Stupid Apple Shop gave me locked replacment?...
Hi,
I had an iPhone 4 and I broke the screen, I took it into the store and they said they would repair it for me. They rang me a few days later and said it was beyond repair, and that they were going to replace it?. I picked up my new phone which had all the protective plastic on but no box, just the phone. I plugged it into iTunes and put my Vodafone micro-sim in and it says 'The SIM card inserted in this iPhone does not appear to be supported.' . Now I thought it may be my sim so i tried my mums, same problem so i'm thinking they've give me an iPhone 4 locked to a different network?.
What can I do as I am off on holiday tomorrow to Florida and I really needed my phone?...
Thank you,
Danny
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