Activating your original iPhone in Ireland

  • Last Modified: 11 July, 2008
  • Article: HT1870

Summary

This document is for activating your original iPhone with O2 in Ireland. For information about activating iPhone 3G see this document

Click the appropriate link below if you are activating your original iPhone in another location:

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Products Affected

131510, PP221

What You Need to Get Started

To activate and use original iPhone in Ireland, you need:

  • An active O2-IRL SIM (iPhone tariff recommended)
  • An Internet connection
  • An existing Ireland iTunes Store account or a new Ireland iTunes Store account, or you can opt out and provide just an email address.
  • iTunes 7.5 or later, available at www.itunes.com. Apple recommends using the latest version.
  • A Mac or a PC with a USB 2.0 port and one of the following operating systems:
    • Mac OS X version 10.4.10 or later
    • Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 2 or later (32-bit only)
    • Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, or Ultimate edition

Before activating

  • Tariffs and coverage areas:

    For a basic understanding of O2 tariffs in general, click here.

    To use the O2 Coverage Viewer, click here and enter your location to see coverage in your area.

    If you have a question about O2's network or tariffs for iPhone, contact O2.

    For any other question about iPhone, contact Apple.

  • For additional information, see: www.o2.ie/iphone

Activating original iPhone

To start using your original iPhone, insert your active O2-IRL SIM in iPhone and then connect to iTunes to activate iPhone.

Please make sure to check the email address that you provided during "Activating your iPhone" in iTunes. Apple or O2 may need to contact you for additional information.

If you experience an unexpected issue, check to make sure your computer's time and date are set correctly, and then try again.

Some O2 web sites linked from "Activating your iPhone" may require you to accept all cookies in your web browser in order to function correctly. See "Managing cookies" for additional information about managing cookies in Safari. For other web browsers, search the browser help.

Activate original iPhone

  1. Download and install the latest version of iTunes from www.itunes.com.
  2. Connect original iPhone to a USB 2.0 port on your Mac or PC (not on the keyboard) using the included dock and cable. iTunes opens automatically.
  3. Follow the onscreen instructions in iTunes to activate iPhone and sync your contacts, calendars, music, photos, podcasts, videos, email accounts, and web bookmarks.

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