The iPhone thread - Page 55

punky · 29-06-2009, 20:32

Moira - you can always unlock the the original iPhone (1st gen). Although this can be agro.

Stereo bluetooth is 3G onwards only: http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2009/03...oth-iphone-30/

moiraf100 · 29-06-2009, 21:06

You're talking to someone who is quite ignorant about mobile phone technology* ;-)
*But I'm ok with 'soft modding' things - Wii's and the like ;-) so unlocking shouldn't be a problem.
My daughter got the phone the Christmas when they came out over here..... how old does that make it?
She said something about there being 'something on the top that needed to be switched'(???) to enable another sim(????) I don't know.
I was hoping it would be quite straightforward.
Also, with regards to the 02 sims as far as I can see you have to have a monthly top up. I only use about £10 a year if that ;-) on my PAYG.
It would be nice to use it as an ipod touch as well as a phone but there's not much point in taking it from her if I can't do both.
Plus I would rather keep my value sim.

punky · 29-06-2009, 21:54

The latest iPhone available in Dec 08 was the 3G (2nd phone) It is soft-unlockable at the moment, but won't be forever. So you need to get hold of the phone and unlock it before Apple releases an update. The predecessor, the 2G (1st phone) is basically always unlockable because Apple aren't really trying to stop people.

I think what your daughter is talking about a TurboSim, but i've never used one.

haydnwalker · 29-06-2009, 22:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thomas T

Does the iphone2g have stereo bluetooth with the 3.0 firmware? I'm guessing not.

Unfortunately not... I tested it

dilli-theclaw · 30-06-2009, 08:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by haydnwalker

Unfortunately not... I tested it

Cheers - I have a sony headset that came with a bluetooth transmitter but when I plugged it into my mates 3g iphone it didn't work so I suspect it won't work on the 2g one

Ah well...

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/...52921665274947

haydnwalker · 30-06-2009, 10:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thomas T

Cheers - I have a sony headset that came with a bluetooth transmitter but when I plugged it into my mates 3g iphone it didn't work so I suspect it won't work on the 2g one

Ah well...

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/...52921665274947

I tested mine with my 2G iPhone and a Motorola HT820 Stereo Bluetooth Headset and It worked as a headset for calls but not for music streaming.

Stuart · 30-06-2009, 11:19

It seems the iPhone dev team may have discovered a way to unlock the 3GS..

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/06...ne_3gs_unlock/

punky · 30-06-2009, 12:08

That's an old story. iPhone Dev do have a working jailbreak and unlock for 3GS but don't want to release it just yet as Apple will patch it straight away.

http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/1319...ds-of-the-many

moiraf100 · 30-06-2009, 12:30

She's had it over a year - does that mean it's 2G?? Christmas 2007 - was that the first year?

punky · 30-06-2009, 12:35

Yup Xmas 07 is a 2G phone. They are easily unlockable now that Apple don't sell them anymore.

moiraf100 · 30-06-2009, 12:55

lovely jubbly - thank you. I just have to wait now :-)

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Sorry, but how easily unlockable is that?

punky · 30-06-2009, 13:14

Very, i've done it myself on my own 2G (3.0 software).

You download the 3.0 update, and then download the jailbreaking app. You need to download some more files but easily findable.

You plug your iphone in, run this app. It tells you to restart your phone and then press some buttons in a certain order (puts it into a special boot mode) the application then automatically connects to the iPhone and unlocks it. That's it really for the 2G. Only takes a few mins.

If you don't like it you can always restore the image from iTunes.

moiraf100 · 30-06-2009, 13:27

Thanks punky

superbiatch · 04-07-2009, 10:31

How long are people generally getting out of their battery? OK I'm new to it so constantly playing but I've noticed it starts running quite low about 9pm (having been charged up until 7am). I'm not used to this as my old phone (albeit a Nokia with very few additional features - lasted maybe 2 or 3 days) - its the 3G 16g

Raistlin · 04-07-2009, 11:41

If you've got the wireless/3G/Bluetooth on all the time I understand that it really does drain the battery quite quickly - obviously I wouldn't know that from experience as I still can't find any that have stores that have one in stock.....