HT201328 I want to activate mu unlocked iPhone 3gs with Comcel in Colombia. Do I need a Comcel SIM when I do the restore
I receive an AT&T unlock for my iPhone 3GS. I did the restore on iTunes and was greeted with the message "congratulations! your iPhone has been unlocked." I want to ues the iPhone in Colombia with Comcel. When I did the restore there was an AT&T sim in the phone. When I put the Comcel sim in the phone will it activate on the Comcel network? Or . . will I have to resre it again with the Comcel SIM in the phone?
Are you saying if I did the restore using an AT&T sim, which is what I have done, and the unlock was succesful, all I need to do is remove the AT&T sim and put in the Claro sim and the phone will activate for that Carrier?
Or will I have to do another restore using the Claro sim?
Thanks,
Monty
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