France: SFR: prepaid offer internet for Iphone - can it be used on other phones?

sukaitsharma23 · 16-09-2009, 17:25

I had the same problem as Ivanlyon. I bought the 24EU top up only to have the internet not work! Even worse SFR would not refund the top up card for me, even though they admitted it was their fault. Their rationalle for the internet not working was that my iPhone was from Canada. I have it jailbroken, and was using data from UK providers so I think that excuse is wrong. I have a feeling it has something to do with the settings...any help!!!!!

yulm6 · **Works for me -** 27-09-2009, 15:28

I have a Rogers 3GS 3.0, jailbroken (redsn0w) and unlocked (ultrasn0w) and an SFR prepaid SIM. I purchased the 24euro data offer from the SFR website, and it works perfectly. All the settings were loaded automatically, I just enabled 3g on my iphone.

Ivanlyon · **ivanlyon -** 20-11-2009, 12:01

More problems with these SFR La Carte Iphone top-ups...
I tried again with the 3 eur (internet for 1 day) top-up and it worked fine. Then I bought the 24 eur one and again it worked perfectly. When it expired I went again for the 24 eur top-up and it worked fine for about 10 days and then suddenly one day the internet stopped working. The error message I get when I try to open a website is something along the lines of... "Safari could not open the webpage because the server stopped responding"
I'll probably keep trying because I have no choice but if you have other options don't bother with these top-ups. They're unreliable and very very annoying!

topsipos · **My experience with with SFR and Orange -** 01-08-2010, 12:18

Hi,
I was in paris for 10 days and I asked a local friend of mine to purchase me two sim cards.
1. prepaid Orange
2. prepaid SFR with iphone package.
i have an Iphone 3gs with ios4 unlocked (not jailbreak)

the orange sim card worked right away but the price for internet was very high.
I had 5 euros credit on the phone and after 1 minutes of use i had 3 euros.
the SFR never worked for me.
I went to two different places and they didn't manage to activate it.
At the end I gave up and use the SFR to receive calls.
Also I used then service to place calls with call back services.
The call back service was blocked with the orange sim.

spdickey · 07-03-2010, 00:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by sukaitsharma23

I have it jailbroken, and was using data from UK providers so I think that excuse is wrong. I have a feeling it has something to do with the settings...any help!!!!!

You must change your data settings in the iPhone to the following, or it won't work with SFR

Operator: - SFR
GPRS APN: - websfr
Username: - {blank}
Password: - {blank}
DNS: - 172.20.2.10, 194.6.128.4

AT&T iPhones phones restricts you from changing it manually. You cam go to unlockit.co.nz for instructions.

MustBNuts · 11-03-2010, 05:19

I have an AT&T phone so the settings are hidden, anyone know where I can get the file for websfr?

Thanks in advance.

MBN

PS: unlockit.co.nz only has the sl2sfr

spdickey · 12-03-2010, 02:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by MustBNuts

I have an AT&T phone so the settings are hidden, anyone know where I can get the file for websfr?

Thanks in advance.

MBN

PS: unlockit.co.nz only has the sl2sfr

Go to unlockit.co.nz on your iPhone Safari, Custom APN, and enter what I listed above. You can manually edit the APN, just tap on it.

MustBNuts · 12-03-2010, 07:00

spdickey, thanks a million! I didn't even realize that it was editable...

Man, this really addresses my last remaining concern about using my iPhone over there (I leave in two weeks).

Your reply is VERY MUCH appreciated!

MBN

bukzin · 27-03-2010, 19:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by MustBNuts

spdickey, thanks a million! I didn't even realize that it was editable...

Man, this really addresses my last remaining concern about using my iPhone over there (I leave in two weeks).

Your reply is VERY MUCH appreciated!

MBN

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So, are you in France?

Did the data work at that SIM card?

Is your iphone unlocked?

Thanks!

MustBNuts · 28-03-2010, 17:24

I got here on Friday and have been trying to get this thing working for internet since then...no such luck.

Checked and changed all the settings; sync'ed with iTunes and it detected updated carrier settings, rebooted, hard rebooted, removed and reinserted SIM....nothing.

There's something else in here that is different. Oh and I also have an app that allowed it to show me the APN settings and they are all correct.

Dunno how to proceed next other than to keep researching.

If anyone gets an idea or gets it worked out, post it please!

Thanks in advance to anyone who licks this.

MBN

Oh and yes, my iPhone is jailbroken and unlocked. Phone and text work fine, just no internet.

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sukaitsharma23 (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 1 Join Date: 16 Sep 2009 Country:	16-09-2009, 17:25 I had the same problem as Ivanlyon. I bought the 24EU top up only to have the internet not work! Even worse SFR would not refund the top up card for me, even though they admitted it was their fault. Their rationalle for the internet not working was that my iPhone was from Canada. I have it jailbroken, and was using data from UK providers so I think that excuse is wrong. I have a feeling it has something to do with the settings...any help!!!!!

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yulm6 (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 1 Join Date: 27 Sep 2009 Country:	Works for me - 27-09-2009, 15:28 I have a Rogers 3GS 3.0, jailbroken (redsn0w) and unlocked (ultrasn0w) and an SFR prepaid SIM. I purchased the 24euro data offer from the SFR website, and it works perfectly. All the settings were loaded automatically, I just enabled 3g on my iphone.

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Ivanlyon (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 2 Join Date: 12 Sep 2009 Country:	ivanlyon - 20-11-2009, 12:01 More problems with these SFR La Carte Iphone top-ups... I tried again with the 3 eur (internet for 1 day) top-up and it worked fine. Then I bought the 24 eur one and again it worked perfectly. When it expired I went again for the 24 eur top-up and it worked fine for about 10 days and then suddenly one day the internet stopped working. The error message I get when I try to open a website is something along the lines of... "Safari could not open the webpage because the server stopped responding" I'll probably keep trying because I have no choice but if you have other options don't bother with these top-ups. They're unreliable and very very annoying!

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topsipos (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 1 Join Date: 01 Aug 2010 Country:	My experience with with SFR and Orange - 01-08-2010, 12:18 Hi, I was in paris for 10 days and I asked a local friend of mine to purchase me two sim cards. 1. prepaid Orange 2. prepaid SFR with iphone package. i have an Iphone 3gs with ios4 unlocked (not jailbreak) the orange sim card worked right away but the price for internet was very high. I had 5 euros credit on the phone and after 1 minutes of use i had 3 euros. the SFR never worked for me. I went to two different places and they didn't manage to activate it. At the end I gave up and use the SFR to receive calls. Also I used then service to place calls with call back services. The call back service was blocked with the orange sim.

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MustBNuts (Offline) Junior Member Amateur Member Posts: 10 Join Date: 10 Mar 2010 Country:	11-03-2010, 05:19 I have an AT&T phone so the settings are hidden, anyone know where I can get the file for websfr? Thanks in advance. MBN PS: unlockit.co.nz only has the sl2sfr

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MustBNuts (Offline) Junior Member Amateur Member Posts: 10 Join Date: 10 Mar 2010 Country:	12-03-2010, 07:00 spdickey, thanks a million! I didn't even realize that it was editable... Man, this really addresses my last remaining concern about using my iPhone over there (I leave in two weeks). Your reply is VERY MUCH appreciated! MBN

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MustBNuts (Offline) Junior Member Amateur Member Posts: 10 Join Date: 10 Mar 2010 Country:	28-03-2010, 17:24 I got here on Friday and have been trying to get this thing working for internet since then...no such luck. Checked and changed all the settings; sync'ed with iTunes and it detected updated carrier settings, rebooted, hard rebooted, removed and reinserted SIM....nothing. There's something else in here that is different. Oh and I also have an app that allowed it to show me the APN settings and they are all correct. Dunno how to proceed next other than to keep researching. If anyone gets an idea or gets it worked out, post it please! Thanks in advance to anyone who licks this. MBN Oh and yes, my iPhone is jailbroken and unlocked. Phone and text work fine, just no internet. Last edited by MustBNuts; 28-03-2010 at 17:24.. Reason: addition