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From: Woody on 25 Mar 2010 19:24 Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > > > On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:16:38 +0000, italiancar(a)gmail.com (SteveH) > > wrote: > > > > >Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > >> > I'm 10 months into my 12 months free data on PAYG, but haven't really > > >> > used it - an unlocked phone is much more useful to me. > > >> > > >> I tried again when I got home, and just got a text telling me the phone > > >> is now unlocked! > > > > > ><runs to find phone and SIM> > > > > Did either of you jailbreak? My O2 PAYG (but always used > > jailbroken+unlocked on Voda) 3Gs hasn't picked up my February > > "unlocked" signal from the iTunes Mothership yet, and another > > jailbroken user said the same for them. > > Mine is jailbroken. > > I will have to try it with a sim tonight. I did - I took the O2 sim out, put an AT&T sim in, connected to iTunes and got this: <http://img.skitch.com/20100325-cnmmewujh5766rf1c8j2eg6drj.jpg> -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: SteveH on 25 Mar 2010 19:24 Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > Mine is jailbroken. > > > > I will have to try it with a sim tonight. > > I did - I took the O2 sim out, put an AT&T sim in, connected to iTunes > and got this: > > <http://img.skitch.com/20100325-cnmmewujh5766rf1c8j2eg6drj.jpg> Hmmm, still no SMS and still no unlock - yet I think you did yours roughly the same time as me? -- SteveH
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 25 Mar 2010 19:25 On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 23:24:39 +0000, usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody) wrote: >Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > >> Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: >> >> > On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:16:38 +0000, italiancar(a)gmail.com (SteveH) >> > wrote: >> > >> > >Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: >> > > >> > >> > I'm 10 months into my 12 months free data on PAYG, but haven't really >> > >> > used it - an unlocked phone is much more useful to me. >> > >> >> > >> I tried again when I got home, and just got a text telling me the phone >> > >> is now unlocked! >> > > >> > ><runs to find phone and SIM> >> > >> > Did either of you jailbreak? My O2 PAYG (but always used >> > jailbroken+unlocked on Voda) 3Gs hasn't picked up my February >> > "unlocked" signal from the iTunes Mothership yet, and another >> > jailbroken user said the same for them. >> >> Mine is jailbroken. >> >> I will have to try it with a sim tonight. > >I did - I took the O2 sim out, put an AT&T sim in, connected to iTunes >and got this: > ><http://img.skitch.com/20100325-cnmmewujh5766rf1c8j2eg6drj.jpg> Hmm. I wonder why mine hasn't. I don't particularly want to be stuffed when updating to 3.2/4.0 and finding that I don't have Vodafone use any more, then waiting two weeks for O2 to do it again *properly*. You didn't do any prep apart from switching the SIM? Cheers - Jaimie -- The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. -- Dorothy Parker
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 25 Mar 2010 19:26 On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 23:24:41 +0000, italiancar(a)gmail.com (SteveH) wrote: >Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > >> > Mine is jailbroken. >> > >> > I will have to try it with a sim tonight. >> >> I did - I took the O2 sim out, put an AT&T sim in, connected to iTunes >> and got this: >> >> <http://img.skitch.com/20100325-cnmmewujh5766rf1c8j2eg6drj.jpg> > >Hmmm, still no SMS and still no unlock - yet I think you did yours >roughly the same time as me? My SMS took about 20 days to come through. Cheers - Jaimie -- Actually, the Singularity seems rather useful in the entire work avoidance field. "I _could_ write up that report now but if I put it off, I may well become a weakly godlike entity, at which point not only will I be able to type faster but my comments will be more on-target." - James Nicoll
From: Woody on 25 Mar 2010 22:15
SteveH <italiancar(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > > Mine is jailbroken. > > > > > > I will have to try it with a sim tonight. > > > > I did - I took the O2 sim out, put an AT&T sim in, connected to iTunes > > and got this: > > > > <http://img.skitch.com/20100325-cnmmewujh5766rf1c8j2eg6drj.jpg> > > Hmmm, still no SMS and still no unlock - yet I think you did yours > roughly the same time as me? Same day it was originally mentioned. Actually later as I had to do it later in the evening. I guess luck figures quite heavily in the equation! -- Woody www.alienrat.com |