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Forums › Vodafone New Zealand › iPhone displays "Telecom NZ" with Vodafone SIM inserted (Edit: Apple working on it)


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# 39388 13-Aug-2009 14:50
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I'm doing some tests at the moment of the iPhone on XT and Vodafone.
I just put a Vodafone SIM card into my iPhone and the "Operator logo" says "Telecom NZ".
Huh?
I turn off the phone and turn it back on to see if it was some sort of error.
Still Telecom NZ!
So I check my Carrier settings, and it is on Automatic. I set this to vodafone NZ (the other option is Telecom NZ), and it STILL says Telecom NZ.
I dial an 0800 number - it connects.
What's going on??
I have another SIM that I use with this iPhone and the behaviour is definitely not this!!!

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  # 246046 13-Aug-2009 15:00
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Vodafone have advised this issue to Apple

Only worry about the SIM card that is in the handset

John



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  # 246049 13-Aug-2009 15:03
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If it makes any difference/helps find a fix, I am in Dunedin.

 
 
 
 


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# 246051 13-Aug-2009 15:06
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ahmad: If it makes any difference/helps find a fix, I am in Dunedin.


You lost me?



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  # 246061 13-Aug-2009 15:22
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Sorry, I meant just to say I was in Dunedin in case it helped anyone that was actually working on the issue. I know many already know my location.

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  # 246062 13-Aug-2009 15:24
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ahmad: Sorry, I meant just to say I was in Dunedin in case it helped anyone that was actually working on the issue. I know many already know my location.


Apple overseas is working on the fix for 3.1

John

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  # 246089 13-Aug-2009 15:48
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I wonder if that fix will prevent other SIMs working in the iPhone?

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  # 246092 13-Aug-2009 15:51
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Madmax77: I wonder if that fix will prevent other SIMs working in the iPhone?


But that would be a SIM lock how did you come to this?

 
 
 
 


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  # 246094 13-Aug-2009 15:52
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No way, Apple sells iPhones on their website and says

'iPhone 3G & iPhone 3GS purchased at the Apple Online Store can be activated with any wireless carrier'

So they can't start locking iphones to any one carrier

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  # 246096 13-Aug-2009 15:52
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Talk about one thing then SIM locking comes up as stated before vodafone NZ do not SIM lock devices

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  # 246102 13-Aug-2009 15:55
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I was simply wondering...Apple do some strange things sometimes.

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  # 246194 13-Aug-2009 18:12
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I have the exact same issue, found it so weird. Posted it to Twitter as well. My phone is jailbroken so I don't have to see that carrier name though!

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  # 246211 13-Aug-2009 18:42
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I had the issue too, but it seem to fix itself after updating the IPCC file a couple of times, and swapping SIM cards. Can't remember the exact sequence I followed though. Pretty random.

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  # 246221 13-Aug-2009 19:00
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I tried updating IPCC heaps of times, different Vodafone ones too. Same problem..

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  # 246224 13-Aug-2009 19:06
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johnr: Talk about one thing then SIM locking comes up as stated before vodafone NZ do not SIM lock devices


Vodafone NZ only sim lock the Sony Ericsson W910i as i found out the hard way.

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  # 246225 13-Aug-2009 19:09
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found this on mates iphone after we did some test with my xt sim, had to to do restore to get voda back up.

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