Anyone got an apple iphone to work in Australia yet? - GoFuckYourself.com

Juicy George · 07-12-2007, 09:11 PM

So i've got this iPhone sitting here and it'd be great to use it, but i'm in Australia and they're not released here until next year... Does anyone know how to get it working here?

wdforty · 07-12-2007, 09:44 PM

hope you didn't pay for it

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As of this moment, the iPhone won’t work in Australia without having been previouly purchased, registered and have an existing AT&T acount in the good old US of A. This is because of the iPhone being locked to AT&T, so the only way to use it in Aus is to pay extortionate fee’s to AT&T, and reularly returning to the US.

http://iphoneae.com/?page_id=3

The Other Steve · 07-12-2007, 11:22 PM

It's not supported by any of the local phone companies and no American one would want to take you on because you'd spend too much time out their area and it would cost them money to have you.

Juicy George · 07-13-2007, 05:21 AM

Craptastic! Guess they won't be this months prize for another company of ours..

drjones · 07-13-2007, 06:20 AM

There is a hack to activate the phone, but no one has figured out how to unlock the sim card yet, so that you can use a non-ATT sim. It probably wont be too much longer, though.

But you can at least use wi-fi and ipod capabilities and all that, with the activation hack.

Google for "iPhone activate hack" and you should find it.

07-12-2007, 09:11 PM	#1
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The Other Steve Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Sunny Queensland - perfect one day and better the next. Posts: 2,106	It's not supported by any of the local phone companies and no American one would want to take you on because you'd spend too much time out their area and it would cost them money to have you. __________________ Left intentionally blank ... just like my brain

07-13-2007, 05:21 AM	#4
Juicy George Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Aussie Posts: 289	Craptastic! Guess they won't be this months prize for another company of ours.. __________________ MSN - [email protected] Yahoo - [email protected] AIM - juicygeorgy ICQ -392086396

07-13-2007, 06:20 AM	#5
drjones Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 908	There is a hack to activate the phone, but no one has figured out how to unlock the sim card yet, so that you can use a non-ATT sim. It probably wont be too much longer, though. But you can at least use wi-fi and ipod capabilities and all that, with the activation hack. Google for "iPhone activate hack" and you should find it. __________________ ICQ: 284903372