Hello All, Sorry if I'm skipping an important introduction somewhere here, but I'm stuck. So if you'll all indulge me i have a couple of questions i haven't seen answered yet over the last 3 days of internet scouring.
(I'm long winded so bear with me)
The story goes....
I have a brand new SUPPOSEDLY factory unlocked 3gs with 5.01 and 5.16.05 BB that i jail-broke only after being told i had no choice in the matter. Of course i tried to just put my t mobile sim in first and it would not activate. SO then i go the DUMMIES rout and pay the $30 for the software that allows me to jailbreak and then unlock my phone.(http://www.unlock-apple-iphone.com) The instructions told me to update the firmware first to 5.01 but since mine was already at that and since i couldn't get it to activate and past the invalid sim screen i just went right to redsn0w.
I get through the Jailbreak side of things with redsn0w, and then after the reboot it started to work. I turned OFF auto update as i had read so much about in iTunes and then did the activate . I didn't need to "unlock" after that. It just worked. "T mobile E" appeared and i started using it.
I was stoked! i LOVE the iPhone! (coming from a BB 8310) I started downloading apps and then found the T mobile thread on what settings to use for i Message to work. Typed all those in and Bam now im i Messaging with my good Friend at work. I download apps for Smileys and anything else i can think of. SICK! I sync with my car stereo with the Bluetooth and now that's working. Google Maps are working awesome with location and IM SO FRIGGIN HAPPY! LOVIN APPLE right now! I join Icloud and set that up for future use.
I then upgrade my account with T mobile to unlimited DATA and now i dont worry about overages.
I now think that "hey im rollin with the big dogs now" LOL!
This goes on for about 3 days
THEN..Bam it drops service. So pull the card and reboot. Ok everything is back to normal. Oh well no biggy. Later the next day i then try to send a pic of something stupid to my bud at work and then it chokes. "Oh well stupid T mobile size limitations" im thinking. I try a couple of times and then give up. So i see all of the sudden. "NO SERVICE" "OH crap yah ok" try this again. SO i reboot. NO SERVICE. I then turn it off pull the card, then reboot. No card of course. I turn it off then put the card back then turn back on etc etc etc .NO SERVICE NO SERVICE NO SERVICE NO SERVICE!
I cant believe it.
I then read over and over again how i cant do anything about the 5.16.05 etc and how I'm screwed. Also read how many tmobile users go through this no service issue. Tmobile of course says "sorry, we dont support it" then they give me the number for
I've gone through the whole story to let you know that YES it was working Working Awesome! And then it it just stopped. I thought that i needed now to do the unlock. Of course then i read about the BB issues then notice that i have the dreaded BB. SO i went out on a limb and got a new sim thinking that maybe it fried. Of course that didn't help.
So i guess I'm not really going to get an answer about how to unlock my phone but i am really upset that the dam thing was working PERFECTLY for about 3 days. WHY WHY WHY did it just stop??????
Did APPLE or ATT send a lock virus or something like that? I read that Apple was applying for a patent to do this very thing. Has that happened?
Or do i have a factory unlocked that just died??
I checked the warranty and i still have till June to have put in a claim HOWEVER i did just buy it on Ebay. SO maybe im screwed period. $250 for a pretty paperweight
Any and all thoughts appreciated.
Thanks for listening to me RANT.
New iPhone Idiot...
Robert
(I'm long winded so bear with me)
The story goes....
I have a brand new SUPPOSEDLY factory unlocked 3gs with 5.01 and 5.16.05 BB that i jail-broke only after being told i had no choice in the matter. Of course i tried to just put my t mobile sim in first and it would not activate. SO then i go the DUMMIES rout and pay the $30 for the software that allows me to jailbreak and then unlock my phone.(http://www.unlock-apple-iphone.com) The instructions told me to update the firmware first to 5.01 but since mine was already at that and since i couldn't get it to activate and past the invalid sim screen i just went right to redsn0w.
I get through the Jailbreak side of things with redsn0w, and then after the reboot it started to work. I turned OFF auto update as i had read so much about in iTunes and then did the activate . I didn't need to "unlock" after that. It just worked. "T mobile E" appeared and i started using it.
I was stoked! i LOVE the iPhone! (coming from a BB 8310) I started downloading apps and then found the T mobile thread on what settings to use for i Message to work. Typed all those in and Bam now im i Messaging with my good Friend at work. I download apps for Smileys and anything else i can think of. SICK! I sync with my car stereo with the Bluetooth and now that's working. Google Maps are working awesome with location and IM SO FRIGGIN HAPPY! LOVIN APPLE right now! I join Icloud and set that up for future use.
I then upgrade my account with T mobile to unlimited DATA and now i dont worry about overages.
I now think that "hey im rollin with the big dogs now" LOL!
This goes on for about 3 days
THEN..Bam it drops service. So pull the card and reboot. Ok everything is back to normal. Oh well no biggy. Later the next day i then try to send a pic of something stupid to my bud at work and then it chokes. "Oh well stupid T mobile size limitations" im thinking. I try a couple of times and then give up. So i see all of the sudden. "NO SERVICE" "OH crap yah ok" try this again. SO i reboot. NO SERVICE. I then turn it off pull the card, then reboot. No card of course. I turn it off then put the card back then turn back on etc etc etc .NO SERVICE NO SERVICE NO SERVICE NO SERVICE!
I cant believe it.
I then read over and over again how i cant do anything about the 5.16.05 etc and how I'm screwed. Also read how many tmobile users go through this no service issue. Tmobile of course says "sorry, we dont support it" then they give me the number for
I've gone through the whole story to let you know that YES it was working Working Awesome! And then it it just stopped. I thought that i needed now to do the unlock. Of course then i read about the BB issues then notice that i have the dreaded BB. SO i went out on a limb and got a new sim thinking that maybe it fried. Of course that didn't help.
So i guess I'm not really going to get an answer about how to unlock my phone but i am really upset that the dam thing was working PERFECTLY for about 3 days. WHY WHY WHY did it just stop??????
Did APPLE or ATT send a lock virus or something like that? I read that Apple was applying for a patent to do this very thing. Has that happened?
Or do i have a factory unlocked that just died??
I checked the warranty and i still have till June to have put in a claim HOWEVER i did just buy it on Ebay. SO maybe im screwed period. $250 for a pretty paperweight
Any and all thoughts appreciated.
Thanks for listening to me RANT.
New iPhone Idiot...
Robert