how do i get started on i phone

savinglikemad

Hi my son has on contract an I phone 3, he is short of money so I have brought phone off him, He has just had it repaired as slide function did not work. He is O2 so am I. I have put my sim in and all that happens is a picture shows of a connection lead and I tunes on a disc shows,. i have tried to down load I tunes to my lap top but it seems to stop at 16 mins more to down load. My lap top is on a dongle so not sure if that is problem. What am I doing wrong.

althas

itunes is a large file, to be wary of exceeding your download limit

But essentially you are doing the correct thing. You need to "unlock" the iphone with itunes to get it working. Try itunes again, or if someone you know has a better connection, ask them to download it to a USB memory stick for you, and install it off there

xyz123

althas wrote: »

You need to "unlock" the iphone with itunes to get it working.

why? original user was on O2 and so is OP.

althas

you need the phone registered to the itunes software. If a restore is/has been done, this will wipe the registration off the device

This is show as needed to be done as the OP said they just have the disc/usb picture on the screen

But sorry, I may have been a little ambiguous with the "unlock" phrase. I did not mean unlock the phone so it is usable by another carrier, as I suspect you think I did

timbo58

I thought that iphones had to have iphone specific sims- even if it's the same provider?

jayme1

timbo58 wrote: »

I thought that iphones had to have iphone specific sims- even if it's the same provider?

only in the US, in the UK you can use the phone how you like.

and to above you mean 'activate with itunes' not unlock

savinglikemad

thanks will try it on others sons computer, and report back

John_Gray

savinglikemad wrote: »

how do i get started on i phone

Don't get me started about iPhone... :rotfl: