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Rangerscott
08-19-2010, 01:50 PM
Can you use an iPhone with T-Mobile?
Trip
08-19-2010, 01:53 PM
yes if jailbroken, but you will not have 3G access
LeeNetworX
08-19-2010, 02:26 PM
Yes, but the gorilla glass will not be as strong.
the chi
08-19-2010, 02:31 PM
yes if jailbroken, but you will not have 3G access

What he said. Plus, if you plan on jailbreaking it, be prepared for it to be a real PITA. I did it to my first Iphone so I could access different stuff Apple didnt want me too, it was a bigger hassle than anything else. And everytime you update Itunes and whatnot you have to restore, reload, and rebreak.
Avatard
08-19-2010, 03:39 PM
My recipe for iPhone, without the iFuck:

Get a tiny mobile hotspot, and an iPod touch. It offers most of the functionality, and will not be limited to what apps you can run on 3g...all will work, as it flows through the wifi hotspot to 3G, and not from an iPhone, which Apple and AT&T intentionally cripple.

This frees you to use any carrier, and especially those that offer unlimited data plans.

Video on your shit with no limits.

Win.
anthonyk
08-19-2010, 04:11 PM
Some chinese company is also offering a case for the iPod touch that packs phone hardware, so you can get roughly the same functionality (somehow) without being chained to a carrier.
Avatard
08-19-2010, 05:16 PM
Noice. That's a win.
anthonyk
08-19-2010, 05:26 PM
Oh yeah, there it is...

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/mobile/08/16/china.apple.peel/index.html?
LeeNetworX
08-19-2010, 08:27 PM
http://www.awf.org/files/3972_image2_western_gorilla_MWatson.jpghttp://4.bp.blogspot.com/_i8Gpsxb0HGQ/R6d0u5PrGoI/AAAAAAAAAQA/-8MaxUbaT3U/s400/glass+highball.jpg
Rangerscott
08-19-2010, 08:33 PM
So what carrier do you use?
Dave
08-19-2010, 09:21 PM
http://www.awf.org/files/3972_image2_western_gorilla_MWatson.jpghttp://4.bp.blogspot.com/_i8Gpsxb0HGQ/R6d0u5PrGoI/AAAAAAAAAQA/-8MaxUbaT3U/s400/glass+highball.jpg

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb258/hdm51/I-see-what-you-did-there.jpg
Angee
08-20-2010, 10:26 AM
iPhone is AT&T. cellularrenewal.com is a nashville based company that flashes phones. As long as you use a CDMA phone with a CDMA carrier they can flash it to whatever service you want. Same for GSM phones/carriers. Not sure if they deal with iPhones yet or not. They are Nashville Based, but I'm sure there's gotta be someone closer to you that does that...if I'm right, T-Mobile should be compatible with AT&T...
Trip
08-20-2010, 10:37 AM
Tmobiles 3g network uses different frequencies than att. Iphone cant use those. Just like sprint and verizon phones have the same issue
Angee
08-20-2010, 10:49 AM
Oh, bummer!!
Amber Lamps
08-20-2010, 06:52 PM
Yea my phone came unlocked so it will work on ATT or T-Mobile right now but I believe that data roaming is only 2G. It's slower but it does work. On the other hand, here in this part of NC T-Mobile doesn't have 3G, so I guess the difference is less of a problem.
Particle Man
08-20-2010, 09:09 PM
Oh, bummer!!

I keep 3G turned off most of the time anyhow because it drains the piss out of the battery...