Now iPhone unlocked and can be used with any other carrier around the world
ghyti
and use with any other carrier around the world.
http://cometo.know.googlepages.com/17_year_old_hacker_unlocks_iphones_secre
Shawn Hirn
ghyti <Nutriti...@gmail.com> wrote:
Not true. The iPhone can't be used with "any other carrier around the
world" because its only compatible with certain carriers. For example,
the only carrier besides AT&T that's compatible with the iPhone in the
USA is T-Mobile, and T-Mobile has much worst service than AT&T, plus you
lose some functionality on the iPhone. This hack really only benefits
people who want to use the iPhone outside the United States.
Gene S. Berkowitz
sr...@comcast.net says...
Okay, why don't we simply rephrase that as "any other carrier outside
the United States of America":
Cell Phone Subscribers as of Q1 2007 from wirelessntelligence.com:
World 2,831,345,390
GSM 2,278,095,380 80.5%
3GSM (WCDMA) 114,664,827 4.0%
CDMA 18,138,942 0.6%
CDMA 1X 289,963,166 10.2%
CDMA 1X EV-DO 57,376,347 2.0%
TDMA 16,235,932 0.6%
PDC 27,857,370 1.0%
iDEN 26,494,743 0.9%
Analog 2,518,683 0.1%
So, 80% of the cell phone subscribers worldwide could benefit from the
iPhone hack. And of that 80.5% using GSM, 94 Million of them are in the
USA or Canada.
--Gene
John Weiss
>
> Okay, why don't we simply rephrase that as "any other carrier outside
> the United States of America":
Because that's not true, either.
Why not rephrase it as "any other GSM carrier with compatible SIM card"?
Gene S. Berkowitz
<jrweiss98155nospamatnospamcomcastdotnospamnet> says...
Name a GSM carrier (outside the USA) with an incompatible SIM card.
Now take a guess how long it would take for said carrier to become
compatible (remember, they're in the business of selling airtime, not
phones).
How many carriers would dump a subscriber for using an iPhone?
Has T-Mobile dumped George Holz for using his iPhone on their network?
I'm guessing that as long as he pays his bill, they'll be happy to have
him.
--Gene
Shawn Hirn
I can see the benefit of doing this outside the states, but hacking an
iPhone to work with T-Mobile in the USA makes no sense unless you live
in an area where the reception quality of AT&T is worse than T-Mobile or
if T-Mobile is significantly cheaper.
By going with T-Mobile, you lose functionality that helps make the
iPhone unique such as its visual voice mail, so why not just stick with
AT&T and get the iPhone's full functionality?
Anthony Matonak
...
> By going with T-Mobile, you lose functionality that helps make the
> iPhone unique such as its visual voice mail, so why not just stick with
> AT&T and get the iPhone's full functionality?
Perhaps they just don't like AT&T's two year contract or their lengthly
and 6 part license agreement (with sub-agreements) that are subject
to change with only email notice.
I'm sure if they can unlock the thing they can either work around or
activate whatever services they need. In fact, they can probably add
new services that Apple hasn't even thought of.
Anthony
Rick
I can't see why Apple decided to stick consumers with a cell carrier
going through transition. Maybe the R&D phase and contract Apple made
with Cingular predated the Cingular to AT&T conversion long enough that
Apple got contractually stuck with the decision, whether they like it or
not. Personally, customer service under "the new AT&T" is just horrible
in my experience and as AT&T performs now would not be my carrier of
choice - if I had a choice - for use with the iPhone. You can't get the
most basic customer service questions answered by AT&T in under fifteen
minutes. Exasperating.
I don't own or want an iPhone. I liked Cingular and have been with them
since 2001. "The new AT&T" is leaving a lot to be desired and a cell
phone carrier change looks like an inevitability for us.
Rick
SRebec...@gmail.com
I had Cingular (two phones) over 2 years and they have the most
dropped calls in the world. As a Tmobile customer, I have better
service, bills and reception. So lets not be so quick to say Tmobile
service is the worst..what is bad to one person may be great for many
others...it depends a lot on where you live too.
On Aug 26, 6:28 am, Shawn Hirn <s...@comcast.net> wrote:
> In article <1188059046.320771.130...@i13g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
>
> ghyti <Nutrition.t...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > George Hotz, 17, has written an application hack to unlock the iPhone
> > and use with any other carrier around the world.
> >http://cometo.know.googlepages.com/17_year_old_hacker_unlocks_iphones...