activating at&t iphone 3G on Bell Mobility in Canada.. what do I need?

[Mountaineer]

I've searched, but don't see any recent info about it.

I want to activate an at&t iPhone 3G on the Bell network in Canada.

I've heard its possible, but what do I need to do?

I have a SIM card from a blackberry storm that was my original bell phone (that was a TOTAL piece of crap which is symbolic not only of the quality of the phone but also of Bell's cusotmer service).

Do I need to use that sim card?

Do I just need to jailbreak it an call bell to activate it?

Thanks.

 

[draz]

You need to jailbreak it and unlock it. There are various tools out there based on the firmware that the phone has installed.
You don't need to contact Bell at all
Once you unlock it put in the sim card you have from your previous phone and the it will work fine.

 

[Applejuiced]

You cant unless you JB and unlock it.
All US iphones are locked to AT&T and they cannot be unlocked officially.

 

[Mountaineer]

I have no real idea where to begin on this, where is the best place to start?

 

[Applejuiced]

I have no real idea where to begin on this, where is the best place to start?

What firmware is your iphone on right now?
Depending on that you might be stuck installin the ipad baseband and losing GPS functionality.

 

[Mountaineer]

4.1(8b117)

05.14.02

 

[PsstGreek]

4.1(8b117)

05.14.02

You'd have to upgrade the baseband to 6.15 (iPad) to unlock.

 

[Mountaineer]

Hmmm, this is a super-noob questions, but how do I do that.

Can I just downgrade the iPhone firmware?

You'd have to upgrade the baseband to 6.15 (iPad) to unlock.

 

[PsstGreek]

Hmmm, this is a super-noob questions, but how do I do that.

Read about it here: www.blog.iphone-dev.org

It may be confusing at first but read and re-read the blog post. If you have any more questions we're here.