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T-Mobile USA Rolling Out Software Update for Existing Unlocked iPhone Customers
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They would only wait until the 12th if they are having serious issues. Activating visual voicemail on all of the unlocked iPhones and dealing with that amount of support on the same day as their official iPhone release would be a nightmare scenario.
I ported over to tmobile from att today after I heard the news to test. Using an iphone5. Also waiting for the update and hope it works out for me. So far all I have on tmobile is a slow Edge connection which is not going to cut for me. I mainly switched to save some money but do need a fast data connection for the little data usage that I use. BTW, those with non Iphone 4G based phones, do you get 4G service in the tri-state area?
-Mike
-Mike
You can also install this profile update by visiting http://tmobile.com/isetup directly on your iPhone if your phone is on T-Mobile’s network but doesn’t show up any available updates.
I tried accessing that link with my AT&T iPad and it was about to install the T-mobile configurator. I cancelled it. Did anyone tried it to see what happens?
It has been posted several times here already, IT IS NOT the same thing as a carrier update.
I do hope it's released Monday but it could be anyone's guess now. Anywhere from today to Friday the 12th.
If it is unlocked, then yes it will work. However, you will not get LTE or AWS HSPA/HSPA+. Only EDGE, or PCS (1900 MHz) 3G/4G if you live in a refarmed area.
It will also be posted here and the various other sites so all one has to do is download and install. No need to even be on the latest firmware. When AT&T enabled MMS a few years back, I never upgraded because of my JB and I simply grabbed the carrier update from this site.
Something interesting...
I recently joined t-mobile a week and a half ago. I dropped AT&T and had my iPhone unlocked via a website (legally since purchased before the Jan/2013 ban on unlocking) since AT&T refused to do it for me. Im currently in an area where the majority is 2g but I can get some 3g bars in certain areas.
I recently received a reminder that I had 14 days to add phone insurance to my account, after trying to add it online it referred me to call T-mobile. After 15 minutes of waiting I asked if I was able to add Premium Handset Protection to my iPhone 5 under the BYOP terms. She put me on hold and when she came back she told me yes for $7.79 a month. I added it and asked what the deductible would be, and she didn't know. I didn't want to press my luck so I stopped asking questions and just added the feature.
For the first 24 hours it did not appear on my account, the next day it showed premium handset protection, under my imei number but under phone it showed unknown. While waiting all day for this update to take place (or lack of) I kept checking my t-mobile account. A few minutes ago I noticed an interesting change:
(info changed to protect privacy)
Also included a pic of an iPhone 5 next to info.
Name (999) 999-9999
Apple® iPhone 5
IMEI number: 01-xxxxxx-xxxxxx-0
Premium Handset Protection: Yes
It looks like even though they didn't launch the update today, they have been updating their systems to include iPhone 5. I still have an unknown phone in the main page (not related to insurance) but I have a feeling that will be updated soon. I checked http://phoneclaim.com/t-mobile/program to see if the deductible was available but it still does not list any Apple products yet. I was told that would change on the 12th. (From a friend that works at t-mobile, he also told me that he heard the update was moved to Monday but couldn't provide anything official.)
I didn't think they would allow this but it seems that they are for new customers. I think a week after official t-mobile iPhone 5 launch Im going to have an accident with my old iP5 and pay the deductible maybe $200 or $300 for the new version. Since its the same model number it shouldn't be a problem.
Just thought I would share this for all of you guys that recently made the switch.
Any thoughts?
I recently joined t-mobile a week and a half ago. I dropped AT&T and had my iPhone unlocked via a website (legally since purchased before the Jan/2013 ban on unlocking) since AT&T refused to do it for me. Im currently in an area where the majority is 2g but I can get some 3g bars in certain areas.
I recently received a reminder that I had 14 days to add phone insurance to my account, after trying to add it online it referred me to call T-mobile. After 15 minutes of waiting I asked if I was able to add Premium Handset Protection to my iPhone 5 under the BYOP terms. She put me on hold and when she came back she told me yes for $7.79 a month. I added it and asked what the deductible would be, and she didn't know. I didn't want to press my luck so I stopped asking questions and just added the feature.
For the first 24 hours it did not appear on my account, the next day it showed premium handset protection, under my imei number but under phone it showed unknown. While waiting all day for this update to take place (or lack of) I kept checking my t-mobile account. A few minutes ago I noticed an interesting change:
(info changed to protect privacy)
Also included a pic of an iPhone 5 next to info.
Name (999) 999-9999
Apple® iPhone 5
IMEI number: 01-xxxxxx-xxxxxx-0
Premium Handset Protection: Yes
It looks like even though they didn't launch the update today, they have been updating their systems to include iPhone 5. I still have an unknown phone in the main page (not related to insurance) but I have a feeling that will be updated soon. I checked http://phoneclaim.com/t-mobile/program to see if the deductible was available but it still does not list any Apple products yet. I was told that would change on the 12th. (From a friend that works at t-mobile, he also told me that he heard the update was moved to Monday but couldn't provide anything official.)
I didn't think they would allow this but it seems that they are for new customers. I think a week after official t-mobile iPhone 5 launch Im going to have an accident with my old iP5 and pay the deductible maybe $200 or $300 for the new version. Since its the same model number it shouldn't be a problem.
Just thought I would share this for all of you guys that recently made the switch.
Any thoughts?
I don't know how they are going to work it for transferred phones, but going through the Pre-Order screens yesterday, the PHP insurance info listed the deductible as $175 for a 64GB iPhone 5. It could be different for transferred phones, but I don't see why it would be if they are offering the same coverage for the same hardware.
I quickly checked and couldn't find it, that's why I posted it.
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These do work but only support 3G. Remember these CDMA phones have a slot for a SIM card.
No tethering.
Solavei has a soft cap of 4GB, then you're throttled down to EDGE. If EDGE is all you get in the first place, then there's no throttling...
esechico said:
Yes it is dishonest. Even if it works, it probably will not (you didn't get it from T-Mobile), why should T-Mobile pay for you to have a new phone? Suck it up, and sell the phone when the 5s comes out.
Further, the AT&T iPhone still gets 4G on T-Mobile just not both LTE and HSPA+.
People like you are why everything costs more for everybody else.
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They should pay for it because he payed for the insurance... You're acting like he's just going to them and asking for a new phone.
Unjailbroken correct.
But the iOS requirement says 6.1.x. If that meant 6.1.3 they would have said that. The 'x' means it can be 6.1.1, 6.1.2 or 6.1.3
Not sure how its dishonest, I didn't lie about anything and they provided insurance coverage base on the truth (they have no problem taking my money). The accident part a week later was meant as a joke but regardless if your paying for a service your entitled to the coverage. It's not like I'm filing a fake claim and selling the old one. Also T-mobile doesn't pay for it I'm paying for it with a deductible and monthly payments. I've paid monthly insurance with all of my phones for the last 8 years and had only one claim. At an average of $10.00 (service ranges from $8 to $15 a month) I've paid over $1000 with deductible. The phone they replaced ended up being a cheap refurb maybe worth $200 at most. Trust me the insurance company doesn't loose.
Also you mentioned that I shouldn't be entitled to this benefit because I didn't buy the phone from tmobile. Apparently they encourage the "Bring your own phone" motto and have no problems providing insurance for your phone provided you add within 14 days of activation.
As for the "people like me" comment, your entitled to your opinion and I don't really care what you have to say about me.
I always tend to upgrade when a new iPhone comes out and end up spending more money than the normal person finishing their contract. I paid $550 as the early upgrade price and don't remember you being there to help me pay for it or causing the price of your phone to go up.
This update seems to be less about updating the radios as giving the phone the correct information for the servers to pay attention to the phones.
Or to put it another way, you can know where the speakeasy is but if you don't know the password you aren't getting in. This update is telling the phones the password. To the speakeasys they already knew about.
At the factory they are loading the correct Qualcomm firmware in phones being produced for sale on the 12th and after that will know where other speakeasys are. Because you always had the car to drive there, you just didn't know where to drive.
Wow that's actually pretty cheap, when I was on AT&T it was a $200 deductible for the 16gig. I have the 32gig but if 64gig is $175 I'm sure mine is cheaper.
Thanks for the info!
Possibly because the FCC is requiring Verizon to sell their phones gsm unlocked. And thus the ability to switch to t-mobile systems needs to be in there. But the phone will currently have a Verizon SIM card for 99.9% users and thus they won't get this t-mobile update. Therefore Verizon has to provide it to them in order to stay in compliance with this rule about the phones working on all official gsm carriers for the iPhone in the US