iPhone - Working perfectly with O2 Ireland
Wed, Aug 15, 2007
My Turbo SIM arrived today and with little effort whatsoever I had my iPhone working fine with my carrier, O2 Ireland. Everything works, calls/SMS/data (GPRS at an amazing 35kbps). Here’s some snaps:
Tags: Turbo SIM
August 16th, 2007 at 7:41 am
Hi Jason
First, congratulations
I´ve a question.
Is it necessary to have AT&T contract or prepaid in order to realize the hack?
Apologize, my english is not very good
thanks in advance
Chao!!
August 16th, 2007 at 9:05 am
Nope, you don’t need an AT&T account of any kind. All you need is the AT&T SIM which came with the iPhone and a Turbo SIM. In theory you don’t even need the AT&T SIM, just an AT&T ICCID/IMSI.
August 16th, 2007 at 10:01 am
Thanks a lot Jason
Here, in Spain is not possible to have a contract to AT&T.
August 16th, 2007 at 11:18 am
Jason,
I would like to know which activation method is suitable in order to use TSIM after that.
I read something about “brick radio” item of iPhone. I´m not sure.
Thanks
Constancio
August 16th, 2007 at 11:27 am
Constancio,
When activating your iPhone initially, use the at&t SIM which came with the iPhone and use iASign to activate (there’s a few guides around for this, just Google for “iASign”). Once this is done you can use your Turbo SIM using one of the guides out there.
August 16th, 2007 at 11:57 am
Thanks, thank you very much, Jason :DD
There is not much information into spanish about TSIM and how to hack.
Thanks a lot
Chao!!
August 17th, 2007 at 11:56 am
Hi Jason good to see others in Ireland got it working had mine and a friends up and running on Tuesday with Turbosims. Can confirm working with Vodfone, but would not work with Three, I have had a similar problem with 3 sims not working in any 2G phone. Well hope you are enjoying your iPhone as much as I am.
August 17th, 2007 at 2:35 pm
Good to hear Brian. I may check out a Meteor SIM sometime this week to see if their EDGE network really exists.
August 27th, 2007 at 5:29 pm
Jason, I am getting an iphone from the usa and want to get it working on the o2 network. I am looking for a turbo sim and found some on ebay for around 200 sterling. Is this a good price? Is it easy to proform the crack? Thanks for your help with this.
Slan
Kenneth
August 28th, 2007 at 9:07 am
@Kenneth
If I were you I would wait to see if iphonesimfree.com’s software unlock offering arrives this week. Engadget have confirmed it working, and I’d consider them a reasonably good source. The Turbo SIM’s themselves sold for 59 euro plus 15 euro shipping when they were still available from Bladox, and I honestly wouldn’t pay any more than this. The components used to make these devices can be had for as little as 7 euro.
September 29th, 2007 at 3:30 pm
Hi Jason, I know this is an old post from you but I have been searching around online and I came across your site and have noticed that you have data working on the iphone, I got my iphone a couple of weeks ago and couldn’t be happier with it, I got a software unlocked one on ebay. I am on the O2 network and like you I am missing some features, visual voicemail etc. I didn’t think it was possible to get data working, I tryed O2 but as expected they couldn’t help me. Is this because you use a turbosim? Anyways, if you get this you might be able to point me in the right direction? cheers, Mark (galway)
September 29th, 2007 at 6:53 pm
@Mark
To setup data is pretty easy - EDGE is basically GPRS on steroids so the iPhone can use GPRS just fine regardless of what method you used to unlock it. To set it up, go into Settings>General>Network>EDGE and for the APN set it to “internet” and set the username to “user”. You can leave the password field blank.
That’s all there is to it!
October 2nd, 2007 at 5:04 pm
Hey Jason,
I, like Mark, have an iPhone working fine as phone etc. Brwsing is fine too as long as I’m connected to wifi network. I can’t seem to get it working on GPRS. I’ve tried putting in the info you’ve stated above but to no avail. I’m with Vodafone. Does this make a difference? Do you know of anyhting alse I can do to try and get it working on GPRS?
Thanks
Padraic.
October 3rd, 2007 at 9:23 am
Jason,
I was wondering if you ever got around to testing the iPhone on Meteors edge network? As always customer service are useless and i am no better? Had you any luck?
I bought my iPhone software unlocked from eBay and youtube has never worked. Is this a common problem?
Will we be able to continue using our phones provided we dont update software or itunes?
Great site!
Cheers,
John
October 3rd, 2007 at 10:39 am
@Padraic,
To enable GPRS with Vodafone you’ll need to use different settings. Go to Settings>General>Network>EDGE and for the APN set it to “live.vodafone.com” and set the username to “dublin” and the password to “dublin”
@John
My brother is using his iPhone with the meteor network but hasn’t been able to connect to EDGE/GPRS using the usual settings (wap.mymeteor.ie user: my pass: wap). I’ll know more about the problem when I test it sometime this weekend. To enable youtube you’ll need to patch/add some encryption keys (or if you’re using a Mac you can simply run Independence and it’ll do all the hard work for you). There’s a pretty good guide for using iBrickr on Windows to do this here:
http://iphone.unlock.no/#Step2-Bypass-activation-and-youtube-lock
With regards iPhone firmware updates, stick with 1.02 for the time being and refuse any iPhone updates and your phone will continue to work indefinitely.
Hope this helps.
October 3rd, 2007 at 11:43 am
Thanks Jason, i’ll try that!
Cheers,
John
October 10th, 2007 at 8:27 am
Hi Mark,
Just wanted to say thanks, couldn’t get GPRS working until i found your post. Have an 8GB iPhone working on 02 Ireland, ver 1.0.2 and unlocked using SimFree.
Cheers,
Steve
October 10th, 2007 at 8:28 am
Sorry Jason, ment to say thanks to you, not Mark! :)
October 24th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
This guys in Dublin sell the turbo card and the iphone
October 24th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
http://www.Phonevolts.ie
October 29th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
Jason,
I have ver v1.02 of the iPhone. I’m on the vodafone network - pay as you go. I entered the APN, username, and password that you suggested but i’m still not having any luck. When I try to navigate to a page I get:
“Safari can’t open the page. The error was: ‘Lost network connection’ (NSURLErrorDomain:-1005)”
Also can’t get my wifi working. The phone sees the secured wireless network, but when I enter my password: it tells me: “Unable to join network”
Any ideas? Thanks in advance….
November 1st, 2007 at 11:53 pm
I have just received an unlocked iphone but sadly can’t get it to browse for me….what am i doing wrong, i want to use it for more than just a phone ?
Can anyone help me.
Sharon
November 9th, 2007 at 11:27 pm
hi just got the iphone web works fine trying to set up my o2 account can u help regards brian
November 11th, 2007 at 1:26 am
hi jason. i have an unlocked iphone. im using my o2 sim card which i used on my blackberry before this. i had edge/gprs on my blackberry but cannot connect on my new iphone, even though its the same sim. i have used the settings u said above - internet and user. but it still says - you are not subscribed to edge. any solutions? thanks dom
November 12th, 2007 at 10:12 am
@Sharon, Brian, Dom
This thread should help you guys out - it has all settings listed for all Irish operators:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=106942
November 13th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
Hi Jason,
Just wonderig if you could help me. I’ve bought an unlocked iphone from the states and it should arrive in the next day or so. Im currently on the 3 network. I’ve heard that this wont work t all. Is this true? Or will I have limited access, voice calls and texts etc?
Thanks
Ciarán
November 13th, 2007 at 3:56 pm
@Ciarán,
The iPhone won’t work with the 3 network, at all, since 3 use a UMTS network as opposed to a GSM network. The iPhone only supports GSM networks - for Ireland this means O2, Vodafone or Meteor only.
November 13th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
Thanks for quick response. Cheers for that.
November 15th, 2007 at 1:38 pm
Hi Jason,
Thanks again for the info yesterday.
It arrived today and I was just wondering, I didn’t get any ipod soft ware with it, my friend has an ipod, would I be able to just hook the iphone up to his pc and sync it to his PC to get some videos and songs? Or would this lock the phone?
Do you only re-lock the phone if you update the iphone through itunes on the internet?
Thanks
Ciarán
November 19th, 2007 at 5:56 pm
Hi Jason
i was wondering if i bought an iphone in the uk,would i be able to get it working with o2 ireland or would it be better to buy an unlocked iphone?
Thanks David
November 20th, 2007 at 9:29 am
@Ciaran,
You should be able to safely hook the iPhone up to your friends PC, but decline any updates for the iPhone if it asks. The phone will only be re-locked if you accept an update through iTunes.
@David,
iPhones in the UK (1.1.2) are currently shipping with an updated bootloader, which patches out the two main ways of currently unlocking the device. If you plan to buy one you should probably buy one already unlocked or one which has 1.1.1 or earlier installed.
November 20th, 2007 at 7:00 pm
Hi Jason
Thanks alot for the advice on my last question.
Would i need to buy a turbo sim for the iphone and would i still be able to connect to the web browser and use youtube etc?
Thanks alot
David
November 20th, 2007 at 8:13 pm
David,
Assuming you had an iPhone with 1.1.1 it could be unlocked and all of the devices functionality - including YouTube, the web browser etc. - would be available to you. Any iPhone with the 1.1.1 firmware or lower can be unlocked through software, so there’s no need for a Turbo SIM anymore.
November 28th, 2007 at 5:17 pm
Jason,
I’m getting a iphone from the states next week, i assume it will be 1.1.2.
What’s your best advice for unlocking this phone for vodafone ireland.
Some sellers on ebay claim to have software that can unlock 1.1.2 using iPhoneSimFree.
Any advice will be very helpful
November 28th, 2007 at 7:32 pm
Jason
Not used to all this technical jargon. I’m off to the states shortly & want to buy an iphone for a pressie for someone who has a company contract with Vodafone. What exactly do I need to buy?
Thanking you in advance
December 10th, 2007 at 11:11 am
Hi Jason,
Am USA based but return to Dublin in 6 months - if I buy the latest US version (december 2007) who do you advise to unlock this for use in Ireland?????
Thank you for your help -
MFlynn
December 12th, 2007 at 8:40 pm
Hello-
I just bought an unlocked iphone(1.1.2)on ebay-I put my Vodafone sim in,and am having some problems.
For instance,the phone app closes as soon as I (a)-dial ‘0′on the keypad,but will make calls from the contact menu.
The SMS app closes as soon as I open it-telling me,for instance,that I have 3 unread emails,but not allowing me to access them.
The main problem is that I can make calls(but only from my contacts list) but cant seem to receive from Irish phones.However,I was on Skype this evening,and can dial my iPhone no problem!
At first,I thought I had been scammed,but the iPhone is obviously unlocked,at least to some degree-can you help?
Best regards,
Jimmy
December 13th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
@Jimmy,
Using installer.app, you’re going to need to install the “iWorld” application to solve the crashing MobileSMS.app & MobilePhone.app.
December 13th, 2007 at 5:36 pm
Hmmm…how do I do that? Wont it update the firmware and relock the phone?
Thanks,
Jimmy
December 13th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
Excellent!!
Worked a treat!
Many thanks,
Jimmy
December 17th, 2007 at 6:49 pm
is it possible to have pay as you go in ireland?
January 1st, 2008 at 8:03 pm
Hey Jason i have with me a iphone 1.0.2 modem firmware 04.02.13_G is there any way i could have this up and running?? this version seems to be a tricky one any info on how i can accomplish this would be well appricated. cheers man!
January 13th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
hi jason my mother is in the states at the minute looking for an iphone for me do you have to get contract with at&t or can you get them sim free and how do i get your hack
January 15th, 2008 at 10:40 am
Hi jason, I cant get passed the independence part of unlocking. It asks me to locate the version of the framework which i have on my desktop, i select it then open it. then i’m asked to select independence, when i open it i get error popup saying ” error copying mobile device library into independence application bundle”
So i then tried the ringing *hash307hash and that worked until i had to put in wifi setting. What do i put i there.
January 15th, 2008 at 11:20 am
im so bad at this,
please help. i just want to be able to use my iphone. i live in ennis if anyone can help. thanks
January 16th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
Hi Jason,
I have iphone with 1.1.1 unlocked and working fine with Meteor. Everytime I go to setup the Edge service, I input the details and it doesn’t save them and some time when I tab to put in the username and password it revert back to the first screen (one with all the icons)
Can you suggest a solutio for me, also I’d appreciate a step by step guide
January 18th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
Great Blog….
Vodafone / Edge
For those with vodafone edge settings are
apn : isp.vodafone.ie
user name : dublin
password : dublin
———
However… my problem comes with SwirlyMMS installed via installer.app from the community sources
I can not get the vodafone MMS (mmsc) settings to work. I have copied the exact details from my N95 over to it but still no luck.
So if anyone knows them please post here :)
January 19th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Hello i have an iphone and i Jailkbrakkeded it but it cant call can u fix pls (i live in adzerbadjan)
January 24th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
Hey dude nice work maybe you or any of your fans can help me, by using installer i insalled nes and real artist! woopi doo nice for 10min of fun but nah not for me,now tho they are both on my home screen an i cant get em off nor can i find the installer or the iworld buttons anywhere an im about to go $*&^$+ crazy an *^%* it out da window. please help dude
January 24th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
I ment to say im on 1.1.2 if that makes any difference. oh an what da christ is SSH ? I had down load it in the unlock process but not a clue what it is. I always thought APPLE was sposed to be user friendly for thickos like me its like ive done all the hard bits an now im stuck with somthing simple i bet and how typical is this on apple,s web site ders absoultly no help unless your on 1.1.3 where you have da luxery of twiggle, id twiggle yer man if i caught him. cheers dude
January 25th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
lol
January 30th, 2008 at 11:30 am
How-do Jason ?
Riddle me this - I’m trying to get my Iphone working on Meteor and I bought a stealth sim (in case you don’t know what it is here’s the link -http://stealthsim.com/product.htm ). When I put the sim in none of my contacts show and an 085 number shows as my number even though I kept my old 087 number when I changed networks. Any ideas how to get this workin ?
January 30th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
hi jason
do u really need a turbo sim to work an iphone in ireland with o2 or vodafone? wer do we get the turbo sim from??
thanks a lot. it would b of great help if u wud reply
justin
January 30th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
after u unlock an iphone can u still use safari web browser , youtube,maps n all that???
thnks
justin
February 7th, 2008 at 9:57 am
Hey,
My friend is on 02 Ireland and cant recieve sms (txt’s) on his iphone, the settings for Vodafone are isp.vodafone.ie username: vodafone password: vodafone does anyone know what these setting are for O2
February 15th, 2008 at 1:40 am
jason, you need to pay some attention to your site and answer our questions please and thanks
February 15th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Hey Jason, i had the same problem as jimmy a previous poster:
The phone app closes as soon as I (a)-dial ‘0?on the keypad,but will make calls from the contact menu.
The SMS app closes as soon as I open it-telling me,for instance,that I have 3 unread emails,but not allowing me to access them.
The main problem is that I can make calls(but only from my contacts list) but cant seem to receive from Irish phones.
But when i try to install iworld it says “Error-Package download failed” what do i do, thanks
February 16th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Hi Jason,
I am reading your sterling advise with great interest as I’ve just got a iPhone and am having some problems.
Its a USA model with 1.1.3 and was delivered unlocked,
not the chip cut and turbo sim thingie.
I can use it as a phone with Os Ire but have no luck when I try to connect to Safari. I get a ‘cannot connect the server’ message. I read and tried your above suggestion re EDGE> APN set to ‘internet’, Username set to ‘user’ and Password let blank but still not luck.
I’m also wondering what is the best way of getting my numbers and contact from my Nokia 6300 to the iPhone.
Any help would be greatly appreciate.
Thanks,
MikeL
February 20th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Hi Jason, I am having the same problem as Mikel, bought the phone in the U.S unlocked works as a phone with any irish network. Would like to connect to the internet using Meteor but am having no luck. Am not very computer literate any advice would be greatly received as I’m starting to pull my hair out! Thanks Sharon
March 13th, 2008 at 8:51 am
Hi Jason,
Love your Web site /Blog well done !!I have a question regarding music and movie downloads for I phone . Can anyone recommend a good site to download from as I think I tunes is a total (expensive) Rip off.
There are many sites on the web offering free downloads for a one off payment although I don’t know if its legal. I would appreciate any comments from anyone who have used any of these sites .
Regards
L.
March 13th, 2008 at 10:29 am
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March 19th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Hi Lawrence
one off payment sites only give you access to a torrent search engine and offer you software to convert video files, i made mistake of signing up its a pile of shite really bad download speeds dependent on number of people seeding file. Also they say they have applications too which is more bull they just tell u bookmark appsafari on your phone and then use applications online no good if your paying through the nose for data charges here. there all illegal if u ask me and if your gonna go down that route your better off with usenext or something similar where at least you can get really fast download speeds
March 20th, 2008 at 7:58 am
Paul,
Thank you for the information, I am sorry you got caught out . I was suspicous about these sites to say the least . At least you saved me getting suckered in !! (and hopefully many more who read this )
Thanks again
March 21st, 2008 at 5:17 pm
I just got edge working on O2 after reading your advice.Really want to thank you for your brilliant posts.
April 3rd, 2008 at 11:52 pm
Hi,
I just bought the new iphone 16gb,1.1.4 in the states and unlocked it using ziphone.Everything is working fine except when i hit locate me button in google maps it reads cuurent location cannot be determined?? Can anyone help with this?Thanks in advance. PS my brother got one also,using meteor prepay and his is working perfectly,locate me function and all !!!
April 8th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
hi jason, im from spain just bought an iphone from a spanish web site, received it unlocked and in spanish but i pressed update software in itunes. i know I SHOULDNT OF DONE IT.its erased the old software but wont download the new.so now i have an iphone with nothing on it,i turn it on and the picture of the usb cable and itune comes up.is there anyway of fixing it?? please help!! thank you.if you like you can send me an email.thank you.gazbajista@hotmail.com
April 8th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
sorry, no you in email just gazbajista@hotmail.com
April 9th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
hi jason! ive just bought an iphone from a spanish website, it came already unblocked in spanish, but i did something i wasnt supposed do,i tried to download the new version software in itunes and lost everything.it erased the software i had on the phone and didnt download the new version, so i have an iphone with nothing on it.not till after did i find a piece of paper in the box saying “dont try to download the new software in itunes or you terminal will block”.Do you know anyway of getting some software onto the phone and then unblocking it to put my spanish chip in it? if anyone can help me id appreciate it.thanks
April 9th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
Gary,
Press restore in iTunes. Run Ziphone - http://www.ziphone.org/ - once it has been restored.
April 9th, 2008 at 10:02 pm
Hi Jason!
I bought an iPhone. Unlock it for me please. I need it for this island i’m goin’ to.
God Loves You.
April 9th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
hi jason, have a problem, it won´t restore. when it gets to the end,just about to finish restoring it comes up ERROR.is it still possible? and if so i dont really know much about the iphone,so i wudnt know what im doing properly, i just dont want to bugger it up again.can u tell me exactly what i have to do? appreciate it.thanks again.gary
April 11th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
howye jason i got my aple fone in america i unblocked it on the web bu i can only put a 087 (vodafone) sim in it how do i get my 085(meteor) sim 2 work???
Tanx Claire xxxxxxx
p.s plz reply 2 my yahoo account
April 18th, 2008 at 10:58 am
Hi,
I think the problem with Meteor’s EDGE I’d that they use a proxy server (10.85.85.85:8799).
If you put that in SwirlyMMS, it works fine, but there’s no proxy settings for standard data. I’m gonna look into and I’ll report back if I figure it out
April 18th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
I got it sorted!
If you are on meteor, you need to call 1905 or email them and tell them your GPRS/EDGE isn’t working and that you need Meteor ISP enabled, then simply put in the following settings
APN: isp.mymeteor.ie
User: my
Password: meteor
And enjoy cheaper Internet on your iPhone (0.48c/kb instead of 2c/kb)
If they refuse to, call again and say you want to use your phone as a modem on your PC, it just depends on who you get through to really
May 12th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Hi im using iphone on 1.14 with vodafone ready to go sims card
and the edge is working perfectly using these settings
APN isp.vodafone.ie
username vodafone
password vodafone
hope this helps someone
June 11th, 2008 at 10:13 am
wondering if people are having a problem with contacts not being displayed properly on SMS. requires prefix 353 in front of 087 to show correctly.
is there a guide/tutorial to unlocking the iphone in ireland. im a poor student here but i’d love to get the iphone working. checking out price plans, want to get one with good data allowance. o2 is just a rip off at the moment.
July 8th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
hi there, I got an iphone from America, got it unlocked and am on the O2 network, the Edge was working for a few weeks but stopped a few days ago. Any suggestions please? Thanks.
Emma