Comments on: Buying an iPhone? Don’t buy it from Apple http://leanforward.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/buying-an-iphone-dont-buy-it-from-apple/ Why just sit back and consume media, when you can lean forward and engage! Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:58:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Gary Hayes http://leanforward.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/buying-an-iphone-dont-buy-it-from-apple/#comment-33 Gary Hayes Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:26:29 +0000 http://leanforward.wordpress.com/?p=30#comment-33 Yea - knew about the AT&T simcard thing, and made sure I kept it safe for just this very scenario! Happy with my 2G for the mo using Cydia, iPhone SDK & Installer on top of AppStore/iTunes to mod away. Still interested in the issue of being locked to a 3G carrier and able to freely mod etc: without breaking some of their wonderful walled garden'ness :) Yea – knew about the AT&T simcard thing, and made sure I kept it safe for just this very scenario!
Happy with my 2G for the mo using Cydia, iPhone SDK & Installer on top of AppStore/iTunes to mod away.

Still interested in the issue of being locked to a 3G carrier and able to freely mod etc: without breaking some of their wonderful walled garden’ness :)

]]> By: leanforward http://leanforward.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/buying-an-iphone-dont-buy-it-from-apple/#comment-32 leanforward Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:00:16 +0000 http://leanforward.wordpress.com/?p=30#comment-32 Hi Gary Sadly, tried that. had a friend going to the US. Gave them my phone. They tried two Apple stores and were refused a replacement as it hadn't been activated. One Apple store did comment that if it had the AT&T SIM card, they might have replaced it. However, as this was a hardware fault - activation should be irrelevant, methinks! Now on my 3G iPhone and looking forward to yellowsn0w (unlock for 3G iPhone). Hi Gary

Sadly, tried that. had a friend going to the US. Gave them my phone. They tried two Apple stores and were refused a replacement as it hadn’t been activated. One Apple store did comment that if it had the AT&T SIM card, they might have replaced it.

However, as this was a hardware fault – activation should be irrelevant, methinks!

Now on my 3G iPhone and looking forward to yellowsn0w (unlock for 3G iPhone).

]]> By: Gary Hayes http://leanforward.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/buying-an-iphone-dont-buy-it-from-apple/#comment-31 Gary Hayes Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:22:19 +0000 http://leanforward.wordpress.com/?p=30#comment-31 Hi Jen, Had a similar issue with much better outcome. Have had an iPhone since Oct 07 (2G 8GB) I bought it in San Diego. Worked fine until Oct 08, the top of the screen lost its touch sensitivity. Reset it to vanilla, packaged it as new, obviously it was a jailbroke unit! Sent it back to a friend in San Diego who took it to the biggest store there. Took a bit of convincing (it had obviously not been activated via AT&T) but they gave a replacement. Return postage time and on ground Apple store time, less than 2 weeks. No idea why you would have had to fly to Hawaii? But yes - advice stands, buy in foreign countries only if you have contacts on the ground who can talk in the 'local' language :) Hi Jen,

Had a similar issue with much better outcome. Have had an iPhone since Oct 07 (2G 8GB) I bought it in San Diego. Worked fine until Oct 08, the top of the screen lost its touch sensitivity.

Reset it to vanilla, packaged it as new, obviously it was a jailbroke unit! Sent it back to a friend in San Diego who took it to the biggest store there. Took a bit of convincing (it had obviously not been activated via AT&T) but they gave a replacement. Return postage time and on ground Apple store time, less than 2 weeks. No idea why you would have had to fly to Hawaii? But yes – advice stands, buy in foreign countries only if you have contacts on the ground who can talk in the ‘local’ language :)

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