Hi Stephen, I believe that the mobile phone service providers, Telstra, Vodafone etc., have one additional annoying block to competition. Namely, most phones that come out of a contract are locked to a single carrier. So if your contract was with Telstra, for instance, you phone will only accept Telstra SIMS. This is not always the case if you bought the phone outright, but it is the case in the majority of phone post-pay contracts for a new phone.
You can remove the lock by phoning your service provider and asking them to remove it. Sometimes this is a free service but sometimes there is also a fee involved. Sorry to be so vague, but as you are aware, condition on contracts vary greatly and change quickly as well. A phone call to your service provider will tell you what you need to know. Cheers, Carlo On 2011-02-06, at 22:13, Stephen Chape wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I am thinking of moving on from my iPhone 3 to an iPhone 4. > If I pass on my iPhone 3 to my step-daughter, is it as simple as putting her > Sim Card in it ? > Or does the old phone need registering to a new user in some way ? > > Regards, > Stephen Chape > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
