Posted by jakontil
hi bavlondon,
The sim solution for iPhone isn't very recommended as it may stuck easily on the sim tray where it's quite fragile, why do u need that anyway? Thought iphone3g sold in Europe are factory unlocked?
Posted by masseur
only a few countries in Europe sell unlocked iphones but most are locked
the universal-sim I mentioned has been made quite a bit thinner now and so does not get stuck as the ones before did sometimes
Posted by jakontil
On 2008-09-01 20:11:57, masseur wrote:
only a few countries in Europe sell unlocked iphones but most are locked
the universal-sim I mentioned has been made quite a bit thinner now and so does not get stuck as the ones before did sometimes
hi masseur,
i had been using that the past few days till last week, the SIM solution was very much thinner compared to the first. it's rather more transparant due to being so thin (u can almost see through). but then, the signal not always stable if u get what i mean. you'd need a secondary phone (just in case u lose signal, and never get it back).
however, i met this guy the other day through a local MAC forum in indonesia. and he guaranteed me that the signal, 3G and all that stuff are working seamlessly. well, gave it a shot and voila! it worked like a charm, as if it ain't using a Universal SIM.
sorry, having said this because, i live in urban area, where signal strength not at their best, too much blank spot around (primary cause for your Universal SIM stuck in "search network" mode.
but with this SIM solution (the latest model, coz it was so much thinner) + its patch, claimed he made one, the signal is strong and never lost any ever since.
but then, i found the factory unlocked iphone, which in my case is more preferrable, hence i swop
Posted by Marc_SE
Just hooked up with Paul_ford75 and I'm now the proud owner of an UNLOCKED iPhone 3G. It's currently running my T-Mobile simcard in it with no other sim adaptors i.e. Brando - NICE!
Posted by scouser_75
Does Paul Ford have any more left?
Posted by Marc_SE
On 2008-09-03 17:37:22, scouser_75 wrote:
Does Paul Ford have any more left?
not currently, I took the last one from him (to pair with my BlackBerry Bold!).
I think he'll be getting more stock soon though.
Posted by scouser_75
Thanks Mark. If you speak to Paul, can you please tell him that I'm interested?
I have PM'd him but not heard a reply as yet.
Thanks
Posted by bavlondon2
He is on holiday mate but should be back on the 20th.
Question to all. I have decided to get an iphone 3g on a new contract so will be checking into an O2 store on Monday but.....
Regarding contacts can I escape going via Outlook if I put the new O2Sim card into my existing phone and copy the contacts direct to the SIM?
Posted by smilerthe cheshirecat
There is an Import SIM contacts in the setting under Mail, Contacts, Calendars
Posted by bavlondon2
Nice cheers. So I dont have to import them to outlook?
Posted by smilerthe cheshirecat
I do not have a Windows machine now...(Apple Macbook) so can not check that... but I have used the contact from simcard feature from the iPhone menu and it has worked...
Posted by bavlondon2
Thanks.
Posted by Bonovox
Its not an ideal phone nor have i ever dreamt about a phone. But last night i dreamt i had an iphone and it was MASSIVE. For some reason in the dream it would not go in my pocket. Quite odd.
Posted by bavlondon2
I just got mine now. Just updating to the latest fw.
Posted by mobman
My irrational dislike of the iphone has just been rationalised...
I rang O2 UK because i'm due and upgrade and wanted the samsung omnia. I asked when they would be getting it in and they said that they wouldn't be because it is too similar to the iphone!
I've heard this argument before regarding O2 not wanting to dent iphone sales but surely that makes absolutely no business sense when the majority of O2's income comes from line rental? If i need to go to another company to get a decent phone i will as if O2's stance is to not stock anything thats too similar to the iphone then soon they will sell JUST the iphone!
I agree that the amount of people like me who will leave O2 to get the omnia, x1, touch pro ect will be very small compared to the extra customers the iphone is getting them but it still doesn't make sense. Unless, and this is the important bit, apple have some sort of clause in the exclusivity agreement with O2 that they have some kind of say in what other phones O2 can stock - which is completely unfair.
My gripe with the iphone is not that its over-hyped and underpowered (as the 3g version i think makes up for most of the shortcomings of the first edition) but i do not think that its healthy for the consumer that the iphone is seen as being in a class of its own and treated as if its special. Why if i wanted the iphone on O2 do i have to switch to a "special" iphone tariff for example.
I mean hats off to apple - they know how to market something - but its not good that now the other brands have offerings that some people think are the best phones available that it is getting to be a struggle to find them on as many networks. This is a situation that just did not exist before the iphone.
Posted by bavlondon2
I guess Apple included that as a clause when they negotiated the deal with O2.
Posted by Bonovox
Its like being dictated to. I think its wrong over just one phone Apple think they can just do as they like and dictate to customers what they should do. What happened to listening to what customers want and the customer comes first. Its wrong when Apple just seem to do as they please and try to control what networks and customers can do.
Posted by GadgetGeek
I was in the O2 store in Norwich earlier this week and they had the Omnia as well as the iPhone. They even have the HTC Diamond Touch too - although it's re-branded as the O2 Ignito so there is no such deal with Apple not to sell rival touch-phones.
http://www.gsmarena.com/o2_xda_ignito-pictures-2491.php
Posted by bavlondon2
You could put 10mp and HD video capture on both those phones but I still wouldn't trade my iphone 3G for either of them. It's the best thing out there by miles.
Posted by Dogmann
@balondon2
It's only the best thing out there by miles if it's what you want and like as is any device.
Personally i couldn't stand it as it drove me nuts, my most used app is the PIM and having those stupid spinning time rolls to select start and end times drove me demented.
So did the E-Mail app that pushed all my Yahoo E-Mails including all my FFFFING spam, and worst of all to delete an E-Mail needs to be done twice once in the E-Mail app and then once again from the rubbish bin now that really isn't advanced or user friendly is it?
The Web browser also less than impressed me as it wouldn't remember settings never mind for ever not even for each session every page needed changing to the view i wanted.
But as i said if it's what you or anyone else likes or loves fair enough use it and enjoy it but please realise it may be the best thing for you but not everyone else sees it that way. This has nothing to do with hate or jealousy just that we don't all like or want the same things from our devices is all. i mean i loved my E90 but never expected everyone else to see it as their perfect device and only defended it from people saying it was rubbish which just wasn't true. I am not saying the iPhone is rubbish either just not the right device for me is all but at least i can quantify why it's wasn't great for me.
Marc
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[ This Message was edited by: Dogmann on 2008-09-09 12:26 ]
Posted by MWEB
On 2008-09-08 09:49:06, bavlondon2 wrote:
You could put 10mp and HD video capture on both those phones but I still wouldn't trade my iphone 3G for either of them. It's the best thing out there by miles.
HeHe usual fanboy tripe that's not worth even answering Marc IMO.
Posted by bavlondon2
On 2008-09-09 13:23:55, Dogmann wrote:
@balondon2
It's only the best thing out there by miles if it's what you want and like as is any device.
Personally i couldn't stand it as it drove me nuts, my most used app is the PIM and having those stupid spinning time rolls to select start and end times drove me demented.
So did the E-Mail app that pushed all my Yahoo E-Mails including all my FFFFING spam, and worst of all to delete an E-Mail needs to be done twice once in the E-Mail app and then once again from the rubbish bin now that really isn't advanced or user friendly is it?
The Web browser also less than impressed me as it wouldn't remember settings never mind for ever not even for each session every page needed changing to the view i wanted.
But as i said if it's what you or anyone else likes or loves fair enough use it and enjoy it but please realise it may be the best thing for you but not everyone else sees it that way. This has nothing to do with hate or jealousy just that we don't all like or want the same things from our devices is all. i mean i loved my E90 but never expected everyone else to see it as their perfect device and only defended it from people saying it was rubbish which just wasn't true. I am not saying the iPhone is rubbish either just not the right device for me is all but at least i can quantify why it's wasn't great for me.
Marc
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[ This Message was edited by: Dogmann on 2008-09-09 12:26 ]
What settings do you mean? Perhaps I am not aware of what settings can be applied? When I am surfing the page looks fine and doesnt need anything done except a double tap to zoom in which it does perfectly.
On 2008-09-09 13:32:26, MWEB wrote:
On 2008-09-08 09:49:06, bavlondon2 wrote:
You could put 10mp and HD video capture on both those phones but I still wouldn't trade my iphone 3G for either of them. It's the best thing out there by miles.
HeHe usual fanboy tripe that's not worth even answering Marc IMO.
But he already did so the point of your post is?
And as I said on MR I have had tonnes of phones this year. You see the difference is I am talking from experience. I tried the N82, tried the Diamons, tried the Omnia and now have the iphone. Perhaps you should try everything before you critisise with usual 'tripe'.
Posted by masseur
2.1 is out now it seems
Posted by londonlad123
Waiting for the new headset, the one with the built in mic and volume and basic music keys cos changing tracks is a bit of a hassle with the TS. I dont suppose anyone knows if the iphone will be supporting the extra buttons on it? Bit early I guess though its expected to be released sometime soon.
Posted by whentheleveebreaks
Just installed, 2.1. So far its an excellent upgrade, performance wise its made the 3G iphone as good if not faster than the 1G iphone. Genius playlist is really useful, loads of anoying bug have been corrected, good stuff.
Posted by masseur
agreed. 2.1 does seem to give much better and consistant 3g reception now
so anyway, did anyone buy the much anticipated payg today?
also, any recommendations for a turbo style unlock solution? I'll be off to oz again soon and would like to use my Telstra sim while back home. I see there are some now that don't require cutting
Posted by Bonovox
I seen it advertised on pay and go in Carphone store today. Guess they followed O2 stores.
Posted by smilerthe cheshirecat
I did treat myself to the white 16gb today on pay and go... no queues
Posted by masseur
I'm not surprised there were no queues although there did seem to be huge demand for payg a couple of months ago!
anyway, the Remote application has been updated today, changes are:-
- Create genius playlists
- Create and edit playlists in Itunes
nice update
Posted by dannykipling
Yep, got a white pay and go today too! No queues, and only one out of 3 o2 shops where i live had them, and only the 16gb models. Neither carphone warehouse had any, although they had little leaflets. The women in the o2 store had a list of instructions as she didnt seem to know what she was doing. Its a normal contract iphone, and they just give you a seperate pay and go sim. My existing o2 number and credit transfered to the 3g sim within 2 hours, which was ace. plus i got £120 credit for being a 'loyal customer'. Hmm!
Everything worked straight away. Free Internet, wifi, gps.
Better than expected anyway!
Posted by Bonovox
Wow £120 free credit. Nice. Im on O2 pay and go for over a year now and spend alot hope they give me that one day.
Posted by dannykipling
they give you 10% up to £200 from the last 18 months. Think its available on any o2 pay anfd go phone when you upgrade.
Posted by Bonovox
Oh god yeah sorry of course i knew that. I did it before i got £50 off once. I was thinking something stupid then as if they gave you that money out of the blue. Lol.
Posted by RyaN
Yeah i've definitely noticed improvements with 2.1, especially in the lag with SMS and i get much better 3g reception overall. I'm pleased they've also ironed out the bug when installing apps via app store etc as that was beginning to pee me off...many times i had to do a restore because of that (until i found a workaround for it)
If anyone is using a jailbroken iphone, check the changes in Cydia today as they've ported SwirlyMMS to 2.x now! I've set it up and it's working perfectly - think i'll definitely be buying this app when my trial runs out.
Posted by masseur
well I'm happy now. I got myself a turbo sim type thingy and so now can use any sim in my iphone. I'm amazed at how thin it is, its almost paper thin and I've tested inserting and removing it several times and it doesn't get stuck at all.
Posted by smilerthe cheshirecat
May I enquire how much your turbo type thingy was Masseur?
One of the 4 iPhones my family is using is a US one... and is a little bit of a pain come upgrade time... even though PWNy type installation of firmware is very good....
Posted by [c3]
i concur, Turbosim is great, little glitchy when it comes to 3g surfing, apart from that its working great for me, was just wondering, did anyone find any trouble or problems after updating to 2.1?
after the update my Safari actually started to crash way more often, in fact, i had never encountered a crash prior to the update. is anyone facing the same problem as i am?
please let me know if there is a fix.
Regards
Posted by masseur
@smilerthe cheshirecat, a tenner delivered off ebay and no cutting of the sim neccessary either
Posted by Scoobyd
So this turbo sim thingy... I'm on Vodafone and don't really want to change to a new contract with O2 to get the new iphone. Does this turbo sim mean I could get a new iphone on payg for example and then just pop my Vodafone sim in and away I go??
Posted by masseur
yes, exactly
Posted by masseur
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Posted by NoKia
has anyone got swirlymms working on their O2 iphone 3g? i have tried every setting i still cant get it to work
Posted by RyaN
What contract have you got, the iPhone 3g tariff?
Mine works fine to send, but i cant receive. This problem is due to MMS not being activated on my account as the iPhone tariff isnt provisioned for MMS. The thing you've gotta do is try and get O2 to get this activated on your account, but it can be tricky. Firstly it's essential when you call up to put your SIM in another MMS capable phone (they can see the IMEI on their system) and tell them that you want to be able to MMS when out and about when you dont want to take your iPhone with you, because they'll be very reluctant to help you if you call up off your iPhone. I called them up the other day and asked for them to activate it and the bloke sent some settings to my phone, but it didnt sort it out. The problem isnt the settings, it's getting someone to basically check a box on the system. Some people on the SwirlyMMS forums have had to make about 6 separate calls to O2 before they get through to someone who actually gets it sorted...so it's just peserverence
The settings i've got on mine atm, which are the ones that should work are:-
MMSC: http://mmsc.mms.co.uk:8002
Proxy: 193.113.200.195:8080
APN: wap.o2.co.uk
Username: o2wap
Password: password
Image Size: High
User Agent: N95
Posted by NoKia
thanks for that, i think i have used those settings so it must be from their end as you said
i am on the £45 1200mins etc....
i will call up and try to get them to do it
Posted by scouser_75
What is an "offical" or "legally" unlocked iPhone 3g?
Over on ebay there are loads of these iPhone 3G's up for sale stating they have been legally or offically unlocked.
If these are all authentic, does this mean that these iPhones can properly be used on any network?
Posted by masseur
sounds to me like they really mean that they were never locked and they are coming from countries who sell fully unlocked (never-locked) iPhones
Posted by RyaN
An officially unlocked or factory unlocked iPhone means that it was never locked by Apple meaning when you update in itunes it will remain unlocked forever, however carrier unlocked ones have been unlocked as authorised by Apple for specific countries that arent allowed to sell locked phone. These could re-lock when updating with itunes.
Posted by masseur
Unlocked iPhone 3g now available at Apple in Hong Kong
for around £430 for the 16gb
Posted by scouser_75
Would it run prefectly here in the UK?
If so, very tempting
Posted by RyaN
Yep should work perfectly, only thing is i would question is warranty and shipping