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[ronwi]

I wonder where the "order" to send the SMS originates? I would have a hard time believing that the phone issues the order, given that Iphones are sold around the world and I doubt that an Iphone in the US for example would send an SMS to the UK. Was the Iphone in question originally locked to Vodafone?

BTW, I have a Toggle nano SIM - it was a regular one that I cut down to size using a SIM cutter and it works fine.

Originally Posted by NFH

There is likewise an annoying process on iPhones when you switch SIM cards. The iPhone sends a chargeable SMS to +44 7786 205094 and/or +44 7537 4102X1. These numbers are Apple's iMessage and FaceTime activation servers hosted by Vodafone UK. Presumably this happens on the iPhone every time you change IMSI; it certainly happens with an Orange UK SIM card when switching between lines on Enhanced Line 2. As Toggle have yet to issue nano-SIMs, I haven't been able to test this yet on my iPhone 5.

[NFH]

Originally Posted by ronwi

I wonder where the "order" to send the SMS originates? I would have a hard time believing that the phone issues the order, given that Iphones are sold around the world and I doubt that an Iphone in the US for example would send an SMS to the UK. Was the Iphone in question originally locked to Vodafone?

The iPhone gives the order to send the SMS. It displays a warning the first time a SIM is inserted but doesn't do so on subsequent insertions of the same SIM. It is puzzling that the iPhone can remember a previously used SIM card with regard to the warning message but still needs to send the text to verify the SIM's phone number when it has already done so for the same SIM in the past.

All iPhones send SMS to these Vodafone UK numbers, irrespective of who supplied the iPhone or SIM card. If you look around various forums, you will see complaints about this from many countries. There are rarely complaints from UK users because most UK users have inclusive SMS to other UK mobile numbers; the problem affects UK users only when roaming. Many (but not all) iPhone supported carriers suppress the charges for SMS to these numbers. I also believe that a US number has been introduced to run in parallel with the Vodafone UK numbers, although the iPhone's criteria for its selection are not clear.