Officially unlocked iPhone sends MMS messages by itself to ex-operator

[rikesh]

In the UK, had my O2 iPhone officially unlocked by them. iTunes showed the message 'congratulations your iPhone is unlocked' so it went through ok.

When I first had the phone unlocked I ported my number over to Vodafone. Everything works great - but looking at the online billing I found a charge for an MMS sent to '1010'. I recognised this as the O2 MMS number used to set up a new phone with picture messaging.

Now I don't really use MMS so I just disabled it to prevent further messages being sent. Recently, I updated the iPhone firmware to 3.1.3 with a clean install. All my settings were lost so MMS was back on by default.

Predictably, another message was sent from my number to '1010'. I was of course charged for it.

This is really starting to get on my nerves. It is a legally unlocked iPhone and yet here it is sending messages by itself. Any tips?

 

[pcs are junk]

is your contract over with o2?

 

[ouimetnick]

is your contract over with o2?

Contract shouldn't matter. If he has an Vodafone sim card, and his number is on Vodafone, I really can't answer.

 

[rikesh]

It wasn't even on contract, it was on pay as you go.

I know O2 never actually delete ex-customer accounts, they simply 'deactivate' them. I might write a letter requesting they delete my account to see if this helps.

But I am quite certain the problem is phone-specific rather than either networks' fault.