[Go Gators]

Originally Posted by rud3bwoy

very misleading ultra snow does not work well at all tmobile user here and a few others have the same issue constant loss of signal on and off.

Originally Posted by Kruejl

Again, ultrasn0w works as long as you use the Airplane mode toggle. Its just like when yellowsn0w was first released.

I do see how some users are having some issues with Ultrasn0w but I guess I'm one of the lucky one's because I haven't had any problems with ultrasn0w. No loss of signal, no dropped calls and I haven't used the airplane mode toggle. I made sure that I had 3G turned off the whole time during both installs and I was making calls in less than 5 minutes. Easiest install ever. I must have just gotten lucky. I'm definitely not complaining. Everything works great.

[hydroabiscuit]

Originally Posted by Kruejl

All you need to do is turn on Airplane mode after running ultrasn0w, then turn off the phone. Power it back on and then turn Airplane mode off and you should be able to use the phone without any problems. I unlocked my new 3GS last night and this is how I got it to work. The Airplane toggle will need to be done anytime the phone is power cycled as well. I am making calls, SMS, MMS, Data and WiFi flawlessly on T-Mobile.

i have JB'd my iphone via the mac version of PR, and hae done the instructions...it works perfectly. REMEMBER, every time you must reboot or power off, goto airplane mode first...once powered on, then you can disable it

[ggab]

Are you all hacktivating or are you activating first with a legit sim since purplera1n doesn't activate?

[Kruejl]

I personally activated legit and am going to ETF after my 30 days. Cheaper than buying one from craigslist or ebay and that way I already had it activated.

[ggab]

Originally Posted by Kruejl

I personally activated legit and am going to ETF after my 30 days. Cheaper than buying one from craigslist or ebay and that way I already had it activated.

I'm in the exact same boat. I was able to locally sell my 16GB 3G for $340 (even though it was a little scratched up). I'm going to miss the 3G speeds when I cancel! I'm going to use AT&T as long as I can, are you switching back to T-mobile right now?

Main reason I'm asking is I can do that for myself but I want to put an ad on CL to unlock other people's iPhones and I didn't want to have to use my AT&T sim to unlock their phones.

[Kruejl]

I have been a T-Mobile customer for a while now. I walked into my Apple store and bought a 16gb 3GS on a new AT&T account just for the phone. Came home, jailbroke and unlocked it.
I'll cancel my AT&T account after 30 days so I figure it will probably cost about $475.00 total for my 3GS. I put my 16GB 3G on craigslist about 3 hours ago and already have two people interested for $350.

[Vaddy]

Originally Posted by Kruejl

I have been a T-Mobile customer for a while now. I walked into my Apple store and bought a 16gb 3GS on a new AT&T account just for the phone. Came home, jailbroke and unlocked it.
I'll cancel my AT&T account after 30 days so I figure it will probably cost about $475.00 total for my 3GS. I put my 16GB 3G on craigslist about 3 hours ago and already have two people interested for $350.

I did the same exact thing Friday night, picked up a black 16GB 3GS and signed a new two year contact with AT&T, the apple store cs rep asked me if I understood the terms and conditions, so I asked him if there is anything in the guidlines I should know about and he mentioned that if I cancel my contract after the first thirty days I would have to pay the early termination fee plus $400 for the iPhone..... Don't know if that was just a scare tactic or not but maybe the rules have changed????

[ggab]

Originally Posted by Vaddy

I did the same exact thing Friday night, picked up a black 16GB 3GS and signed a new two year contact with AT&T, the apple store cs rep asked me if I understood the terms and conditions, so I asked him if there is anything in the guidlines I should know and he mentioned that if I cancel my contract after the first thirty days I would have to pay the early termination fee plus $400 for the iPhone..... Don't know if that was just a scare tactic or not but maybe the rules have changed????

That guy has no idea what he's talking about.

[Vaddy]

Originally Posted by ggab

That guy has no idea what he's talking about.

I think your right because I heard the $175 early termination fee is supposed to set you free and technically they cannot make you buy the phone outright or return it, at least that's what I've heard

[Kruejl]

After 30 days, they can only assess an ETF fee. That's it.

Edit: @Vaddy...he must have meant BEFORE 30 days. That would be the correct price for the 16GB 3GS.

[hydroabiscuit]

update: wifi is a little borky, but seems to be ok so far. t-mobile access is stable

[privipol95]

Originally Posted by ej3ffrey

ya, i had mine unlocked when purplera1n came out. the airplane mode trick works to get signal and wifi working. other than that, ultrasn0w works exactly like it did on 3g. i have tmobile btw

Did you use your t-mobile sim card while jailbreaking?
I tried jailbreaking mine, but it didn't work. I wasn't using at&t sim card for jailbreak... Is it the reason it didn't work?

[bootleg]

mac version worked sooooooooo fast. easiest jailbreak i've ever used. (t-mobile in california)

[ankitagarwal85]

Originally Posted by ggab

I'm in the exact same boat. I was able to locally sell my 16GB 3G for $340 (even though it was a little scratched up). I'm going to miss the 3G speeds when I cancel! I'm going to use AT&T as long as I can, are you switching back to T-mobile right now?

Main reason I'm asking is I can do that for myself but I want to put an ad on CL to unlock other people's iPhones and I didn't want to have to use my AT&T sim to unlock their phones.

Hey fellas I'm in the same boat as well.. got my 3gs activated legitimately at the store and now have it unlocked. I was curious about whether the activation would last if I restored my 3gs so tried that only to find that it became deactivated and I had to re-insert the original AT&T sim to get it activated again.

However since I too plan to cancel the AT&T contract after 30 days I was wondering.. any idea on how one can hacktivate the 3gs if ever needed?

(I have a long history of having to restore my iphone after screwing around with it.)

EDIT: So I did some googling and came across a solution myself.. apparently you can hacktivate by copying a lockdown file to the iphone. see the link: http://www.ilikemyiphone.com/2009/07...ilbreakunlock/

[hydroabiscuit]

Originally Posted by privipol95

Did you use your t-mobile sim card while jailbreaking?
I tried jailbreaking mine, but it didn't work. I wasn't using at&t sim card for jailbreak... Is it the reason it didn't work?

the way i did it:
1. i restored 3.0 stock
2. put in the att sim to activate
3. then removed it
4. jailbreak
5. untrasn0w
6. airplane mode ON
7. reboot
8. airplane move OFF
9. done!

your results may vary, but my t-mo coverage works, its the wife that has intermittent dropouts