IPhone 4 is Weird, is it because it's from China???
Hi,
I have an factory unlocked iPhone 4, which I received as a gift from my father who bought it to me from China. Currently I use it in the UK, but I cannot set the default search engine to google.co.uk. Instead it searches using google.cn which doesn't even appear to exist.
Furthermore, once I reset my iPhone, I see iTunes app in my iPhone but as soon as I connect my phone to iTunes in my computer, the iTunes app dissappears.
I'm not Chinese and I have never even been to China. Is there anyway I can correct these problems? I'd like to use my iPhone as anyone else in UK would. Thought iOS 5.1 update would fix things but it only added the Voice Memos app which was even missing before. I've not jail broken or anything, but is that the only way to go?
Thanks in advanced.
Cheers!
Yep. The Chinese government requires Apple (and other vendors of smartphones) to put hardware restrictions on the web sites the iPhone can access as well as other limitations. There's no way around these limitations. So you may wish to sell the iPhone to someone in China and buy one there in the UK, or at least in a country that doesn't have such draconian laws on Internet access.
I don't know about the iTunes app and if that's included in the block; check the Restrictions in the General preferences and see if it's turned off there.
Regards.
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