
on 21-09-2014 20:32
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on 21-09-2014 20:32
I have a new iphone 6 - sim free bought direct from apple.
I am on a 12 month sim only deal with O2.
I had to do a sim swop yesterday in the O2 shop as my last phone was a 4s. I'm out of contract on that phone. Never had a problem with the 3G service on it.
I waited 24 hours for the sim swop to go through and had no service - I tried the text service and it went through straight away. However my phone still says 3G. I've toggled 4g on and off.
I've done a full restore of the phone. Nothing
I've taken out the sim, cleaned it. Nothing
I'm at my wits end with it now.
I'm on O2 12m ultd 5GB 4G
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on 21-09-2014 21:25
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on 21-09-2014 21:25
Please select the post that helped you best and mark as the solution. This helps other members in resolving their issues faster. Thank you.
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on 21-09-2014 20:34
First question, are you in a 4G area?

on 21-09-2014 20:34
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on 21-09-2014 20:34
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21-09-2014 20:35 - edited 21-09-2014 20:36
I did the postcode check as well and have full 4g coverage in my area.
Tarrif >I'm on O2 12m ultd 5GB 4G
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21-09-2014 20:36 - edited 21-09-2014 20:39
Try Settings -General- Reset - Reset Network Settings.
Are you able to try your sim in another 4g compatible phone as a process of elimination.
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21-09-2014 20:41 - edited 21-09-2014 20:42
Customer services could not help me, said they didn't know what the problem was.
Sorry I don't have any way of checking the phone I only have a 4s on a micro sim 😞
Service status in my area just checked and it's running fine. No issues.
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21-09-2014 20:42 - edited 21-09-2014 20:45
https://www.apple.com/uk/retail/geniusbar/
You can get sim adapters free from any O2 shop to make your nano sim into a micro sim but the 4s won't run 4G anyway. 😞
It may be worth possibly carrying out another sim swap if the phone checks out ok ?
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on 21-09-2014 20:46
In the meantime I'm stuck with a 4s that has no service on it and a 6 that has no mobile data on it.
I had a message a few mins ago when I tried email and it said 'could not activate mobile data network' you are not subscribed to a mobile data service
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21-09-2014 20:47 - edited 21-09-2014 20:51
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on 21-09-2014 20:50
It's working great over wifi
Top of the phone gives me signal strength and O2-uk 3G
I've had no problems moving my backup of the 4s over to the 6 - all my music and photos and apps are there

