My iphone4 says its cinnected to 3g but when i use safari it says "could not activate mobile data network". Any ideas please?

my iphone4 says its cinnected to 3g but when i use safari it says "could not activate mobile data network". Any ideas please?

Further, if you are not in your home cellular carrier's area, you need to set Settings > General > Cellular > Data Roaming = "On".

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    In the top left hand corner it says '3G', however if I try anything related to the internet (Safari, Twitter etc.) a message will appear reading 'Could not activate mobile data network'. This is very inconvenient for me. All internet related activities work fine when connected to a wi-fi network.
    Is this a problem with all unlocked phones? Is there a solution to this? Or am I simply unable to use the internet without wi-fi on this model?
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    Where did you purchase it from?  There are lots of iPhones sold as "unlocked" which are carrier locked phones that were hacked and are not officially unlocked.  These phones are subject to re-locking to the original carrier, particularly when updated.

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    While both methods are simple, so to speak, we think you must start by trying out the first method. This is just resetting the iPhone’s data networks so that it auto-configures to suit the changes in the iPhone cellular data network availability.
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    restart the phone...
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