Q: UK iPhone in Australia

1.If purchased direct from Apple Retail store ( no one else in UK sells unlocked iPhones but NO-ONE)

2. if you use an Apple Approved carrier

see  http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1937

Then Yes

If both are using the GSM norm, yes. Normally they do, but I can't say for all carriers.

Most of the countries sell simlocked iphones, unless you want to pay full price (but then, Apple store for most of them).

And to my knowledge (which may be wrong as in Belgium, it's forbidden by law to simlock a phone), the phone is already simlocked before you put your simcard in, as according to many messages on these boards, you need the original carrier simcard to activate the phone.

Unfortunately you are wrong I suggest you read the forum to understand reality

The Apple online store sells unlocked iPhones.

iPhones are locked to a Carrier where the carrier has subsidised the purchase price of the iPhone

Every country is different and it may be illegal in some countries however the OP was SPECIFICALLY refering to the UK so please do not complicate the response with irelevant generalities

No see my post above an unlocked iPhone is an unlocked iPhone for ever  but only Apple sell them in the UK that way

Retail stores (and as ToneFox points out Apple UK online but you have to be a UK resident to buy from them )

That's a tricky one I don't think anyone would know apart from the Insurance company

Are they linked to the 3 iPhone contract or is it separate insurance .

You have some kind of extended warranty ? if so and it is linked to 3  ?

Apple provide a replacement refurb unit for a fixed price so I imagine Insurance Co would use that (£119 up to the iP4 )

I can only think that if you get the  3 iPhone unlocked by 3 legitimately and then do what ever you do with ins at that point have an unlocked iPhone and should be able to get a replacement unlocked

I am assuming you are in the UK

I was on O2 in the uk and they unlocked my phone before i came over to australia for free.

all was going well when i got here got a new vodafone pre pay micro sim, calls and txt work and i have a 3g signal but when i go to safari it wont connect to the internet. i get a message saying cannot open page cannot connet to server.

when i go to settings>>network>>

there is no cellular data network settings

what can i do to get the internet working on my phone??

Thanks

You will need the APN settings from Vodafone for their network

Easiest way is go to a Vodafone store and ask them to enter the relevant info

or use their website to obtain the detail

I asume the prepay has provision for Data you don't mention it

Yeah it's the $30 cap $450 worth of credit and 500mb data

problem is as i said  when i go to settings>>network>>

there is no cellular data network settings that would allow me to enter the APN setting manually.

The APN is live.vodafone.com

Go to a Vodafone store and ask them to set up the data as you are their customer