldn't trying this, but I didn't want to try it incase I cannot downgrade and jailbreak/unlock my iPhone afterwards.

Seams to be a lot of hastle to downgrade the iPhone back to 3.0 to jailbreak and unlock ;-\

Could anyone just maybe tell me if I was upgrade to the newest iPhone firmware would my Orange sim work in it standard?

Regards,
Chris.

*UPDATE*
I've tried it myself, iPhone was bought on O2 Pay as you Go. I restored and updated to the latest 3.1.2 firmware with my orange simcard in, then when itunes loaded (eventually :p) it came up with a message about simcard not being valid with iphone, contact carrier. I put in O2 simcard to activate....and once it was activated changed back to my orange sim, no luck...same message.
 
Oh S#*t!! I should never have believed what I read!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have a software ultrasnow unlocked iphone 3G which was previously using orange network and working fine.

Stupidly I have now upgraded to 3.12 and now can't use my phone for anything other than emergency calls

Is there anything I can do other than go out and get an o2 sim to get it working again.

Please put me out of my misery!!
 
Phew!!

Cheers for that! You're a star.
Got quite a few applications back but not cydia or winterboard.
I think these were installed as part of yellowsn0w but am i right in thinking now i've upgraded the bb i can't jailbreak again?
 
iain-b said:
Cheers for that! You're a star.
Got quite a few applications back but not cydia or winterboard.
I think these were installed as part of yellowsn0w but am i right in thinking now i've upgraded the bb i can't jailbreak again?
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It should have added an extra blackra1n app or similar that will install cydia
 


What you told him to do does work, because I did it yesterday. The application in blackrain is called sn0w. Very simple to do as well. I actually had 3.0.1 on my iPhone until a few days ago. I updated it to try this what they were saying in this post, it failed so I used blackrain to jailbreak and unlock.

Regards,
Chris.
 
I filled in the O2 website and then ran through the unlock in iTunes using a Vodafone SIM. My handset is unlocked and I could swap between the SIM's with out having to activate again. Not got an Orange SIM to try it with


*Edit*

Just tried a Orange and Virgin SIM at work, it asked for activation with both SIM cards. Works fine when O2 SIM is inserted.

Pretty crap using the term 'Unlock' should be classed as 'Migration assistance' :(
 
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