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How to add prepaid ATT/T-Mobile Sim card?

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Inukami

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Anyone know how to add a prepaid sim card to a jailbreak/no carrier 3G Iphone.
 
As far as T-Mobile, you'll have to unlock it. And the 3G iPhone has not yet been unlocked.

I'm not sure if this would even work with AT&T, as the no-contract 3G iPhones are not yet available.
 
illidian said:
As far as T-Mobile, you'll have to unlock it. And the 3G iPhone has not yet been unlocked.

I'm not sure if this would even work with AT&T, as the no-contract 3G iPhones are not yet available.
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can't you just jailbreak it?
 
So jailbreaking doesn't allow that huh. Btw doesn't the PwnageTool unlock iphone?
 
illidian said:
I don't believe this applies to the topic. See (underlined) OP:

The 2G iPhone has been unlocked and should fully support a prepaid SIM.
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Well, I'm adding it to this topic so as to avoid starting a new thread. So how do prepaid SIMs work in general?

Inukami said:
So jailbreaking doesn't allow that huh. Btw doesn't the PwnageTool unlock iphone?
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Only the first iPhone so far.
 
Inukami said:
So jailbreaking doesn't allow that huh. Btw doesn't the PwnageTool unlock iphone?
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It can unlock the 2G iPhone if you want it to, but the 3G iPhone is currently unable to be unlocked.

Tallest Skil said:
Well, I'm adding it to this topic so as to avoid starting a new thread. So how do they work in general?
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Sorry, I wasn't sure what exactly you were getting at.

I'm not exactly sure how prepaid SIM cards work because I've never used one. But it only makes sense to me that once your money/texts/minutes are up, the phone won't be able to perform those functions. If you're in the middle of a call - your time is up, too bad.

However, this is only speculation on my part on what appears logical to me.
 
illidian said:
I'm not exactly sure how prepaid SIM cards work because I've never used one. But it only makes sense to me that once your money/texts/minutes are up, the phone won't be able to perform those functions. If you're in the middle of a call - your time is up, too bad.

However, this is only speculation on my part on what appears logical to me.
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That's what I was thinking, and it sounds logical to me, too... thanks.
 
can I activate a prepaid sim card using the iphone or would I have to use an actual prepaid phone to activate
 
I think prepaid sim card, thats what they are made for LOL. What i want to know is for the old generation Iphone, how do you do it!!!!! Whats the software used or w/e!
 
Iphone Sim free

Is it possible to download Iphone Sim free software or did they make it locked or per customer so you have to buy it o_O? Any way to get it off the internet somewhere else?
 
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