OT: where to buy iPhone?

[Nu2SW]

I go to Hackmyiphone.com for info

and also

the main group for lots of Iphone stuff

http://iphone.fiveforty.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Down side to the Hacks is my battery life turned to DOO DOO. So be prepared to keep a charger on hand at times and at home....But I also had my phone DOING way more than any normal iphone.

I may put the hacks back on, But ill keep is normal for a bit.

 

[mpoletti]

I think I unlocked it. I installed etch a sketch, but it just goes back to the main screen after I touch the icon.

 

[Trevor S]

Sorry i should of said that Verizon's is not the actual iphone, Im aware of the 5 yr deal with AT&T and Apple, which I think actually hurts them... they have a diffrent but close to similiar product coming out.

 

[BlueCorn]

No. You jailbroke it; i.e. opened it up to 3rd party applications.

Unlocking is a different process that allows you to use another GSM provider's SIM card. I don't recommend unlocking unless you have a specific need. What you just did is completely reversible by just using the "Restore" button within iTunes. Unlocking the SIM can lead to update problems down the road.

 

[mpoletti]

Do you know why I can not use my etch a sktech or why the new downloads are not opening? I guess I should start a new topic maybe.

 

[BlueCorn]

You should install "Community Sources" and then the BSD subsystem.

 

[bored4long]

No worries, we can discuss all things iPhone. There was a website I found that has games made for iPhone. You access it via the internet and has a 'desktop' (can you tell I'm a windows guy?) of all the games you selected. I can't find that website now. Anyone know what I'm talking about?

 

[mpoletti]

I was able to get the etch a sketch working. You wouldn't happen to know how to change my theme, aka the transformers theme.

 

[BlueCorn]

For themes you have two application choices.

1. Summerboard. It replaces springboard (the iphone gui/finder)

2. Customize. You retain springboard but you can change system related icons, sounds, etc....

Summerboard is better looking and more flexible but it's got some issues regarding power management.

 

[Nu2SW]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11084648#post11084648 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by beerguy
No. You jailbroke it; i.e. opened it up to 3rd party applications.

Unlocking is a different process that allows you to use another GSM provider's SIM card. I don't recommend unlocking unless you have a specific need. What you just did is completely reversible by just using the "Restore" button within iTunes. Unlocking the SIM can lead to update problems down the road.

actually unlocking can "BRICK" (techie term for breaking) the phone. as with apple latest update, it made phones to be used with Tmobile "Unusable"

so be carefull with that

 

[Nu2SW]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11085457#post11085457 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by beerguy
For themes you have two application choices.

1. Summerboard. It replaces springboard (the iphone gui/finder)

2. Customize. You retain springboard but you can change system related icons, sounds, etc....

Summerboard is better looking and more flexible but it's got some issues regarding power management.

OH does it ever... My battery drained really fast..... probably because of that.


Bobby

you tlakign about this

http://www.apple.com/webapps/

 

[BlueCorn]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11085793#post11085793 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Nu2SW
actually unlocking can "BRICK" (techie term for breaking) the phone. as with apple latest update, it made phones to be used with Tmobile "Unusable"

so be carefull with that

Actually, that's not true. The latest update, if applied incorrectly could make your phone tedious to restore but it didn't "break" anything.

My phone has been updated to 1.1.1, is unlocked and works with any SIM. It's not for the faint of heart, you need to know what you're doing and should be pretty technically savvy.

 

[BlueCorn]

That being said, I do have a valid contract with AT&T. I just like to have options when I travel.

Cheers

 

[Nu2SW]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11085857#post11085857 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by beerguy
Actually, that's not true. The latest update, if applied incorrectly could make your phone tedious to restore but it didn't "break" anything.

My phone has been updated to 1.1.1, is unlocked and works with any SIM. It's not for the faint of heart, you need to know what you're doing and should be pretty technically savvy.

well yeah, I forgot about the 1.1.1 updates that they fixed that .

 

[Matt_Wandell]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11081526#post11081526 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Nu2SW
If you cant send an email from an iphone then you shouldnt own anything tecno fancy.

Uh, Edwin?

I wrote:

You can't send a picture directly to another phone.

I am of the X generation, and know how to work really simple devices like iPhones. Not everyone has email on their phone.

 

[Nu2SW]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11086789#post11086789 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Matt_Wandell
Uh, Edwin?

I wrote:


I am of the X generation, and know how to work really simple devices like iPhones. Not everyone has email on their phone.

LOL generation X , I haven't heard that in a while. I just like messing around with people . Sheesh, my own mother has never touched a computer and doesn't know how to even turn one on. I've tried helping here but she is a gonner. Lol

P.S
this was sent from my Iphone....

 

[wh1te]

If your gonna buy from an apple store word is they stopped accepting cash for them it has to be credit or debit

P.S
This was sent from my blackberry.

 

[Jim_S]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11091237#post11091237 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by wh1te
If your gonna buy from an apple store word is they stopped accepting cash for them it has to be credit or debit

P.S
This was sent from my blackberry.

Hahahah... :lol:

So was this

 

[Nu2SW]

HAHAHAHA....... Bragging rights we must enjoy lol


Yeah, that credit/debit purchase is kinda strange. they say its to further limit because too many people were buying up to 5 phones and modding them to sell them for other networks.

Now only 2 phones

 

[bored4long]

thanks for the suggestion!

thanks for the suggestion!

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11078456#post11078456 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by norcalsig
if your wifes cell phone contract is up you could sign up for a new 2 year contract, get a free phone, and then the next day purchase the iphone, and you could either keep the free phone or sell it. it could save you a hundred bucks or so.

I just wanted to thank you for the suggestion. I stopped in ATT across from the galleria on Tuesday and asked the guy if I bought a new phone on a new contract that day if I could come back the next day and get the iPhone. He did one better for me and got me all hooked up right there. I got a new Razr V3.xx for $20 and an iPhone for $399. He went ahead and transferred my phone to the Razr. It was easy as pie. I'll hang onto the Razr for now since its newer and nicer than my old phone and sell it when they release the next gen iPhone.

My wife flipped when she got the phone for her birthday! thanks for the help. Now I get to figure out how to set up some custom ringtones for her. She has had an absolute blast playing with the iPhone for the last two days.