iPhone now officially unlocked by O2

OllyM · 12 Nov 2009 at 10:18

Just had a text from O2:

So I put my work phone's Vodafone SIM card in, and connected it to iTunes. After a short while, the following screen appeared:

And it activated the phone with the new SIM card inside it.

Definitely all working!

FreeStream · 12 Nov 2009 at 10:33

nice.

Shall submit my application now!

ringo747 · 12 Nov 2009 at 10:50

Sweet. I submitted my application form a few days back so hopefully I get it sorted soon.

Fillado · 12 Nov 2009 at 11:16

Welcome to every other phone on every other network!

rpn · 12 Nov 2009 at 11:24

Am I right to assume that all your apps, songs, photos etc are unaffected? Only the service provider and contacts (what ever are in the 'new' SIM card) are different from the original set-up?

OllyM · 12 Nov 2009 at 11:25

rpn said:
Am I right to assume that all your apps, songs, photos etc are unaffected? Only the service provider and contacts (what ever are in the 'new' SIM card) are different from the original set-up?

Yes, of course - but the contacts don't change as the iPhone doesn't store contacts on the SIM card (it can import them into the phone memory though).

NeoVo · 12 Nov 2009 at 11:27

Wow, did not expect this from apple. Good to hear it though.

rpn · 12 Nov 2009 at 11:33

Cheers.

Would this works for a foriegn service provider (SIM) when you're in that country?

Will just have to wait until my text from O2 arrive!

OllyM · 12 Nov 2009 at 11:44

It should work with any SIM card now

ringo747 · 12 Nov 2009 at 11:44

OllyM said:
It should work with any SIM card now

How long ago did you fill out the application form?

OllyM · 12 Nov 2009 at 11:45

I did it whenever it first appeared online, the 9th I think?

ringo747 · 12 Nov 2009 at 11:46

Same here. Hopefully will hear something soon.

OllyM · 12 Nov 2009 at 11:47

I guess they have a huge volume of requests to process at the minute!

ringo747 · 12 Nov 2009 at 11:52

I would imagine it will be a huge queue alright. As long as I get it within a week i'll be happy enough.

rpn · 12 Nov 2009 at 12:19

Me too, heading out to Cyprus next Friday!

RobH · 12 Nov 2009 at 13:30

So once it is unlocked can you pop any sim into it or do you need to do the connect to iTunes every time?

OllyM · 12 Nov 2009 at 13:34

I'm not sure, I'll try it with a different Vodafone SIM when my partner gets home from work later on and report back.

Totality · 15 Nov 2009 at 16:59

Is it easy enough to put in the 3G details from another network? I've been gagging to leave O2's shoddy 3G for ages!! Just applied for the unlock!

Tunney · 15 Nov 2009 at 23:17

Surfing the web with my Vodafone SIM feels about 12000 times faster.

onering · 16 Nov 2009 at 16:23

RobH said:
So once it is unlocked can you pop any sim into it or do you need to do the connect to iTunes every time?

I would also like to know whether you can swap sims out anytime after its been unlocked, or does it need reactivation via itunes each time?

Asked for my unlock as well but not heard anything from O2 yet....