- 02-10-2011, 02:22 AM #76
Re: Will Apple Iphone unlocked work with Tracfone/StraightTalk
ok here it goes, I have a Samsung T401G, i have been looking up info for the better part of six hours. I belive i have all the info i need, but no harm in double checking. I know how to get the mms and internet working, and i belive i may have found out a way to get the sim card from my "above" ST phone. I have found a file called Ziphone, that is suppost to allow me to change the iphones IMEI number to work with the ST phones, the process is simple, no more difficult then hacking a PSP, which i have tinkered with quite often. My two questions are these 1: has anyone tried this process yet, and has gotten a "branded" ST sim card to work in a iphone? 2: My iphone is a 2g 8gb with OS 3.1.3, unsure of what it was hacked with, bought it off ebay, Ziphone states that it "requires" the 4.6BL to run the IMEI changing program, does the OS come with it preloaded, is there a way i can check to see if it does? if not is there a semisave way to change it to 4.6, without to much risk of bricking it.
I know that was more like 5 questions, but any info will help.
P.S. Special thanks to samuel8614, been to several places and you name always pops up, have gotten most of my info already, from your posts. You are truly a Titan of the WWW.
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- 02-10-2011, 07:20 AM #77
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I have yet to try it out... I've heard of rumors where the process was successful... but i think it was with a 3g... never tinkered with the 2g so i'm not sure how different/alike they are from the 3g(s)...
I can try to dig around on the NET to see what I can come up with.... Oh, I heard about this from other peeps on the NET and we have just slowly refined the steps down and made it easier for everyone else to find so I'm no hero... lol
- 02-10-2011, 03:08 PM #78Junior Member
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I have tried everything but nothing will unlock my iPhone 3g, with 4.2.1 One site wants 29.99 for a download, but I do not want to spend the money if it won't work. I keep getting a pop up that says somrthing like ASL.dll not working...I tried every solution on the net to download this ASL.dll but again nothing seems to work...HELP
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one more quick thing, when and if I get the jailbreak to work, will I be able to use the internet/safari on the iPhone with the smart talk sim card, I can already use the voice and text function on my iPhone with just the ST sim card, but no MMS function, or internet....
- 02-10-2011, 04:40 PM #79
- 02-13-2011, 04:44 PM #80Newbie
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]hi and the answer is yes it works i have iphone 3gs the phone works fine it must be jailbroken and unlocked to start the internet works messaging works no mms messages yet but that will be corrected by wednesday it will only work with a sim card from a straight talk nokia e71 so far its doing good it is even getting 3g signal the only other thing is the nokia e71 phone you cant sell it because the app that makes it work with the iphone uses nokia imei number
i am still researching that
- 02-13-2011, 11:39 PM #81Newbie
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ok so just to sum everything up all that is needed for voice, txt, and internet to work on iphone with straight talk service is:
unlocked iphone
Nokia e71 phone from walmart
the straight talk $45/month service
and thats it?
- 02-14-2011, 01:11 AM #82
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yep, that' works with unlocked iPhone.
- 02-14-2011, 01:23 AM #83Newbie
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Hi
my iphone 3gs is unlocked and jail broken and i purchased the staright talk nokia e71 from walmart $199.99 and a straight talk $45.00 card walmart activated it for me at the store when i got home i took the sim card out of it and put it my iphone 3gs it took about three minutes and it worked for calls and text messages and my buddy did something with the apn number and the internet works fine as of right now the only thing that is not woking is mms messages but i should have that up and going by wednesday feb 16 2011
now for the catch 22
the nokia e-71 that was purchased from walmart you can't sell or give it away
because the iphone uses it imei number and if someone puts another straight talk sim card in it with will lock your sim out
best bet is just put it back in the box and put it in closet as a spare in case your iphone breakes for reason....then just out the sim back in it and it will work fine
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Just remember my iphone 3gs is jail broke & unlocked
- 02-14-2011, 09:51 AM #84Newbie
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what if someone buys the nokia and puts in a T-Mobile or att sim card...shouldn't everything be fine with my straight talk service as well as their att service? or is
strictly based on the IMEI? also if it is based on the imei can't I just use the IMEI of
my iphone for the service?
- 02-15-2011, 09:25 PM #85Newbie
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Do I have to use the SIM card that comes with an e71 or could it be another one? I was thinking about buying a Nokia e71 off ebay and was wondering what would happen if they sent it without a SIM or either a SIM that didn't originally come with the phone?
- 02-15-2011, 10:59 PM #86Newbie
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I Wouldnt recommend buying it of ebay you might not be able to connect it i had that problem unless its brand new its just better you buy it in walmart for $200 and a $45 service card or buy it online on walmart site and buy it for $187... And i bought the nokia surge 6790 straight talk phone and the sim worked great with my 3gs iphone...the nokia e71 and nokia surge have the same sim.....
- 02-17-2011, 03:31 PM #87
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I have looked into using the Straight Talk service on my IPhone 3GS a few months ago. I was discouraged because I read articles saying that the Unlimited Plan for $45 or the $30 plan don't really have real unlimited data? Just a few mobile sites that they have set up for you to browse. My wife has ST with the Samsung flip phone and i just purchase a Iphone 2G that is unlocked for her to use but obviously it didn't work. Can i Somehow change her IMEI so the Iphone 2G will work for her, all she needs to do is call and text. Also should I be considering buying the Nokia everyone is talking about to use on my 3GS? and will I actually have unlimited data?
Thank you!
And i read this thread from front to back, you are the man Samuel!
- 02-17-2011, 06:50 PM #88
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ok i have the answer, this has been tested with the ST LG 420G with the unlimited plan.
To change the imei number and get the sim card working, you must download the older versions of itunes, to downgrade your ihpone 2g to firmware version 1.1.3 or 1.1.4, and then use the program Ziphone to jailbreak, then use ziphone again to unlock and change the imei number. then you can update the firmware back to 3.1.3 and use redsnow's 3.1.2 jailbreak loop hole to jailbreak and unlock again, and the imei number will stay to what you changed it to, and allow the sim card to work, i will post up the full info later aswell as links to where i found my info and where to download the older versions of itunes. on a note, this will only allow you to call and text, i haven't had the time to test the internet and mms hacks provided my samuels.
- 02-17-2011, 08:43 PM #89
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thanks, looking forward to seeing if this works. But what about the Unlimited $45 plan if i was to get the Nokia phone and unlock my 3GS am i going to get full data if so how much are you limited to a month? does it get 3G? Average speed?
- 02-20-2011, 11:08 PM #90Newbie
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hi,
i had an iphone4 jailbreak/unlock i bought nokia e71 with unlamented 45$ card, i activated the phone mad some calls and txt, when i but on iphone it says no sim card,
need help, p
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