I've just bought a 16gb 3g iphone from lowyat plaza. The salesman said that its officially unlocked from singtell. Went home, checked the model number, it's MB496T (Italy?) instead of the ZA/A used for Singaporean iPhones. Is my iPhone officially unlocked or have I been conned?

Anyways, I tried syncing it to my itunes, but this message popped up:
An iPhone has been detected, but it could not be identified properly. Please disconnect and reconnect the iPhone, then try again.

As many times as I tried reconnecting it, the same message popped up.

Help, anyone?
Thanks.

Yeah.....you have been cheated by the seller itself. Most probably , you are getting a locked set.

Bro, Sorry.. I think u've been conned.. Singapore set should be come with ZA/A model number..

How much get yours? Try go back to the shop and ask for refund.. If not report it to Consumer Tribunal..

Got it for 3.2k. together with loads of apps that they put in. So the message is typical for locked sets?

how much u bought it?

OMG! They selling Locked Unit for freaking RM3.2k?
-If your Unit is Official unlock, just plug it in iTunes and it will unlock by itself.. no need to do nething.

may i know which shop u buy from? is it the shop near the escalator one?

try fit in malaysia sim card.....n see what d iphone 3G show...

Well, they SAID that it was an officially unlocked unit from Singapore. Since most units I see here are priced around 3k, I thought it was quite a deal since they didn't charge the usual 2% extra credit card charge.

@beavis: I've already inserted my maxis card. I can use it normally, made calls, sent SMSes.

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Added on November 23, 2008, 10:46 pm@malayneum: No, between the samsung and sony ericsson shops, there is like, a place where there are lots of booths. Bought it at one of the booths there. I'm at campus right now, my receipt is at home, can't check the company name.

This post has been edited by crescence: Nov 23 2008, 10:46 PM

where are you right now mate?

maybe is locked set by using simfree?

@nokia2003: I'm in campus in Semenyih.

This post has been edited by crescence: Nov 23 2008, 10:49 PM

negative. italy belongs to the officially unlocked group.

if maxis sim card can be use..then this unit is already unlocked lor........did u stick any sim unlocker to your sim card?



to check whether it is officially unlock.....u can try restrore your iphone......then in itune it will inform u whether your iphone is officially unlocked or locked...

that method is slightly outdated and old fashioned. look out for my thread to understand further.

@beavis68: They put my simcard in themselves, but i took out my sim, and there are no attachments to it.

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Added on November 23, 2008, 10:54 pm@nokia2003: Read through the thread, but I still do not know how to check that my iPhone is oficially unlocked.

This post has been edited by crescence: Nov 23 2008, 10:54 PM

irregardless if ur set from italy or singapore..

as long its unlock then should be okay

The salesman said that its officially unlocked from singtel. And now Italy?

p/s: Sincere Salesman eh?

This post has been edited by V3000: Nov 23 2008, 10:56 PM

ha ha. Nottingham? if you are around in my area, i don't mind having a look at it.

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Added on November 23, 2008, 10:56 pmi'm having my holidays now; bored stiff!

This post has been edited by nokia2003: Nov 23 2008, 10:56 PM

@nokia2003: Hahahaha yup. Nottingham. TTDI? Might think about it. Anyways, no way to find out through the information I gave?