Gevey 3G Sim = FAIL??

[BLASTphemus]

I have been using a Gevey 3G sim on my 3g 2.1 jailbroken Iphone. Everything has been working fine since day one. Been using it for less than a month. I was out of town for the holiday and when I turned off my Iphone and rebooted. I all of a sudden would lose reception and edge in about 40 sec to 1 min. I rebooted several times and still the same thing. I then took out the sim and the adapter and put back in and it got worse. Now I would only get reception for about 1 min and my edge doesn't even come on at all anymore.

Can somebody please help on how to solve this? Or did the Gevey already fail on me?

Another thing sort of OT, am I still able to restore to 2.1 and jailbrake my Iphone again. Sort of a last resort before I go buy another sim. I want to be able to test all possible methods to solve this. Or will my Iphone automatically upgrade to 2.2 if go this route?

Thanks a bunch guys!

EDIT:
I completely restored and reinstalled to 2.1 and still nothing. I would lose reception and edge in about 1 min.

[brent91055]

That's odd..I've used a Gevey 3G on my iphone 2.1 and have had no problems until I updated to 2.2..now I'm screwed till a baseband downgrade or unlock happens. Is the SIM adapter or SIM card worn at all. This could create a problem.

[hustle]

it may be your sim if your still on 2.1. try and get another one do not upgrade to 2.2. you will be sorry

[z3r01]

i have the gevey and it works fine with me, but when this happens, i just pop the sim in a tmobile phone for a couple of seconds and pop it back into the iphone and it works again, im on 2.2 and its great...not better then 3G (i miss $19.99 unlimited media net)

[kauffman]

i have gevey 3g and i cant recieve calls! internet is dead as well. any tutorials or hacks that I should be doing? thanx!

[BLASTphemus]

It turns out after using 3 different Gervey 3G's, and restoring and jailbreaking many times. The problem apparently was my Tmobile sim card. I bought a new one and it booted right up after a fresh restore and quickpwn.

[seh6183]

Or you could have done this....



This is for a 3G (most likely applies to 2G's. But who uses turbo sims for 2G's these days?)

I have been having a ton of trouble lately with my turbo sim, so have about 6 other people that I know. I have discovered a way that you can restore service and edge at anytime without a computer or cables or anything. All you have to do is follow these directions in the EXACT order posted below.


When you notice loss of Edge or your phone is constantly looking for service or dropping calls, do EXACTLY the following:



1.) Reset network services
2.) IMMEDIATELY put phone into airplane mode
3.) Go to Settings>General>Network settings> and turn on Data Roaming and disable 3G
4.) click Cellular Data Network and type in the apn (Tmobile: epc.tmobile.com)
5.) Restart the phone and let it boot up completely
6.) Remove Airplane mode


Phone should now be working perfectly as soon as it finds service. Repeat as necessary.




Alternatively you can do the following to restore service without edge (sometimes the phone just wont work with edge)


1.) Reset network services
2.) IMMEDIATELY put phone into airplane mode
3.) Enable wifi
4.) Go to cydia and download sbsettings by big boss
5.) open the sb control panel and disable Edge
6.) Go to Settings>General>Network settings> and turn OFF Data Roaming and disable 3G
7.) Go to Settings>General> turn OFF Location services
8.) Restart the phone and let it boot up completely
9.) Remove Airplane mode



There it is. Hopefully this can help a bunch of people who are struggling with their turbo sims.

Im thinking maybe this should be moved to another section, like unlocking or tmobile specific

[BLASTphemus]

Thanks I'll remember that. I definitely could have used that info when it happend to me since I was out of town and didn't have access to a computer.