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    Default Iphone 3g from egypt - No service.

    Hi guys

    A mate's just given me a 3G, that one of his mates got from egypt. I checked the serial with apple and it's a legit phone. It's been jailbroken (it has cydia), but it won't connect to a carrier - it says no service. I haven't got a USB lead with me today. It's on v3.0. I've tried an O2 and orange sim in it.

    When i go into About > Network > it says not available and sim not provisioned.

    Modem firmware is 04.26.08

    Can it be used in the UK? Is it a case of just unlocking? I guess this has been tried without any luck, hence why he's asked me to look at it.

    Any thoughts?

    EDIT: i've just updated Cydia and ultrasnow to 1.1.1, and after re-booting it get the following message "Restricted Network, Your selected cellular network is restricted. You can choose a different network in settings".

    However i'm now thinking this guy may have not got an o2 iphone sim in it? Left my phone at home so can't check.

    mml
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    Default Re: Iphone 3g from egypt - No service.

    Does anyone have a link to check whether an imei has been blocked?

    Maybe the phone has been reported lost or stolen?
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    Default Re: Iphone 3g from egypt - No service.

    checkmend i for uk supplied handsets that have been reported in the UK, in theory if its an eygptian handset then it should work in the UK even if reported.

    if you check on the apple warranty entering the imei does it come up as in warranty ?

    also model code can also tell you country of origin

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    Default Re: Iphone 3g from egypt - No service.

    Thanks mobileman.

    i've checked serial and it's out of warranty. Don't think you can check imei on apple any more.
    Just looked at checkmend, but at £1.99 he can pay for that if he wants to.

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