Not gonna read through 48 pages but has anybody unlocked the iPhone 3g to work with a different carrier?
Please IM me asap.
Thanks!
I answered you in the IM but you can only lock baseband version 2.28.0. 2.30.X comes with 2.2.1 which I think any newer iPhone from Apple ships with so your SOL.
3.0 Beta 2 Updates:
- B2 killed a lot of the typing lag, and scrolling problems.
- Some speed improvements.
- Some stereo bluetooth/A2DP controls are working (play and pause). Others (rewind and fast forward) are not.
- There’s a new Store option under Settings, but it’s empty and has no icon. One theory is that it be used to store the iTMS credentials, to avoid typing in your password every time you buy through the iTunes App or in-app purchases.
- Apple has given developers the ok to begin testing the new push notification and In App Purchasing APIs.
- New icon in the left side of the menu bar to indicate when call forwarding has been enabled.
- Despite Apple’s warning against MMS and tethering, they can be are enabled in 3.0b2 by without modifying the ipcc file (the carrier settings). They both work (with limitations) in b2 in the U.S. although some countries have trouble getting them to work at the same time, but they work, regardless of the firmware.
- Bluetooth Tethering is working for some developers, although not with the unibody MacBook Pro 15, curiously the MBP17/unibody does work.
- To enable Bluetooth tethering: Install the latest SDK, go to bluetooth explorer utilities and set Click Utilities -> “Get Local Device Info” in the menu bar. In the Local Bluetooth Device Information window, click “Simple Pairing” In the Simple Paring view, select “Disabled”, then click “Set”
- Some have reported that photo MMS’ send fine (to compatible phones) other have reported that they fail with a red exclamation point icon inline next to the image and “message was not sent” error. Can’t send a picture MMS to or receive a picture MMS from a T-Mobile G1.
- MMS receipt: The messaging app displays the picture with the message in a separate bubble on top, and a blue arrow next to the picture, and when you tap it, it brings you to a image preview where you can save it.
- The ability to send and receive MMS may be related to your iPhone model. 8GB users report that it works, while 16GB users report that it doesn’t
- MMS may also relate to your SMS plan. People reporting that it works appear to have the unlimited plan.
- The Exchange email bug that prevented you from syncing to your corporate email was fixed.
- New way to open a new page in Safari: Tap and hold on a link and a menu pops up allowing you to open, open in new page or copy the link (or cancel).
- One commenter noted that if you restart after syncing with iTunes, it’s almost as stable as 2.x was.
- Bluetooth is shut off when the app that uses it quits.
- Auto correction in messaging is fixed.
- Fast scrolling memory leak is fixed.
- Cursor missing on blank fields is fixed.
- Un-selectable text fields on web forms is fixed.
- Stuttering animations are fixed.
- Missing multi-touch events (and more memory leaks) are fixed.
- iPhone OS 3.0b2 can have up to 11 pages of apps (180 apps total) as opposed to 9 pages In OS 2.0 (148 apps)
- There’s a checkbox in iTunes to “encrypt iPhone backup” (this arrived in 3.0b1)
- YouTube is broken, it displays a “Cannot Connect to YouTube” error message when trying to connect.
- The newer version of Webkit is included in Mobile Safari
- Beta 2 adds voice memos to iPod Touch 2G. It wasn’t in the beta 1
- Some users report a fast blinking/screen strobing effect for 20 seconds just before the final reboot. While a little scary the phone reboot as expected
- Some users are reporting that after the final reboot (post update) the “connect to iTunes” screen came up with a purple background.
- It’s still limited to one Exchange account
- When picking a Picture to attach as a MMS, there is no a new screen where you see the picture in fullscreen and can choose Add or Cancel
- Beta 2 now does save modifications to the auto-correct dictionary
- Camera lag from launch until ready-to-shoot is a full 5+ seconds
- Camera lag from shutter release to actually taking the photo is around a 1+ second delay - or just enough to completely miss a moving subject.
- Text message preview doesn’t show the contents of your text message, it just displays the sender’s name and not the actual text of the message. (3.0b1 feature?)
- Scrolling left to spotlight is much faster than before (although still a little laggy) and you can now swipe left to go from Spotlight back to the home screen (had to press home button in b1)
- Calendar still doesn’t work in landscape mode.
- Voice Memo app has new sound effects. When you tap the record button it makes the shutter release sound (possibly to prevent surreptitious recording?), when you tap play and it makes a typing sound. Voice Memo SFX are muted when the mute button is enabled.
- Settings > General > Home > Search Results allows to you check what areas of the phone are searchable (indexed?). You can also re-arrange the order of search priority here. (3.0b1 feature)
- Autobrightness works now.
- Pictures are moveable after you zoom into them without a hard tap.
- Search results in Mail in landscape has a better layout.
- Spotlight now displays a “No Results” message when nothing is found
- Safari text fields now show you where your cursor is and you can also copy and paste within them.
- Icons dim instantly when you tap them now.
- Safari: Landscape bookmarks now appear correctly.
- Safari: Doesn’t get stuck in portrait mode.
- Improved GPS accuracy in Maps.
- Improved GSM signal strength.
Thanks man, appreciate the info.
Again, if anyone wants to try it out, PM me and I can get you added to my developer account so your phone activates.
im moving to att when the new iphone comes out, im sick of having to wait for the unlock everytime and no 3g
new as in another model?
im kinda sick of how slow mine has been running, im debating if i should just reset it back to factory.
it has not been officially announced but yes, its suppose to come out in june
edit:
this is the rumor about it
I have no reason to be excited for this phone other than maybe a cheaper replacement when i bust my 3g and need a new one. All the people with the 3G phones now have the hardware they need and should be modern for the next 3 years.
Any feature that is coming and not in the 3G?
hmmm, so is there anything i can do to get my phone to run faster? I hate waiting for my text messaging screen to come up, or when im on a website and i want to type into a box it sometimes freezes up and types like 1 letter every 3 seconds.
i know to restart my phone
Not run mobile substrate apps like winterboard/sbsettings/intelliscreen/etc.
If you go into Cydia and try to rmove it, it will list all the apps that need it and you can look from there.
biggest feature that cought my eye was the possible switch to OLED screen for better battery life and maybe faster internet
I can see maybe a different screen and battery but faster internet relies on ATT and still will use its 3G so it would only be a software change unless they amp up the power of it.
Downloading at 200KBps on a cell phone is fine with me. Lol
Not necessarily…
Oh its an actual revision. Not worth it IMO. I don’t tether unless I need to do something quick online in server or firewall. 200KBps download is fine for me. Its faster than my 1.5Mbps DSL at home. Lol
And there is a jailbreak for 3.0 b1 and b2. I have it installed with Cydia and Icy. Not all software works properly but its sweet to have some basic functions back.
Beta 2 is so much better. Lot of stuff fixed and works great. Had MMS working for like a day randomly.
Castle Wolfenstein and ParkingLot are two pretty good games.
For you people who managed to flip your plan over to the MediaNET plan to get MMS working, be warned:
Last week AT&T created quite a ruckus for altering their ToS, but after the backlash they ultimately decided against it. Well, we may be looking at round 2 here.
This time a tipster has told TiPb that iPhone 3G owners in the Atlanta and Austin markets who are not currently provisioned with an iPhone 3G data plan will receive an SMS message advising them that an iPhone 3G rate plan will be added to their line of service. These customers will begin receiving SMS messages today and the plans will be provisioned on the evenings of April 8th and 9th. It appears that AT&T just tapped these two cities as a trial run, the rest of the country should start getting similar alerts on April 21st.
So what does all of this mean? There are a few possibilities, depending on your mobile situation:
- If you are using an iPhone 3G and you snuck in one of AT&T’s MediaNET data plans for $15 you will be forced on the $30 iPhone 3G data plan.
- For those of you who share SIM cards between an iPhone and Blackberry while using a Blackberry data plan, well it may be a bit more troublesome. Since your BlackBerry requires a BlackBerry plan to work, you’ll need to make extra-double-sure you don’t get an alert and if you do, you will want to call up AT&T right away and explain that you’re a SIM-swapper and to leave your plan set to your BB plan — which will hopefully continue to work fine on an iPhone.
- Lastly, with a PDA Unlimited data plan, expect minimal damage. It’s theoretically possible that MMS will not work since the iPhone currently does not support MMS, at least until AT&T flips the switch when iPhone OS 3.0 drops. So check that.
The upshot is this: if AT&T starts noticing that you’re using an iPhone 3G, they’re going to start enforcing their long-standing policy that you use an iPhone 3G plan. If you’re a regular SIM-swapper, you might be in for some hassles, depending on what your current plan is.
The thing that really rubs TiPb the wrong way is that the BlackBerry, PDA, and iPhone data plans all are $30. Why not allow us to change our devices as we see fit and keep it simple by one data plan to rule them all. BlackBerry users who try to switch their SIM to another device have long lived with the pain of not having a plan that easily works on non-BB phones. For now, iPhone plans do work fine on other devices.
So to all of the SIM swappers out there or for those of you who flew under the radar, how are you feeling about this? Isn’t part the point of having a GSM phone being able to swap the SIM with minimal hassle?
via TiPB
I downloaded SysInfoPlus i guess its almost like a task manager, seems to work ok at freeing up memory not sure if there are better programs out there.
3.0 beta 2 with MMS and tethering working now 
Can’t wait for the next beta.