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furbacchione Sep 15th 2010 11:41 pm

foreign iphones in australia
 
Has anyone that has moved to Aus brought there iphone and able to hook it up here. I've got a brother in-law in Canada that has a few 3g's laying about and he said I could have one... I've phoned telstra and optus and gotten conflicting answers... I've also been asking people this but so far all everyone says is a "friend" has done it... I don't care about who you heard has done it. Have you done it where you have a foreign iphone working with an australian sim card on an australian mobile phone network? Not interested in any other phones as they won't sink with ical... just incase you were going to recommend an alternative

harrip Sep 16th 2010 12:25 am

Re: foreign iphones in australia
 
It will work fine as long as it is not locked to a network. (other phones do sync with iCal).

Bibbs Sep 20th 2010 2:11 am

Re: foreign iphones in australia
 

Originally Posted by mic n mat (Post 8852685)
Has anyone that has moved to Aus brought there iphone and able to hook it up here. I've got a brother in-law in Canada that has a few 3g's laying about and he said I could have one... I've phoned telstra and optus and gotten conflicting answers... I've also been asking people this but so far all everyone says is a "friend" has done it... I don't care about who you heard has done it. Have you done it where you have a foreign iphone working with an australian sim card on an australian mobile phone network? Not interested in any other phones as they won't sink with ical... just incase you were going to recommend an alternative

If they are locked, jailbreak using jailbreakme.com and download Ultrasn0w in cydia.

Otherwise, any sim card will work.

furbacchione Sep 20th 2010 3:10 am

Re: foreign iphones in australia
 
Thx guys.

Harrip. When I said ical... I was inferring by the dots other mac apps also such as mail, itunes - sorry for the confusion. So are you saying there is another phone that is compatible with most if not all mac apps and can sync reasonably well with a mac. Do tell!

silver Sep 20th 2010 5:22 am

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As others have said you will need to check it is unlocked. When unlocking only use the unofficial unlock if you are reasonably technology savvy, otherwise you will have to manage the issues with applying apple updates and re-unlocking and can risk bricking the phone (its not like a cheap nokia unlock) otherwise get it officially unlocked by the carrier.

asprilla Sep 20th 2010 10:59 am

Re: foreign iphones in australia
 
with a thread title like that, I'm surprised that mohogony hasn't started posting here yet?


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