Many iPhone v1 have been bought there over 6 months. If this is your case you can unlock it legally. Once unlocked you can use your iPhone with another SIM card from another operator.
The procedure is relatively simple:
- it begins with a call to customer service Orange: 700 from your mobile or 3970 from a fixed line. Type 9 to speak to a counselor.
- Councillor will ask you the line number and the IMEI of the iPhone. It is available in Settings -> General -> Information and IMEI or just the back of your iPhone.
- After checking that it does much more than 6 months that the iPhone is in your possession, it requires an email. That Apple will send this email to the procedure to unlock the iPhone
- few days after this call (1 day in my case) you will receive an email describing the procedure.
Before following the procedure, it is desirable to synchronize with your PC. It may be helpful in advance to ensure you have the latest firmware version of the iPhone. I had not done and the procedure differed from that described in the email and I could not avoid installing the 2.0.2.
The synchronization procedure is:
- Connecting your PC to the Internet. This is fundamental because I think iTunes will check on a site that Apple may well vote unlocked iPhone.
- must connect your iPhone to the PC.
- must press the Restore button
- If like me the version of the iPhone is old, it displays the message below, you that the choice to opt for a restoration and updating. It will install the new version.
At the end of the process, it indicates that the SIM Locked. We must unlock it by typing your code.
At the end of the process, you should see the following message:
You only get the choice to continue, he proposes to reconfigure your iPhone
for me I chose the option Restore from backup.
After a few minutes, your iPhone is finally unlocked.
Now if you turn off your iPhone you can change the SIM card and put it to another operator. You can turn it on, you can use to call, your address book and calendar in his ever-present. In fact only the network has changed.
You can synchronize and update your iPhone with iTunes without problem.
In conclusion, the procedure is simple although it may be a bit long. I was very surprised at the willingness of the adviser Orange. We just have to ask.
Warning! The procedure may suggest that we can unlock your iPhone, making a Restore. This is not the case, the procedure must check in a database it is possible to unlock it.
iPhone in the series, you can read these other posts:
- Prepare for the iPhone and Outlook sync
- Feedback from the iPhone
- Use WiFi with iPhone : whether his personal box or a WiFi hotspot
- How to sync your iPhone with a new computer?
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