Iphone sms issues in UAE

richywendy · 25th November 2007, 13:20

HI all,

Got it from Dubai Mall of emirates , However

BUt and its a biggy.

I have UAE sim prepaid. it sends sms fine but i do not receive any that people here in UAE say they are sending me.

Anyone got a fix for this.
if so happy if you post here or be kind toAdmin: send me pm (even though i am in Dubai).

gaurang · 30th November 2007, 12:19

richard, send yourself a message with the full international dialing code and see if you receive it. if you can send messages you can most definitely receive them.

send using the format:

For ETISALAT +97150 XXXXXXX
For du +97155 XXXXXXX

If it does receive you're golden...

fangpyre · 4th December 2007, 13:20

richywendy,
Did you get this solved?

My friend gave me his phone to fix and it has the same problem.
I was told to use bbupdater, but I never got around to doing it.

Appleholic · 4th December 2007, 13:47

i couple of my friends got the same problem... it seems like the place they boughted from did not unlock the iPhone properly... all i did was deverganize the iPhone and made it look like it was never unlocked and then updated it to firmware 1.1.1 and unlocked it and it worked like a charm...

follow those steps and u will be a happy iPhone user

.. how u ask? simple, google these steps and u will find ur answer my friend

fangpyre · 12th December 2007, 16:23

I tried to bbupdate, but it didn't work.
I will try to update it to 1.1.1 as per Appleholic's recommendation.

I was considering that before I read your post.
But I was reluctant to go ahead with it.

Appleholic · 13th December 2007, 14:39

okay, i got Arabic sms to work now.. i figuered out what my little problem was... its working now..

as for the iPhone update... fangpyre, i have good news.. updateing the iPhone just got easier and easier... let me give u a hint...

in AppInstaller on ur iPhone... go to sources and add this source... " http://i.unlock.no" when u do that and u refresh ur sources u can go to the iNSTALL area and u will find a new category called "Unlock Tools" they have everything u need from virginizing ur firmware to updating to the latest iPhone version... enjoy... just go to there site and read there instruction just to be extra careful

P.S when u add this source and have that new category all the softwares u see in-front of u, are sooooo amazing that u can viginize ur iPhone automatically without having to lay ur hands on terminal in ur mac... so other than plugging ur iphone to itunes to update the software u will not have to use ur computer anymore.. these software will help u with everything u need for ur update

Magnus · 13th December 2007, 17:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by Appleholic

okay, i got Arabic sms to work now.. i figuered out what my little problem was... its working now..

as for the iPhone update... fangpyre, i have good news.. updateing the iPhone just got easier and easier... let me give u a hint...

Hmm... let it stop at giving a hint, not giving the whole answer

Appleholic · 13th December 2007, 17:39

hahahah... oppsss... was that a little too much? saaaawy :P singing.. "pleeeaaase forgive meeeee..."

richywendy · 16th December 2007, 19:28

hi all ,

sorted.

trawl google and you will find a few sites relating to this issue, seems the phone was only partially unlocked.

I found helpfull info at Unlock the iPhone - the simple tutorial!

Of course you make your own judgement call as did I and its up to you.

cheers richard

25th November 2007, 13:20	#1 (permalink)
richywendy Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Dubai Posts: 3	Iphone sms issues in UAE HI all, Got it from Dubai Mall of emirates , However BUt and its a biggy. I have UAE sim prepaid. it sends sms fine but i do not receive any that people here in UAE say they are sending me. Anyone got a fix for this. if so happy if you post here or be kind toAdmin: send me pm (even though i am in Dubai). Last edited by Magnus : 25th November 2007 at 17:08.

13th December 2007, 14:39	#6 (permalink)
Appleholic Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 1,406	okay, i got Arabic sms to work now.. i figuered out what my little problem was... its working now.. as for the iPhone update... fangpyre, i have good news.. updateing the iPhone just got easier and easier... let me give u a hint... in AppInstaller on ur iPhone... go to sources and add this source... " http://i.unlock.no" when u do that and u refresh ur sources u can go to the iNSTALL area and u will find a new category called "Unlock Tools" they have everything u need from virginizing ur firmware to updating to the latest iPhone version... enjoy... just go to there site and read there instruction just to be extra careful P.S when u add this source and have that new category all the softwares u see in-front of u, are sooooo amazing that u can viginize ur iPhone automatically without having to lay ur hands on terminal in ur mac... so other than plugging ur iphone to itunes to update the software u will not have to use ur computer anymore.. these software will help u with everything u need for ur update Last edited by Appleholic : 13th December 2007 at 14:42.

16th December 2007, 19:28	#9 (permalink)
richywendy Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Dubai Posts: 3	sms issues hi all , sorted. trawl google and you will find a few sites relating to this issue, seems the phone was only partially unlocked. I found helpfull info at Unlock the iPhone - the simple tutorial! Of course you make your own judgement call as did I and its up to you. cheers richard

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30th November 2007, 12:19	#2 (permalink)
gaurang Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Dubai Posts: 55	richard, send yourself a message with the full international dialing code and see if you receive it. if you can send messages you can most definitely receive them. send using the format: For ETISALAT +97150 XXXXXXX For du +97155 XXXXXXX If it does receive you're golden...

4th December 2007, 13:20	#3 (permalink)
fangpyre Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Dubai Posts: 1,416	richywendy, Did you get this solved? My friend gave me his phone to fix and it has the same problem. I was told to use bbupdater, but I never got around to doing it.

4th December 2007, 13:47	#4 (permalink)
Appleholic Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 1,406	i couple of my friends got the same problem... it seems like the place they boughted from did not unlock the iPhone properly... all i did was deverganize the iPhone and made it look like it was never unlocked and then updated it to firmware 1.1.1 and unlocked it and it worked like a charm... follow those steps and u will be a happy iPhone user .. how u ask? simple, google these steps and u will find ur answer my friend

12th December 2007, 16:23	#5 (permalink)
fangpyre Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Dubai Posts: 1,416	I tried to bbupdate, but it didn't work. I will try to update it to 1.1.1 as per Appleholic's recommendation. I was considering that before I read your post. But I was reluctant to go ahead with it.

13th December 2007, 17:39	#8 (permalink)
Appleholic Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 1,406	hahahah... oppsss... was that a little too much? saaaawy :P singing.. "pleeeaaase forgive meeeee..."