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Apple iphone on pay as you go
can you buy the iphone on 02 pay as you go. i read that you can get it for £ 169
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Nope, Its £169 on a £35 per month contract.
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You cant buy an Iphone on PAYG, but you can buy one, unlock it with Ziphone and then use it with a PAYG sim.
When you buy the Iphone you dont enter into the contract untill you activate it at home with Itunes, if you dont do this no contract exists. |
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I've got one, on PAYG, unlocked obviously..The only "drawback" is no visual voicemail but not a big deal for me. Buy one, you'll love it, best thing i've ever bought
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The simple answer is that it can technically be done, but not officially.
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And it'll cost you a damn sight more than £169...
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And it'll cost you a damn sight more than £169...
8GB Iphone is £169 from Carphone wharehouse or the O2 shop, software to unlock is free and very easy to use and find. |
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How exactly, can you explain what you mean?
8GB Iphone is £169 from Carphone wharehouse or the O2 shop, software to unlock is free and very easy to use and find. |
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Various "independent" phone shops are selling iPhones unlocked and with Pay as You Go SIMS. (They do this for the many people who don't frequent forums etc.) It will cost much more than £169, I've seen them for £450.
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A total idiot can unlock an iPhone with ZiPhone by just pressing Do It All
I should know i unlocked mine
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A total idiot can unlock an iPhone with ZiPhone by just pressing Do It All
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did you know you downgraded your bootloader in the process? and that ziphone has caused a lot of problems?
Plus are you sure that the latest V3 Ziphone actually downgrades the bootloader as its now listed as a seperate optional function in the program. |
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This is exactly the sort of reason that people don't unlock their own phones. We got two "experts" here who disagree. You can see why people would rather just buy one from somehwere they can take it back if problems develop.
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This is exactly the sort of reason that people don't unlock their own phones. We got two "experts" here who disagree.
I've also never said that I disagree with Sananda, I'm just trying to get a bit more of an explaination to her statements. I'd also be interested to know why Sananda is so against unlocking the Iphone, Sananda do you work in the industry? |
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You've mentioned this in another thread about Iphones, can you explain how downgrading the bootloader will have an impact on using an unlocked Iphone?
Plus are you sure that the latest V3 Ziphone actually downgrades the bootloader as its now listed as a seperate optional function in the program. i can see the option to downgrade in ziphone 3 in the advanced panel but AFAIK it is automatic in the one click option. |
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We got two "experts" here who disagree..
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I'm certainly no 'expert' when it comes to Iphones, and I've never stated that I am.
I've also never said that I disagree with Sananda, I'm just trying to get a bit more of an explaination to her statements. I'd also be interested to know why Sananda is so against unlocking the Iphone, Sananda do you work in the industry? and i'm a man
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and i'm a man ![]() misread SanandaYour not the 80's singer Terence Trent D'Arby by the way are you? |
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misread SanandaYour not the 80's singer Terence Trent D'Arby by the way are you?
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i couldn't possibly say. but if i could i might say that i had released albums in the 90s an 00s aswell
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did you know you downgraded your bootloader in the process? and that ziphone has caused a lot of problems?
Yes if you dont do a clean install (but i have not had any problems with my iPhone as i used V3 on a clean iPhone) Quote:
it shouldn't effect your present usability at all. however, your bootloader will not be the correct version when compared to your serial number. it will be obvious that your phone has been unlocked. it may be that in future you are locked out from itunes.
If they did change it what would happen to the millions of iPhone users who bought their iPhone on launch who still have a 3.9 bootloader Quote:
pwnage (if using a mac) seems to be the recommended unlocking method at the moment. it doesn't downgrade your bootloader and it does activate and unlock in one pass. plus it will upgrade your bootloader if you have previously used ziphone.
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There are so many of these threads here and elsewhere. The way I see it, as an iPhone user on an iPhone contract, Apple developed these phones, and have advertised them as only being available under certain contracts on certain networks, worldwide. There are various reasons for this, ranging from the fact that the iPhone uses data on the network automatically, to seemless syncing with iTunes. All I can say, it that in my experience it works utterly seemlessly.
Each time I read about iPhone problems, it is because people have unlocked the phones, hacked the phones, put them on other tariffs and then seem annoyed because the phone, for example, connects to the mobile data network, incurring them large charges. When I read such stories, I just think, well if you hadn't unlocked the phone, you wouldn't have such difficulties ... |
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can you buy the iphone on 02 pay as you go. i read that you can get it for £ 169
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Then i would use BootNeuter on the iPhone to change it from 3.9 (which it is still at) to 4.6 If they did change it what would happen to the millions of iPhone users who bought their iPhone on launch who still have a 3.9 bootloader But if we are on windows we cant use it and apparently people who use iliberty or iplus have just as many problems as using ZiPhone i think there is a beta of pwnage for windows. |
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This is exactly the sort of reason that people don't unlock their own phones. We got two "experts" here who disagree. You can see why people would rather just buy one from somehwere they can take it back if problems develop.
F@cking right. There are WAY too many conflicting opinions regarding unlocking/jailbreaking/bootloaders. Its too difficult to get a straight answer to a lot of jailbreaking issues such as youtube, edge, whatever. Its too much hassle and I decided to unjailbreak as I didnt want a phone I had to spend shed loads of time 'fixing'. I'd rather depend on Apple for my software updates than some sweaty techie who uses words like 'PWNAGE'. Cheers. That is all. |
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