Anyone using an Orange sim in a 3g iPhone?

[chr15b]

do you get 3g connectivity on the Orange network with it?

[tim2100]

I thought the Iphone was locked to the O2 network?

[judas]

There are tools available to take care of that little problem

[chr15b]

tim2100 said:

I thought the Iphone was locked to the O2 network?

the ones from o2 are.. however i'm aware there are people using them with other sims, hence the question..

does anyone with an orange sim in one see the 3g icon in the top left?

Cheers,
Chris

[silver.fox.2008]

IRC once you jailbreak the bugger you can use whatever SIM you wish.

[AlexKP]

judas said:

There are tools available to take care of that little problem

Yes, but as I found out to my cost you have to be very careful of any Apple updates.

I swallowed it and switched to O2 - much easier in the end.

[KieronGsi]

silver.fox.2008 said:

IRC once you jailbreak the bugger you can use whatever SIM you wish.

I don't think you can jailbreak the ones with 2.2 software on.

[john_p]

"Jailbreak" is when you hack the software to enable you to run non-Apple apps and customisation. It can be done on any version of the iPhone/iPhone 3G


"Unlock" is when you hack the actual SIM lock and use a simcard from another provider instead of O2. I wasn't aware this was possible on the iPhone 3G although I think it is on the iPhone.

[chr15b]

ok ok guys dont want a bun fight - unlocked, jailbroken, hacked whatever..

i have a iphone 3g (of origin) that has an Orange sim card in it, but looks like it's only using gprs for data.

before i phone Orange and look silly, i'm interested to hear from other users of iphone 3g's that have orange sim cards in if they get the 3g logo in the top left when signed onto the service.

Thanks in advance,
Chris

[john_p]

Have you set the APN etc under Settings-General-Network-Cellular Data? Not sure if this affects GPRS or 3G though

Edited by john_p on Wednesday 18th February 17:31

[chr15b]

john_p said:

Have you set the APN etc under Settings-General-Network-Cellular Data? Not sure if this affects GPRS or 3G though

Edited by john_p on Wednesday 18th February 17:31

I have

comparing with a friends on tmobile the other day, mine only displays orange, his displayed tmobile then a little 3g logo - hence why i'm interested if other users of Orange get the icon or not - i'm not convinced Orange gave me the correct data service as they gave me the apn for wap first off.

[Mr E]

Is your Orange sim 3G enabled (it's a setting in their HLR)

[chr15b]

Mr E said:

Is your Orange sim 3G enabled (it's a setting in their HLR)

thats the bit i'm not sure about, need to call them - just trying two bites of the cherry and all that