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06-26-2009, 04:43 PM #1
something weird happened today
I have an unlocked iphone 2g on t-mobile and the area where i live doesn't have Edge, much less 3g. anyway, i was at school today when i looked at my phone and saw the Edge icon up at the top. i was so excited thinking t-mobile finally had edge covered in my area. so i thought of calling them to ask if they also offered 3g (I might buy an android phone from them)
to my surprise, my call gets answered by an AT&T answering machine!
and when i looked at the carrier under settings it said AT&T!
before, i could only see the options to choose from at&t or t-mobile but i could never choose at&t, i'd always get an error. now i get to choose which carrier i want to have...
Edge and calls work perfectly even though my sim card is a t-mobile sim. so now my question is... will 3g work if i had an iphone 3g?! i'm running 3.0 on my iphone btw (don't know if that matters)
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06-27-2009, 06:02 AM #2Peanut Brain
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Do T-Mobile have an agreement with AT&T where you are? I'm not sure how it works over there but you might be running up a very large roaming bill....
He who asks a question looks foolish for 5 minutes. He who doesn't ask a question remains foolish forever.
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06-27-2009, 10:04 PM #3
Since your using a T-Mobile SIM the 3G will not work on a iPhone 3G
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06-28-2009, 12:37 AM #4iPhone? More like MyPhone
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lolz
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06-28-2009, 03:14 AM #5Peanut Brain
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I'm not actually sure that that is the case. T-Mobile do not have a 3G network on the frequency that the iPhone can use, but if his phone is connecting to AT&T's network the iPhone can use that, I do not believe it is SIM dependant provided 3G is enabled on his account the it *might* be possible.
Originally Posted by Painkiller7536
He who asks a question looks foolish for 5 minutes. He who doesn't ask a question remains foolish forever.
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07-25-2009, 12:28 PM #6
well i called t-mobile and they were surprised i had AT&T coverage with a t-mobile sim card. they said not to worry about it since my t-mobile plan has unlimited roaming and to just enjoy it lol.
thing is it stopped working a couple of weeks ago.. so no more AT&T or Edge signal for me
i had my girl choose AT&T on her iphone 3g. she got Edge but when she turned on the 3g under settings she lost signal. so nope.... it's not possible to have 3g under t-mobile using the AT&T signal
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