iPhone h20 wireless on iphone 4s?

miss.manson · Dec 12, 2011

Hey guys, I'm new here. I know this question has been asked a few times, but I can never find the exact answer I'm looking for. I plan to buy a used or new iphone 4s and use h20 wireless on it. Will the h20 sim card activate my phone or do I need to use an at&t sim card? I know that h20 runs on the same towers as at&t so would it work? Thanks in advanced.

Crystal-RX · Dec 12, 2011

miss.manson said:
Hey guys, I'm new here. I know this question has been asked a few times, but I can never find the exact answer I'm looking for. I plan to buy a used or new iphone 4s and use h20 wireless on it. Will the h20 sim card activate my phone or do I need to use an at&t sim card? I know that h20 runs on the same towers as at&t so would it work? Thanks in advanced.

If you buy factory unlocked 4S, then your H2O sim works on it. But, if you buy a 4S that locks to AT&T, it will not work.

miss.manson · Dec 12, 2011

Hmmm...I've been hearing it works with the at&t iphones. this is confusing the hell out of me.

labman · Dec 12, 2011

as far as I know H20 uses the AT&T network and my understanding is they didn't have to be unlocked to be on it. I know many reported that with the I4 any way.. however if you bought the 4s from ATT you would still have to pay ETF any way and the cost would be about the same as buying a factory unlocked any way. Which would also have a higher resale value latter.

Crystal-RX · Dec 12, 2011

miss.manson said:
Hmmm...I've been hearing it works with the at&t iphones. this is confusing the hell out of me.

As per other members in this forum, it works with Iphone 4.

dhlizard · Dec 12, 2011

labman said:
as far as I know H20 uses the AT&T network and my understanding is they didn't have to be unlocked to be on it. I know many reported that with the I4 any way.. however if you bought the 4s from ATT you would still have to pay ETF any way and the cost would be about the same as buying a factory unlocked any way. Which would also have a higher resale value latter.

This is my understanding also.
A quick Google search should confirm this if OP really cares.

miss.manson · Dec 12, 2011

dhlizard said:
This is my understanding also.
A quick Google search should confirm this if OP really cares.

I've searched all over the web. I keep getting different answers.

Crystal-RX · Dec 12, 2011

miss.manson said:
I've searched all over the web. I keep getting different answers.

I retract my earlier message. I saw member in this forum confirmed it works on H2O sim. There is a thread in here talking about this as well. I have link it here for your reference.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1063840/

dhlizard · Dec 12, 2011

miss.manson said:
I've searched all over the web. I keep getting different answers.

Really ??

Go to this website

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_mobile_virtual_network_operators

and look up H2O in chart

(60 seconds with Google)

miss.manson · Dec 12, 2011

dhlizard said:
Really ??
Go to this website

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_mobile_virtual_network_operators

and look up H2O in chart

(60 seconds with Google)

So are you saying it will work or what? That doesn't really tell me much except that it runs on the same towers as at&t, which I already knew.

dhlizard · Dec 12, 2011

miss.manson said:
So are you saying it will work or what? That doesn't really tell me much except that it runs on the same towers as at&t, which I already knew.

Yes, H2O uses The AT&T network
That is why I directed you to that chart
No jailbreak or unlock required
Call H2O and they can re-assure you

miss.manson · Dec 12, 2011

dhlizard said:
Yes, H2O uses The AT&T network
That is why I directed you to that chart
No jailbreak or unlock required
Call H2O and they can re-assure you

Thank you so much. I actually tried to call them today but was on hold for 30 minutes so I finally gave up. Do I need to buy an iphone that has already been activated or will an h20 sim activate it just fine?

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Crystal-RX said:
I retract my earlier message. I saw member in this forum confirmed it works on H2O sim. There is a thread in here talking about this as well. I have link it here for your reference.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1063840/

Thanks so much. I saw this post before too..Just need to know if an h20 card will activate my phone.

kguerrero · Dec 12, 2011

The H2O simcard will activate your iPhone 4/4S, I deal with this on a daily basis.

-H2O Wireless authorized dealer.

edit: Just have in mind picture messaging (MMS) will not work with the iPhone 4s as you need a jailbreak in order for you to configure the settings correctly.

miss.manson · Dec 12, 2011

kguerrero said:
The H2O simcard will activate your iPhone 4/4S, I deal with this on a daily basis.

-H2O Wireless authorized dealer.

thanks. will be doing this within the next week or two.

dhlizard · Dec 12, 2011

kguerrero said:
The H2O simcard will activate your iPhone 4/4S, I deal with this on a daily basis.

-H2O Wireless authorized dealer.

edit: Just have in mind picture messaging (MMS) will not work with the iPhone 4s as you need a jailbreak in order for you to configure the settings correctly.

Yep, you need a hack to make the APN settings section visible so you can enter the correct settings

miss.manson · Dec 12, 2011

dhlizard said:
Yep, you need a hack to make the APN settings section visible so you can enter the correct settings

My biggest concern right now is just mainly texting/calling and basically just using the phone. haha. I'm sure I'll jailbreak it for those settings later on. Thank you guys!

dhlizard · Dec 12, 2011

miss.manson said:
My biggest concern right now is just mainly texting/calling and basically just using the phone. haha. I'm sure I'll jailbreak it for those settings later on. Thank you guys!

I think the hack that many use to expose the APN settings to enter MMS settings is "tetherme" but I cannot guarantee it 100%

miss.manson · Dec 14, 2011

If the iPhone 4s is not able to be jailbroken, how would I get mms?

TheBigKing · Dec 14, 2011

I cancel my att contract i will pay the ETF and get h2o i just buy the sim cards on ebay waiting to arrives to set up

miss.manson · Dec 14, 2011

TheBigKing said:
I cancel my att contract i will pay the ETF and get h2o i just buy the sim cards on ebay waiting to arrives to set up

hmmm. Let me know how that goes. I'm going to use it on a brand new iphone 4s.

kguerrero · Dec 14, 2011

dhlizard said:
I think the hack that many use to expose the APN settings to enter MMS settings is "tetherme" but I cannot guarantee it 100%

You Sir are correct, at least that's what I use when I need to fix MMS.

miss.manson said:
If the iPhone 4s is not able to be jailbroken, how would I get mms?

I'm afraid you will not be able to MMS until the 4S is jailbroken. I haven't heard of any other method to get MMS working. In fact, on the H2O Dealer Portal there's a note that if a customer wants MMS their iPhone must be jailbroken.

miss.manson · Dec 14, 2011

I just bought a brand new iphone 4s 64gb. Once I pop my trimmed down sim into the phone it will work right?

kguerrero · Dec 14, 2011

miss.manson said:
I just bought a brand new iphone 4s 64gb. Once I pop my trimmed down sim into the phone it will work right?

Yes Miss, there is no need to worry, I can ensure you 100% that H2O Wireless trimmed sim will work with your brand new iPhone 4S 64GB.

miss.manson · Dec 14, 2011

kguerrero said:
Yes Miss, there is no need to worry, I can ensure you 100% that H2O Wireless trimmed sim will work with your brand new iPhone 4S 64GB.

Thanks hun! Man, this forum is amazing. haha

Eddy120876 · Dec 20, 2011

Hey Miss.Manson

so how you like H2O so far ?

Kguerrero Im also thinking of using my old 3G iphone on H2O. Also you are fron Lynn MA? love that town safer then the BX

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