Comments on: iPhone Owners Freed from Activation, Hacking Details Drop, Bricking Process Detailed (Updated)

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:50:48 +0000

OK, here it is. I purchased a RazrV3 unlocked and use it overseas for my work. I brought the phone back with me and purchased an ATT sim card on ebay. Can anybody tell me how to activate the thing?

By: Aimee

Aimee — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:02:05 +0000

Has anyone switched a 2G unlocked/jailbroken sim with A 3g jailbroken iphone.. it works but does anyone know what plan at at&t i will be charged for if i continue to use my 3G with the 2G sim….

By: Christopher Price

Christopher Price — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:02:14 +0000

You won’t be locked out of your account. AT&T may tell you that you need to change phones, but it’s completely optional.

The worst case AT&T could ever do, is update their systems to bar access to iPhone 3G devices when on a prepaid account. This is highly unlikely, as AT&T has plans to formally offer iPhone 3G on prepaid in the future.

By: chuck

chuck — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:32:37 +0000

Has anyone been using an iPhone 3G with a PAYG account for any decent amount of time? (like a month or 2) The reason I’m asking is that AT&T will clearly see that the IMEI is coming from a 3G phone and they can close the account. I briefly put a PAYG sim in my 3G phone and it worked flawlessly. Even had 3G internet speed. But I’m afraid that if I start using it on a PAYG account that it will be found and locked out. Any comments?

By: rc11901

rc11901 — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:06:49 +0000

I just got my IPhone 3G from EBay and a pay as you go sim card is on the way. I don’t have the original IPhone sim card. Can I upgrade the firmware with the active AT&T pay as you go sim card in, which is in contrast to an upgrade with original IPhone 3G sim card? What I read from other forum is that during the upgrade to firmware 2.0.1, the carrier setting will also be updated. That is why I wonder if an upgrade using PAYG sim card can bring negative effect.

By: Christopher Price

Christopher Price — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:42:34 +0000

Yes, it does work. The update does not interfere with AT&T prepaid accounts.

By: rc11901

rc11901 — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:53:26 +0000

I wonder if the AT&T pay as you go Sim card works with IPHONE 3G with 2.0.1 firmware for both voice and data. The 2.0.1 firmware just came out a few days ago. I haven’t been able to find any comment on this matter.

By: cubara

cubara — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:03:52 +0000

I noticed that once I used the gophone sim in the stock iphone 3g, I lost the ability to use the unlimited media net on other phones. It will work again if I put it back into the iphone. Has anyone experience this as well or is this a fluke?

By: Colin

Colin — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:59:00 +0000

Well, today I reached an iPhone GoPhone activations person and…no dice. They simply will not in any way let me activate a first-gen iPhone to use the iPhone bundle on my existing GoPhone account.

So instead, I’ve just hacked the thing and activated the standard unlimited medianet package. Looks to be everything except visual voicemail, so that’s fine. But man, these people are frustrating and obstinate to deal with.

By: Juan

Juan — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:21:11 +0000

Sorry I don’t have the iPhone with me to follow the instructions. I’m posting for someone else. I will get the iPhone if we get past this issue!!!
What do you mean Expert Mode? Is this something to be done on the iPhone or are you referring to Expert Mode within Pwnage? Pwnage is the only place where I see any reference to “Expert Mode”.
Remember we are doing this test on a fresh 3G iPhone without jailbreak or unlock following your article. Can you clarify about the “Expert Mode” please?
Thanks for the help.