Iphone 5 works on t-mobile

[jasonbro]

Got the off contract AT&T phone. Cut my old t-mobile micro-sim, popped it in, activated the phone and it shows t-mo network.

Good luck!

 

[Big.Mac.Daddy]

If you bought it unlocked of course it works on T-mobile.

Good luck getting 3G though.

 

[nora47]

well they werent selling unlocked iphones in the US at launch so i dont know. Just cause he got it off contract doesnt mean it is unlocked.

 

[jasonbro]

it's not "of course" because through the course of getting it i had at least 3 apple employees tell me "it's not unlocked".

Not to mention the girl helping me told me i had to give her my social so she could activate it for me there. This is after i waited in line with 10 combodians that i overheard employees telling them they were on their 8th phone and could only have 2 more for a max 10.

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well they werent selling unlocked iphones in the US at launch so i dont know. Just cause he got it off contract doesnt mean it is unlocked.

it's running on t-mobile's network.

 

[Gregintosh]

I believe people who bought the 4S on AT&T at full price last year also had it automatically be unlocked. It was one of the ways to get an unlocked phone before unlocked editions were out, so this doesn't surprise me.

Hope T-Mobile gets Visual Voicemail support and 3G soon and they'll be able to make a bundle off of iPhone users even without an official deal from Apple.

 

[Dextor143]

Got the off contract AT&T phone. Cut my old t-mobile micro-sim, popped it in, activated the phone and it shows t-mo network.

Good luck!

Did you get order it online or picked up from the store?

 

[aneftp]

Did you get order it online or picked up from the store?

OP got it at store

 

[617aircav]

well they werent selling unlocked iphones in the US at launch so i dont know. Just cause he got it off contract doesnt mean it is unlocked.

The fact that it works on tmobile means its unlocked. Makes sense?

 

[dukebound85]

Got the off contract AT&T phone. Cut my old t-mobile micro-sim, popped it in, activated the phone and it shows t-mo network.

Good luck!

did you have to shave the sim?

 

[pure3d2]

Hmm I thought cutting down the SIM wouldn't work because there were internal changes to the metal contacts.

 

[jasonbro]

I believe people who bought the 4S on AT&T at full price last year also had it automatically be unlocked. It was one of the ways to get an unlocked phone before unlocked editions were out, so this doesn't surprise me.

I was one of those people and i'm not necessarily surprised either. But it wasn't a sure thing.

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Hmm I thought cutting down the SIM wouldn't work because there were internal changes to the metal contacts.

http://asia.cnet.com/hacked-iphone-5-nano-sim-thickness-doesnt-matter-62218820.htm

worked for me!

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did you have to shave the sim?

nope

http://asia.cnet.com/hacked-iphone-5-nano-sim-thickness-doesnt-matter-62218820.htm

 

[renesandy]

What's the data speed looking like? Is it running on HSPA+ ?

 

[Applejuiced]

What's the data speed looking like? Is it running on HSPA+ ?

Yeah right.
Its running on 2G

 

[jasonbro]

What's the data speed looking like? Is it running on HSPA+ ?

I'm not sure yet. I actually didn't set up the data info yet.