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Apple Iphone Contract Question |
Merc_Man
Joined: Feb 24, 2004
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Hi Guys,
I know this has probably been discussed before, several times, but I can't find it and don't really have the time to scroll through 100's of pages etc.
Basically if I buy the Iphone from Carphone Warehouse or O2, will i need to enter into the 18month contract right away?
Or do I simply go into the shop, buy the phone and do whatever i like with it?
As in like, activate it my self?
If I don't activate it, can they still tie me in for 18months?
All i want to do is get the phone thats all, no contract.
All help appreciated
Thanks.
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whentheleveebreaks
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No you wont be tied in until you activate it
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Merc_Man
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So i could simply buy one today from CPW or O2.
Unlock it and put my Orange sim in there and I will never be tied into a contract with them.
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haynesycop
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You can do what you like with it but you'll have to bypass the activation, jailbreak and unlock it, depending what software it'll be running before you can use another sim with it. There are plenty of sites around to help you do it.
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whentheleveebreaks
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On 2008-02-12 11:40:33, Merc_Man wrote:
So i could simply buy one today from CPW or O2.
Unlock it and put my Orange sim in there and I will never be tied into a contract with them.
Yep, exactly
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Merc_Man
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Fantastic! Think i'll try one out then.
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Raja
Joined: Nov 22, 2001
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I thought you still have to enter into an agreement with o2 where you pay an agreed amount, irrespective of whether you activate the handset or not.
Usually in UK, Carphone will at the point of purchase send your details to o2, they will activate your o2 sim and start billing you accordingly. Remember, CPW does not get paid their commission until your details are sent to o2.
What you do with the handset is your choice, but you still have to pay the 18 month contract from the point of purchase.
What your asking is buying a sim free phone from CPW and then unlocking it yourself? |
haynesycop
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No you choose your tariff and activate through iTunes when you get it home, your simply purchasing the handset from CPW, o2 or Apple.
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Raja
Joined: Nov 22, 2001
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Thanks haynesycop, I didn't know this. I thought it was connected like any regular handset. |
nwells
Joined: Apr 19, 2007
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Well does it work?
im very intrested |
floatlite
Joined: Jan 23, 2002
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Yes it absolutely works, this is what happens
1. Purchase an iPhone from official source, either, Apple Store / online, O2 retail /online, or carphonewarehouse retail/online.
2. Pay them the money.
3. Go home, open, find a site that deals with iPhone (lots of them, www.hackintosh.com, www.hackthatphone.com, www.i-clarified.com etc etc)
4. read it all carefully, and follow the instructions.
The things you need to do are the following;
Activate : This is telling the iPhone it's ready to be used, all iPhone are delivered in a deactivated state.
Jailbreak : This is the method use to access the file system on the iPhone to allow some 3rd party code to be run to allow any sim to work, remember the iPhone runs on a Unix based code of slimmed down Mac OSX, it has an almost identical file system to a Mac computer
Unlock : this i running a small code script, which tells the baseband (the phone signal part of the software) to allow any sim and network.
There are some extreamlely good and easy to use FREE answers about now, that are 1 click to complete solutions, google for
iLiberty
or
Pwnage Tool
Both of these will answer all your issues.
Works for both 8 and 16 gig models, and all world examples
David
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floatlite
Joined: Jan 23, 2002
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Heres a good tip a well, before doing anything to your new iPhone
If you have a friend that has an officially activated iPhone, and you are interested in keeping your warrenty, do the following;
Remove the sim from your friends iPhone, and put it into your new iPhone, connect to iTunes and click activate.
Your new iPhone will start to work, as if it is your friends.
Now disconnet, and remove friends sim card, and put it back into his phone. His will resume working as before.
Now connect your iPhone to iTunes, and click the restore button. This returns the iPhone to the 'out the box' state.
now go about unlocking it as the previous post states.
The advantage of this is, that the iphone gets registered on apple and o2's database as being officially activated, and if you ever have a warrenty issue, they will see its officially registered and will accept it for warrenty, just remember to restore it via iTunes before handing it in!!
David |
pow1990
Joined: Aug 29, 2005
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So.. you're saying I could buy one for £169 now and that's all I'd have to pay? What if I want to connect it to Itunes after the activating and unlocking etc.
Pao |
pow1990
Joined: Aug 29, 2005
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O and what is the latest version of software for the Iphone? Is it now 1.1.3?
Ericsson->Alcatel->Nokia5110->Nokia3210->Nokia3310->Nokia3330->Nokia7210->Sony Ericsson k700i->Sony Ericsson k750i->Nokia N70->Nokia N80->Nokia N95 8GB-> iPhone 3G
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SE-Naz
Joined: Dec 23, 2003
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Latest version is 1.1.4 which also can be unlocked...
Cheers
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Posted: 2008-02-12 11:33
