I have problems using My Location if I'm not connected to WiFi. I found that when I'm connected to WiFi, it works just fine.
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iPhone [Merged] iPhone Users with T-Mobile Service (USA)
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I have problems using My Location if I'm not connected to WiFi. I found that when I'm connected to WiFi, it works just fine.
Are you able to use My Location when you are not connected to WiFi?
T-Zones is where you manage your account, buy ringtones, etc...
T-MobileWeb is just the Mobile Web. It's not the entire web, just about 50 or so pages T-Mobile decides to make viewable to you.
If you have and iPhone, the best choice for you is to get the T-Mobile Total Internet Package. 19 a month, unlimited data transfer. And the edge isn't too bad. In the Dallas area, I get around 200kbps.
If you only want to have access to your news, account, etc... then T-MobileWeb would work for you. It is unlimited transfer, just not of the entire web.
both work for me. i unlocked with iplus 1.2 right from the start if that makes the difference (maybe boot loader version?) for some reason though it feels more accurate when i am on wifi, but its probably in my head... on wifi its damn near dead on, edge is about 2 - 3 blocks off. i guess the real test should be more controlled.
Been using T-Mobile with my iPhone since 1.0.2 days..er...August? Works flawlessly with no issues.
Using T-mobile 500 minute family plan for $49.99 + 9.99 for third line + 4.99 text and 5.99 T-Zones = ~$70 total.
Not too many minutes but I do get unlimited m2m (which most my friends have tmo) and free n&w. Since I split the bill and use the most minutes, I'm only paying about $40/mo.
Sure beats AT&T's plans...
voicemail on t-mobile
For those of you using t-mobile with ziphone - if visual voicemail doesn't work, how does it alert you that you have a voicemail? Can you also use t-mobile ziphone with pay as you go plans? Thanks.
For those of you using t-mobile with ziphone - if visual voicemail doesn't work, how does it alert you that you have a voicemail? Can you also use t-mobile ziphone with pay as you go plans? Thanks.
I think that Apple added in the regular voice mail functionality just in case the visual voicemail system wasn't working. On my iPhone running T-Mobile, if I get a new voicemail message, it just puts a red circle on the corner of my phone icon. When I touch the voicemail menu item, it automatically calls the number stored on my SIM. When you get a new voicemail, the alert is just a sound and vibration (if you have that enabled).
And for the Pay as you go plans, they still use the SIM and everything is controlled by the SIM so I don't see why not. I don't have a pay as you go plan so I wouldn't be able to tell you. You might want to check it out with t-mobile. Just ask if you can used an unlocked gsm cellphone with pay as you go. You could say iPhone but it normally throws them in a loop because it's not supposed to work with T-Mobile.
I hope this helps.
Tried to read the whole thread without success (attention span issue)...
So, if I buy an iPhone and unlock it, I can use my T-mobile plan and add the t-zones for $6/month and have the same experience of browsing web anywhere like the AT&T setup?
-mx
So, if I buy an iPhone and unlock it, I can use my T-mobile plan and add the t-zones for $6/month and have the same experience of browsing web anywhere like the AT&T setup?
-mx
No. You won't have the same experience because the 6 dollar a month plan only gives you access to select sites that T-Mobile gives you. I'm not sure of the exact number, but it's about 50 or so. Mostly news, weather, stocks. I know that Google will work but Google Maps won't, and your mail won't work either. For the best experience, you need the total internet package. It's 19.99 a month and gives you unlimited access to the full web.
Everything else though; calling; voicemail (not visual voicemail); text messaging; will work fine. If you decide to get the 6 dollar a month plan, you will need to be connected to WiFi to do any web stuff outside of T-Zones mobile web.
That is exactly right. That is what I do and it works just fine.
Wrong. The $5.99 T-mobileWeb is all you need. I have been using it and can check any website I please on EDGE. Last week I was stuck at the airport in Detroit, just wanted to check a few items on Ebay, and they wanted to charge me like $4 for the wifi connection. Hell with that, used EDGE and worked perfect, slower, but worked.
After you unlock you iPhone and have your Tmobile card SIM in and running, you can go to the Installer.app and look in the Tweaks 1.x (1.x is your firmware version, mine is 1.1.3) and you should find a T-mobile T-zones package. Install it and you are good to go (assuming of course that you did add T-mobileweb to your T-mobile account).
Wrong.
Here in Chicago, I NEVER got the T-Zones to work. I decided to try T-Mobile Total Internet and within an hour of me changing it on the web, my Edge icon went on and it started working.
Here, they must be able to tell you have an iPhone and make it so that T-Zones will not work with it.
Yes, it Total Internet costs a lot more, but I also get to use T-Mobile HotSpots with my laptops...
so is this right?
1- buy an iPhone from apple
2-jailbreak
what do i do with my current t-mobile sim card? do I need to replace that in iPhone?
1- buy an iPhone from apple
2-jailbreak
what do i do with my current t-mobile sim card? do I need to replace that in iPhone?
Your current t-mobile sim will go inside your new iPhone.
You take a paper clip and push into the small hole on the top of the iPhone. The case will pop open and you replace the AT&T card that came with the iPhone.
Remember though that you have to activate and unlock as well for this to work. That's just FYI.
The best application I found that does all of these things at once in only a few minutes is ZiPhone. www.ziphone.org
Good luck! You won't be disappointed!
Thanks for the info!
So the iPhone that I purchase at the Apple store, does that come standard 1.1.4 firmware? or will I have to upgrade?
last question-
do all functions work on iPhone after ziphone install? I currently have total internet with T-mobile and myfaves. what should I do with myfaves?
So the iPhone that I purchase at the Apple store, does that come standard 1.1.4 firmware? or will I have to upgrade?
last question-
do all functions work on iPhone after ziphone install? I currently have total internet with T-mobile and myfaves. what should I do with myfaves?
Sorry, but that feature doesn't work. The T-Mobile Hot Spot @ Home works using a piece of software that acts like a VoIP client on a PC or Mac. I wouldn't expect it to be made using the new iPhone SDK either since Apple has to approve that new software.
It's possible that someone on the open-source community could make it using the Open-Source SDK for the iPhone, but as far as I know, nothing like that has been created.
So, the short answer is no, it won't work using T-Mobile Hot Spot @ Home
It comes with 1.1.3 or 1.1.4. ZiPhone will do all the other work for you. He keeps his software up to date so that it will work with all iPhones including the ones just recently bought.
Since iPhone 2.0 hasn't been released yet, you have nothing to worry about. ZiPhone will downgrade what's needed and patch the firmware as needed.
If you have 1.1.3 after you unlock; activate; and jailbreak, simply restore, not update, your iPhone to 1.1.4. Then re-run ZiPhone to get 1.1.4 unlocked, activated, and jailbroken.
About MyFaves. I have it working as well. T-Mobile likes to make you think you need a MyFaves capable phone to use MyFaves. Really, you need a MyFaves capable phone only to change your MyFaves numbers on the phone. The servers that process your calls determines if the number is free or not.
Even though I can't see MyFaves on my iPhone, I still don't get charged for any of my MyFaves numbers. If you want to change them, you will have to go online and do it from the "Manage Your Account" section of my.t-mobile.com.
Sorry for any spelling errors here. My spell checker isn't working right now.
Again-
thanks for the info!
of course, more questions keep popping in my head...
when activesync is released in june by apple, do you anticipate any problem updating that featured to a t-mobile iPhone? hopefully it won't be a problem.
and earlier when you said, "simply restore to 1.1.4", is that something I need to manage from ziphone's website? I assume it's all there...
btw---I'm going on Friday to buy my iPhone and put this to the test!
thanks again!
thanks for the info!
of course, more questions keep popping in my head...
when activesync is released in june by apple, do you anticipate any problem updating that featured to a t-mobile iPhone? hopefully it won't be a problem.
and earlier when you said, "simply restore to 1.1.4", is that something I need to manage from ziphone's website? I assume it's all there...
btw---I'm going on Friday to buy my iPhone and put this to the test!
thanks again!
sorry for the stupid question but...
when i unlock the Iphone, should I have my T-mobile sim inside the Iphone or not have a SIM in there at all?
when i unlock the Iphone, should I have my T-mobile sim inside the Iphone or not have a SIM in there at all?
ZiPhone seems to stay up-to-date on updates of the firmware and software. It won't be hacked until a few weeks or a couple of months after it's released though. So, iPhone 2.0 Firmware will be hacked, just not immediately.
This is something that everyone who has hacked their iPhones urge, don't update until the iPhone development community gives you the okay. The Development community is going to be people like the one who has created ZiPhone.
On the restore thing, it's handled through iTunes.
If during the patching of your iPhone, your iPhone breaks. You would have to restore it in iTunes.
If iTunes detects the iPhone, just press the restore button on the iPhone manager screen.
If iTunes doesn't detect your iPhone, you press the Home button and the Power button until the iPhone turns off, about 3-5 seconds after the screen goes blank, release the power button and keep holding the home button. That way your iPhone goes into recovery mode and you can then restore from iTunes. I guess it all depends on your situation.
Just the biggest mistake anyone can make is to update their iPhone before the community gives you the "okay". Apple loves to break your stuff if it's been hacked. Sounds horrible, but it's true.
You don't need to have a SIM card in your iPhone at the time you hack. However, it won't hurt anything if there is a SIM card in place. ZiPhone doesn't touch the SIM card. It only touches the software on the iPhone.
thanks!
it worked perfectly!
I guess any numbers you have on your sim card don't transfer to iPhone?
it worked perfectly!
I guess any numbers you have on your sim card don't transfer to iPhone?
There's an application you can download to do this. I haven't used it but it's worth a try!
iClarified > SIMport
I got a $249 AT&T refurb last week, which I love, and use with T-Mobile.
I have the 39.99 1k anytime with the 5.99 T-zones edge plan. The phone is running 1.1.4 and was unlocked using ziphone.
Here is what works and what does not for me:
Google maps: No
Safari: No (not even google.com)
Youtube: Loads but has not played any movies
Mail: Yes
I've looked into the the BigBoss t-zones hack but I'm scared of busting my iphone. Anyone know of a hack for t-zones for 1.1.4?
I have the 39.99 1k anytime with the 5.99 T-zones edge plan. The phone is running 1.1.4 and was unlocked using ziphone.
Here is what works and what does not for me:
Google maps: No
Safari: No (not even google.com)
Youtube: Loads but has not played any movies
Mail: Yes
I've looked into the the BigBoss t-zones hack but I'm scared of busting my iphone. Anyone know of a hack for t-zones for 1.1.4?
yeah I was just about to post something similar-
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I got the phone, used ziphone and it worked great. I've moved all of my contacts/appointments over and that's fine also.
I can't get internet to work. I assume this is through edge network. The Wifi works fine in my house but edge is not working. I saw in the settings a place where you can enter APN/username/password. Is that information I can attain from T-mobile? I have the $29.99 total everything internet plan.
Any help would be great! Thanks for everything so far...
so-
I got the phone, used ziphone and it worked great. I've moved all of my contacts/appointments over and that's fine also.
I can't get internet to work. I assume this is through edge network. The Wifi works fine in my house but edge is not working. I saw in the settings a place where you can enter APN/username/password. Is that information I can attain from T-mobile? I have the $29.99 total everything internet plan.
Any help would be great! Thanks for everything so far...