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Couple Gevey Questions
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Cool! I did Japan and Korea two summers ago. It's the hottest I've ever been in my life.
Gevey works perfect on two iphone 4's in Thailand. One on DTAC with Edge only. The other on True with 3G.
By the way, True mobile with 600 minutes, 100 texts and unlimited 3G for 500 Baht. Thats about $15 a month!!! I wish AT&T could be this affordable.
By the way, True mobile with 600 minutes, 100 texts and unlimited 3G for 500 Baht. Thats about $15 a month!!! I wish AT&T could be this affordable.
This does not apply to me, as my phone is not jailbroken.
I am using the original Gevey and Gevey pro, they do not require JB.
If the Gevey Ultra really requires JB, it's really stupid of them IMHO.
Not that easy.
For the market where iPhone's are factory unlocked and listed at a reasonable price, the supply was limited for a long while.
I tried in 1/2 dozen countries to get a unlcoked iPhone4 last year without luck.
in China, the phone is selling at $740USD, it's not until this April that one can walk into Apple store and buy one on the spot.
Cool! I did Japan and Korea two summers ago. It's the hottest I've ever been in my life.
Try Southeast Asia next time.
Has anyone here tried the Gevey (any model) with the prepaid plans in Canada yet? We've also got an upcoming trip late this summer, and I'm kind of toying with the idea of getting one for my husband's ip4 (mine's still on 1.59 and already JB, so I'll just install ultrasn0w). Since we tend to separate a lot on trips and sync either by texts or calls, I'm starting to think having only one unlocked phone with us isn't the cheapest or smartest idea. LOL
But I'm a little concerned with some reports that were posted early on about PIN-activated SIMs not working with the Geveys, and it'd be just my luck to drop $30 on the Gevey, the same on a SIM, and then find out it didn't work. He won't JB, so I'm assuming I'd have to go Gevey Pro for him. Or JB the dumb thing while he's asleep... "Oh look honey, Apple must have added SBSettings as a feature last night!"
(We're headed for Victoria, so any specific advice on carriers is welcome.)
But I'm a little concerned with some reports that were posted early on about PIN-activated SIMs not working with the Geveys, and it'd be just my luck to drop $30 on the Gevey, the same on a SIM, and then find out it didn't work. He won't JB, so I'm assuming I'd have to go Gevey Pro for him. Or JB the dumb thing while he's asleep... "Oh look honey, Apple must have added SBSettings as a feature last night!"
(We're headed for Victoria, so any specific advice on carriers is welcome.)
To each his own.
I personally don't see the big fuss about dialing 112, the call is not even supposed to connect anyway.
I'd assume that the Gevey Ultra (or equivalent of other turbo SIM's) still dial 112 in the background, just that you do not dial it personally.
Not everyone wants to JB the phone, I know I don't, so Gevey is certainly losing certain amount of potential customers if their chip requires JB.
GEVEY Ultra have two method to unlock.
The manual way, which require you to do the 112 procedure.
The automatic way which require you to jailbreak your iPhone 4.
Why are there so little authorized dealer?
The main reason is because there are so many counterfeits out there.
A dealer can just buy some real ones and some fakes one and mixed them in.
How can you tell the fake GEVEY Ultra from the real one?
After jailbreaking your iPhone 4 and installing furiousmod it will not unlock
your iPhone automatically when you reboot.
The manual way, which require you to do the 112 procedure.
The automatic way which require you to jailbreak your iPhone 4.
Why are there so little authorized dealer?
The main reason is because there are so many counterfeits out there.
A dealer can just buy some real ones and some fakes one and mixed them in.
How can you tell the fake GEVEY Ultra from the real one?
After jailbreaking your iPhone 4 and installing furiousmod it will not unlock
your iPhone automatically when you reboot.
Just picked one up from this guy for $22.15 shipped. I'll let everyone know how it goes. Seems legit so far.
So, I've been reading this thread for some time and I feel that the Gevey Ultra may give me the solution I need for my travels this summer in Germany, Italy and around Switzerland and France. The only thing is I want to test and make sure everything's working before I leave, and T-Mobile's the only carrier to check to see if everything's good. The only problem is T-Mobile doesn't use microSIMs! Now, I have a roommate with a T-Mobile phone, but he's not a great friend of mine, simply just a roommate, so I'm unsure of how he'll take to me borrowing his SIM to cut it up. I suppose I could get him a new microSIM with the adapter for his phone if T-Mobile sells them, then I can test it, but he's a foreigner and the hassle would be ridiculous.
Long story short, how did some of you here in the States test your Gevey SIM on your iPhone to make sure it's working with T-Mobile still using regular SIMs? Do you think I should just see if my roommate would be down with getting a new microSIM with an adapter to help me out with my unlock?
Long story short, how did some of you here in the States test your Gevey SIM on your iPhone to make sure it's working with T-Mobile still using regular SIMs? Do you think I should just see if my roommate would be down with getting a new microSIM with an adapter to help me out with my unlock?
Don't beat yourself up over (micro)SIM size. T-Mobile has hundreds of thousands of iPhone users, all of which have simply cut their SIM card to fit the micro size. Just cut it manually yourself, I did so with scissors with the SIM of a carrier that didn't send micros. Alternatively you could get the tools that would cut your SIM card without troubles, but the end result would just be the same as cutting it yourself. Make sure you try this before travelling though, if you mess up you won't find T-Mobile in Europe to replace your SIM for a second go
TMobile offers prepaid SIMs. I think I'd go that route prior to asking your roommate, given your description.
Don't beat yourself up over (micro)SIM size. T-Mobile has hundreds of thousands of iPhone users, all of which have simply cut their SIM card to fit the micro size. Just cut it manually yourself, I did so with scissors with the SIM of a carrier that didn't send micros. Alternatively you could get the tools that would cut your SIM card without troubles, but the end result would just be the same as cutting it yourself. Make sure you try this before travelling though, if you mess up you won't find T-Mobile in Europe to replace your SIM for a second go
I think you missed the point entirely.
Thanks, good idea. I need to do the same.
According to the company who made the Gevey Sim, it is not illegal to call 112, in the sense that you only make the call within 5 seconds, which anytime before that the call has not been fully connected. I have seen a video of someone setting up the gevey sim and it clearly shows that you are not connecting.
By the way, the Gevey SIM is officially supporting firmwares 4.0 > 4.3.3 with EVERY baseband the iPhone 4 GSM version has every had. Support for iOS 5 has not been spoken yet, but someone who has tried can you tell for themselves.
The Video Tutorial For The Gevey Sim: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh7r2BfTtCI
A legit website selling the Gevey SIM: http://applenberry.com/store/gevey-sim/gevey-ultra.html
Ok, so you're saying I can grab a T-Mo prepaid SIM with just a little credit on it right quick just to check if it's working nicely? That sounds like a good idea, thanks!
Also, I'll look around to see what carrier to use while I'm there, but I have found that Vodaphone is in both Germany and Italy, where I'll spend most of my time. I'll check about the other countries. Also, and I apologize if this is getting off-topic or seems long-winded, but how does Euro carriers handle roaming on other carriers? I read that they're much more cost-efficient than American carriers....
Ok so Im moving to Spain in a couple of weeks. Can someone explain to me how this works? I know that I'll be on the the local networks there, but how do I pay for their network? If I get a pre-paid SIM, how does that typically work with things like data usage?
Thanks
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