iPhone 3g help please

tang0 · 26 Dec 2008 at 00:56

Got one of these for crimbo on o2 payandgo, and im having trouble using 3G/GPRS/EDGE etc

Whenever i try and connect to one of these im getting a "could not activate cellular data network" message, i changed the network setting to payandgo.o2.co.uk. The phone came with a £10 'favourite place' sim card with 1 years free web + o2 wifi access. Ive read that it takes up to two days to activate, i take it this is the reason why? Also i can't ring in or out

tang0 · 26 Dec 2008 at 01:09

fuzecx said:
Have you activated it via itunes yet?

yeh everything else is working 100%, wifi works fine

tang0 · 26 Dec 2008 at 10:51

artaxerxes said:
This is all you need to do.... sounds like you are already there.

Using iPhone with an O2 Pay & Go SIM card
Your iPhone is automatically set to Pay Monthly, so you'll need to change the settings to Pay & Go to get the things like mobile internet to work. Here's how:

Go to settings menu, choose General
Choose Network, then Cellular Data Network
In the APN box, change mobile.o2.co.uk to payandgo.o2.co.uk - you don't need to change you user name and password
When finished, press the home button and you're done

Yeh, Ive said I had tried that, still nothing. It's probably due to my card not being activated yet

tang0 · 26 Dec 2008 at 18:22

ahhhhhh this is getting annoying, tried activating my card again but says its already been activated, still cant ring in or out, nor can i access 3g/edge

tang0 · 26 Dec 2008 at 18:58

Ok all sorted

I manually topped up from o2 website now 3g works, i was under the impression when i bought the phone from carphonewarehouse it came with £10 airtime, maybe the credit hasnt been credited yet? but im not getting charged for 3g usage, so something has worked ..