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iPhone 4S does work on Virgin Mobile UK
I decided I wanted an iPhone 4S with virgin mobile in the UK (my current provider) so bought an unlocked iPhone. Since I have Virgin media at home it's one of the best sim only deals for a combination of minutes and web. (Also now you can use Orange reception has improved greatly)
I cut my sim to micro size (hint get a free micro sim from somewhere like giffgaff as a guide)
1st time I cut it with scissors but it is more accurate to use a good sharp kitchen knife on a chopping board, line it up and hit down on the knife with something like a rolling pin (not too hard) and it slices through the sim (test it on an old or free sim 1st if you are unsure)
Here’s the bit that’s important: Sims come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. The original Virgin sim I had was several years old and the gold metal bit was about 11mm wide and (sort of) had 5 columns of different sections. My iPhone worked (including Wi-Fi) but the mobile internet didn't.
I'd heard that sims had changed and rang Virgin to ask for a new sim. The guy told me it definitely would Not work and charged me £5 for a new sim but sent it (several days later the new sim arrived (unfortunately the old one stops working when they dispatch it). I later rang cancellations and got my £5 refunded.
On this new Sim the gold metal part is only about 9mm wide and (sort of) has 3 columns. I chopped this down to size and now everything works including my voicemail.
I wish Virgin would give correct info to their staff
Ps. To Sync with iTunes I had to turn off my Zone alarm
I cut my sim to micro size (hint get a free micro sim from somewhere like giffgaff as a guide)
1st time I cut it with scissors but it is more accurate to use a good sharp kitchen knife on a chopping board, line it up and hit down on the knife with something like a rolling pin (not too hard) and it slices through the sim (test it on an old or free sim 1st if you are unsure)
Here’s the bit that’s important: Sims come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. The original Virgin sim I had was several years old and the gold metal bit was about 11mm wide and (sort of) had 5 columns of different sections. My iPhone worked (including Wi-Fi) but the mobile internet didn't.
I'd heard that sims had changed and rang Virgin to ask for a new sim. The guy told me it definitely would Not work and charged me £5 for a new sim but sent it (several days later the new sim arrived (unfortunately the old one stops working when they dispatch it). I later rang cancellations and got my £5 refunded.
On this new Sim the gold metal part is only about 9mm wide and (sort of) has 3 columns. I chopped this down to size and now everything works including my voicemail.
I wish Virgin would give correct info to their staff
Ps. To Sync with iTunes I had to turn off my Zone alarm
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It uses T-mobiles APN settings, the same way Talk mobile uses Vodafones.0
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Thanks Toe-jam but your post doesn't actually help.
It is not possible to change the settings on an iPhone with a Virgin sim0 -
Nice to see you are wasting people's time cutting a micro sim on giffgaff & posting it to you so you can use it as a guide then bin it.0
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