iPhone on T-Mobile

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I may have the option of getting a broken iphone for free. Looking at it just the screen is cracked in which I would get it rapidrepair.com'd

In any case suppose I aquire an iPhone 3G. Let this thread be a discussion on using the iphone on the t-mobile network.

Questions I have:
1.) What functionality will I lose not being on at&t ( I understand 3G internet will not work this doesnt bother me as I don't mind EDGE)?
2.) Currently I have a 8900 with BIS w/ unlimited messaging...Does anyone have experience with this? Will I be able to have full EDGE data and full unlimited messaging?
3.) I can "software unlock" the device wether its already unlocked or not correct? Version wise, even the 3.1 is cracked correct?


All I can think of for now, will get back to this soon. Thanks!
 
Tbolt said:
I may have the option of getting a broken iphone for free. Looking at it just the screen is cracked in which I would get it rapidrepair.com'd

In any case suppose I aquire an iPhone 3G. Let this thread be a discussion on using the iphone on the t-mobile network.

Questions I have:
1.) What functionality will I lose not being on at&t ( I understand 3G internet will not work this doesnt bother me as I don't mind EDGE)?
2.) Currently I have a 8900 with BIS w/ unlimited messaging...Does anyone have experience with this? Will I be able to have full EDGE data and full unlimited messaging?
3.) I can "software unlock" the device wether its already unlocked or not correct? Version wise, even the 3.1 is cracked correct?


All I can think of for now, will get back to this soon. Thanks!
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1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Yes, however if you have already upgraded it to 3.1 it depends on your baseband whether or not it can be unlocked. Check out tutorials at iclarified.com or just google them on how to do it.
 
But in general, if I get my hands on a iphone 3g no matter what software it has, i can unlock it right?
 
iirc, to jailbreak the newest version it can only be done on a mac. However something big is going down at T-Mo called "Project Black" which they're claiming will raise them out of 4th place in the us,some think it might be a carrier merger, some are thinking the iPhone is gonna hit T-mobile since in the past 1-2 months about 4-5 carriers have been snagging the 3GS, won't know for sure supposedly until the 25th when people say they're gonna announce what it is.
 
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Another tidbit from tmonews.com was saying that their source told them that the sunday before the 25th the supposed launch of this mysterious offering, all field personnel are required to work to support it, which does seem to lend one to believe it's a new device. Part of me is thinking it will be the iPhone, hopefully along with some improved pricing.
 
mongerer said:
Another tidbit from tmonews.com was saying that their source told them that the sunday before the 25th the supposed launch of this mysterious offering, all field personnel are required to work to support it, which does seem to lend one to believe it's a new device. Part of me is thinking it will be the iPhone, hopefully along with some improved pricing.
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I doubt it, AT&T has an exclusivity contract with Apple on the iPhone until 2010. Something this big makes me feel it'd be the iPhone as well but logically it doesn't make sense...
 
Verizon higher ups are already testing LTE based iPhones. It's most likely happening for them around 5/2010.

That being said, EVERY country had an exclusivity deal, and now you see it opening up a bit. Nobody published what the terms & conditions were that AT&T had to meet to keep exclusivity, and looking at what's happening in major cities, I'd say they probably didn't live up to the deal.
 
mongerer said:
iirc, to jailbreak the newest version it can only be done on a mac. However something big is going down at T-Mo called "Project Black" which they're claiming will raise them out of 4th place in the us,some think it might be a carrier merger, some are thinking the iPhone is gonna hit T-mobile since in the past 1-2 months about 4-5 carriers have been snagging the 3GS, won't know for sure supposedly until the 25th when people say they're gonna announce what it is.
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I haven't heard of that. Now I'm excited. I have had t-Mobile forever and would like to keep it that way. I prefer GSM and AT&T service really, really sucks here, so anything good for T-Mobile is good for me. :D
 
my wife has the 2G on tmobile and she likes it, she uses EDGE etc for internet and has unlimited texts / instant messaging, granted it's not 3G but it's enough for her, especially as the monthly plan doesn't cost very much either.

T-mobile approve of you using an iphone with them too, when i unlocked my wifes one they even helped her set it up with the net and stuff over the phone lol
 
Yea, that's the other thing that may hint at an iPhone coming to T-Mo, they don't have it yet they support it, doesn't quite make sense.
 
The only things you lose for AT&T vs T-Mobile are Visual Voicemail and 3G.

You can use Google Voice instead of Visual Voicemail (& it's better anyway), see here.

And T-Mobile's EDGE is pretty much better than AT&T's 3G.
 
mongerer said:
Yea, that's the other thing that may hint at an iPhone coming to T-Mo, they don't have it yet they support it, doesn't quite make sense.
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In Europe, T-Mobile is actually selling unlocked iPhones to "elite" customers, even though their competition has exclusivity. They buy them carrier unlocked and sell them through corporate channels.
 
mongerer said:
Yea, that's the other thing that may hint at an iPhone coming to T-Mo, they don't have it yet they support it, doesn't quite make sense.
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My goodness, I hope this doesn't ever happen. If it does, that means people with unlocked iPhones are going to have to switch to "iPhone-specific" plans, and I'd have to pay probably double what I pay now.
 
If your iphone 3g has been updated to the official 3.1 software then you more than likely cannot unlock it do to it having the 5.xx basband. If the 3G was one of the first out and it has the 5.xx then you might be one of the lucky ones that could use fuzzyband to downgrade your baseband.

basically it needs to be baseband 4.28 or lower and you can use pwnage tool and jailbreak, then use ultrasnow to unlock.
 
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