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NateEssex

macrumors 6502
Original poster
Aug 30, 2008
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I'm going international with iPhone4 GSM from the US. Can I buy a prepaid sim card in another country and just pop it into my iPhone?

Thanks!
 

ckc

macrumors regular
Nov 13, 2010
108
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Not unless your phone is unlocked and if you bought you phone in the USA it will only be unlocked if you have jailbroken it and the applied an unlock.
 

IrishVixen

macrumors 68020
Jun 20, 2010
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Not unless your phone is unlocked and if you bought you phone in the USA it will only be unlocked if you have jailbroken it and the applied an unlock.

This only works if your ip4 has baseband 1.59. If it does, install ultrasn0w to unlock it.

Otherwise, your only option is the Gevey turbosim, which may or may not be legal to use depending on where you're going, and may not work with all prepaid sims according to some posts on this forum.
 
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