Got my iPhone today (UK)

[Bobster]

I finally got it! Woooo! Activated & unlocked it and I absolutely love it. I have an InvisibleSHIELD on the front aswell to protect it from getting scratched. I've got it running on Orange. There are a couple of issues I have with it though:

- Whenever one of my contacts call me, it comes up with the contact name. However, when I receieve a text from that person, when it comes up with a new text received message box, it only displays the numer (for example +44 1234567890) but when I go into the SMS program it displays the name fine.

- Can't change the week starting day, it starts on a Sunday by default and I want it to start on a Monday but there isn't an option to change it.

- Can't seem to access UK shares on the Stocks program, only American ones.

So has anyone got any questions? Or advice to a new iPhone owner?

[sUPERdUCKY]

Where did you buy it and for how much ? was there anything particularly difficult that you had to do to get it calling out/in ?

I am waiting until November before I decide whether or not to buy one (as I want to make sure everything will work as it should and I have a guarantee)

but congrats on getting your early!!!

[Bobster]

Where did you buy it and for how much ? was there anything particularly difficult that you had to do to get it calling out/in ?

I am waiting until November before I decide whether or not to buy one (as I want to make sure everything will work as it should and I have a guarantee)

but congrats on getting your early!!!


Got it on ebay for £275. Nope all I had to do was activate it and unlock it (click 2 buttons and tap the iPhone screen basically) and it all works fine. I'm very happy with it, it's a LOT smaller than I thought it would be.

I just hope Apple release an update that enables some key features like MMS and more customization settings for things like text messaging and calendar.

[colonel_butt]

I think you can find all that stuff on modmyiphone.
anyway well done, sounds cool.
I might just get one in NY then for £210

[Gecko]

how complecated was it to activate and unlock? did you pay extra for software todo this?

[Bobster]

how complecated was it to activate and unlock? did you pay extra for software todo this?

Was extremely easy. I paid £22 to unlock it as I read many people were having problems with the free unlocks and I didn't want to chance it. Basically you connect you're un-activated iPhone and click a button to activate and jailbreak it. Then click a button to install the unlock software on your iPhone. Then connect your iPhone to your wireless internet connection and tap the screen.

It really is that simple. I love my new iPhone :D

[MiLK©]

Mine is arriving with an American friend next week. I only have to pay him what it cost him, which was £220 ($400+tax) :D

I shall unlock it with a free method. Not sure what the OP meant about free versions causing problems...they use the exact same method as the commercial version.

- Run iBrickr to avtivate phone
- Once activated, use iBrickr to install anySIM (which is a free version of the one that costs £22)
- Run anySIM from the iPhone home screen.....job done!

Then I can use my much-better existing o2 contract instead of the crap ones that will come when its launched in November.

So I get a £50 cheaper iPhone, 6 weeks before everyone else, and with a much better contract than everyone else.......score :D.

[colonel_butt]

Mine is arriving with an American friend next week. I only have to pay him what it cost him, which was £220 ($400+tax) :D

I shall unlock it with a free method. Not sure what the OP meant about free versions causing problems...they use the exact same method as the commercial version.

- Run iBrickr to avtivate phone
- Once activated, use iBrickr to install anySIM (which is a free version of the one that costs £22)
- Run anySIM from the iPhone home screen.....job done!

Then I can use my much-better existing o2 contract instead of the crap ones that will come when its launched in November.

So I get a £50 cheaper iPhone, 6 weeks before everyone else, and with a much better contract than everyone else.......score :D.

not sure its a crap tarriff. it has unlimited data !

[Gecko]

yeh i'm with milk, definatly sounds like the best option (for me anyway)

[alexdudman]

Hey, how much did you pay for shipping? and how muuch tax was added?

[bobb-mini]

Find out exactly how much$ for roaming in the EU, I dunn need to hear no horror stories from an over-gaga user.

[sUPERdUCKY]

Got it on ebay for £275. Nope all I had to do was activate it and unlock it (click 2 buttons and tap the iPhone screen basically) and it all works fine. I'm very happy with it, it's a LOT smaller than I thought it would be.

I just hope Apple release an update that enables some key features like MMS and more customization settings for things like text messaging and calendar.

Hmmm... well if it really is as easy as that I might just buy mine this way because I don't fancy being stuck in an 18 month £35 contract....

Perhaps those features will work when they release it in UK (At the latest) ?

[owen-b]

Mine is arriving with an American friend next week. I only have to pay him what it cost him, which was £220 ($400+tax) :D

I shall unlock it with a free method. Not sure what the OP meant about free versions causing problems...they use the exact same method as the commercial version.

- Run iBrickr to avtivate phone
- Once activated, use iBrickr to install anySIM (which is a free version of the one that costs £22)
- Run anySIM from the iPhone home screen.....job done!

Then I can use my much-better existing o2 contract instead of the crap ones that will come when its launched in November.

So I get a £50 cheaper iPhone, 6 weeks before everyone else, and with a much better contract than everyone else.......score :D.
And no warranty whatsoever or option to return to an Apple Store if anything goes a bit funky with it. Great deal indeed!

I was tempted but even if something Apple could fix goes wrong with it, I wouldn't be able to get it fixed except at great expense. I'll wait for a UK one and hacktivate that. Same price, ultimately, and completely covered by Apple. :)

[owen-b]

Hmmm... well if it really is as easy as that I might just buy mine this way because I don't fancy being stuck in an 18 month £35 contract....

Perhaps those features will work when they release it in UK (At the latest) ?
The UK iPhone will have the latest firmware on it which might require extra work by the hackers to get activated, but I have no doubt it will be hacked eventually if not already. You also are NOT tied into the 18 month O2 contract when you buy the handset, no matter what else you're being told by anyone on here or at O2 (who haven't been trained on it and last week told me it doesn't even have a removeable sim card. Suuuuure.)

Also, an imported one will never ever be covered by Apple in the UK.

[Bob]

With every other portable Apple product covered by a worldwide warranty is that known for certain?

[Dips]

A lot of interesting questions that I would also like to know the answer to.

Specifically interested to know if the warranty is valid in the UK if the iPhone was bought in the US and about the stocks button, trying to access UK shares not US.

[Gecko]

i managed to find this:
http://images.apple.com/legal/warranty/iphone.pdf

but it's too late for me to be reading thru all that lol.
hopefully there's something in there about international warrenty

[Bobster]

OK I just found a way to access UK shares on the iPhone, I just went to the UK Yahoo website on the iPhone, searched for Barclays (for example), then found the code BARC.L, and then typed it into the iPhone and it all seems to work fine. :D

Also I can't seem to find the settings for EDGE on Orange UK anywhere, so I'm not able to use it :(

[Dips]

Reading that site it looks like worldwide warranty to me?

[colonel_butt]

OK I just found a way to access UK shares on the iPhone, I just went to the UK Yahoo website on the iPhone, searched for Barclays (for example), then found the code BARC.L, and then typed it into the iPhone and it all seems to work fine. :D

Also I can't seem to find the settings for EDGE on Orange UK anywhere, so I'm not able to use it :(

no such thing as settings for edge. works automatically.
i thought orange had edge ? o2 edge will start later this year

no other provider in uk has edge

why dont't you call up orange an ask them if there is any special setting you need. just tell them you have bought a new phone outright. don't need to tell them which one :)
however, i don't think there is

[draperm25]

Hey

Heres a copy UK O2 edge settings!


APN : web.02.co.uk
Username : faster
Password : web

Hope this helps??????

[colonel_butt]

Hey

Heres a copy UK O2 edge settings!


APN : web.02.co.uk
Username : faster
Password : web

Hope this helps??????

I get 'network unavailable' when I try this. Is there a proxy ?

many thx

[draperm25]

hey, try these

. Getting EDGE (gprs) to work
· Go to Settings, General, Network, EDGE and add the following

Vodafone UK
· APN address: wap.vodafone.co.uk (Contract)
· APN address: pp.vodafone.co.uk (PAYG)
· Username: wap
· Password: wap

Orange UK
· APN address (Contract): orangewap
· APN address (PAYG): paygwap
· Username: Orange
· Password: Multimedia

T-Mobile UK
· APN address: general.t-mobile.uk
· Username : user
· Password: wap

O2 UK
· APN address: wap.o2.co.uk
· Username : o2wap
· Password: password

Virgin UK
· APN address: goto.virginmobile.uk
· Username : user
· Password: (leave blank)

[Gecko]

i have a quick question. from what i've seen in order to unlock iPhone's using the current method they need firmware 1.0.2. apparently Apple are due to release 1.1.1 any time now.

my question is - is there another method to download and install version 1.0.2 to a new iPhone without using iTunes? because i am assuming that once 1.1.1 is released that will be all you can download from iTunes :(