Problem activating iPhone 4 on new network.

Hello, I have received an iPhone 4 from a friend who has recently upgraded, he is on vodafone and I am on Giffgaff both in the UK.
He has been in touch and been granted a factory unlock from his network for me, although when he originally retired the handset he did a full "as new" restore through iTunes. I cannot activate the phone with my sim as it's not the original carrier but therefore also cannot get beyond the activation of the handset in order to "apply" the factory unlock through iTunes.
Is there anyway around this problem or will I have to borrow/acquire a Vodafone sim to firstly activate and then update through iTunes? Or am I getting the wrong end of the stick altogether? Help much appreciated!

Serena.Williams wrote:
Is there anyway around this problem or will I have to borrow/acquire a Vodafone sim to firstly activate and then update through iTunes?
There is no way around. SIM is required for activation and not for a Restore. (Once unlock is approved, then only after restore, with any SIM inserted in, it can be activated. So long it is locked, you always need Vodafone SIM.)
Hope it answers.

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