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The future is now!

Holy cow!

This is your best post yet. I think this has Digg/Stumblupon written all over it.

I need to do this. My iPhone bill is ridiculous.

One question: can I pwn my iPhone if I have the latest firmware? It seems like every time I jailbreak, apple updates the firmware and the jailbreak gets broken (haha.) What a vicious cycle!

-Kirk

This is GREAT!! I’ve been thinking of ways to use my iPhone 2g and an very excited to try this out.

Good thinking! But you paid too much for skype. I got 1 full year of unlimited service with a skypein number (wich you can even choose) for $57. I installed on a old Windows Mobile phone and that’s all I need to run my offi ce.

You are a god/goddess.

Lost credibility at “…just to have and use the world’s best phone.” Not the best phone, a nice one but not the best.
on to next blog…

@G, I bet you’re unable to read most blogs…

Seriously, great post.

Interesting, I didn’t think VOIPover3G worked with the 2G iPhone. What you have set up is pretty cool! I’m too big a fan of tethering to set something up like this myself.

Seem to be getting an error back when I post comments, but the comments are still showing up?! Might want to look into that.

iphones are for nerds and squeeky geek herding nerd birds, like pocket protecting seagull flocks and clocks with?.. wrist watch calculators and NEs emulators squeaky seal bocks knitted socks and pop rocks, I’m a seventh level sword master all your iphone are belong to me now, your iphone GPS all got ya lost in Moridore and you’re like “my legs are sore” rotten apples. something like “Apple products suck”

You are an amazing person.

What about SMS messaging?

HAHA! This article was so funny! At one point you say: “…just to have and use the world’s best phone.” I have never herd someone rate so highly the steaming pile of dog crap that is the iphone. Silly 4/4/09 wasn’t April Fool’s Day.

Good lord the lengths to be a cheap bastard.
I am surprised I didn’t read “I use open wifi spots to text my friends my moms home number to them so I can sneak in the kitchen and talk to them for free.

Then we go to the theater and one friend pays, then opens the emergency exit door so we get in, then we collect popcorn from the floor and an old bucket, then we take that popcorn bucket up to the front and say this popcorn is cold and aweful I demand two buckets of popcorn for free
mwa ha ha, the world is mine!

starbucks swilling crock of apple disksplashy

You sir are an inspiration. I was trying to figure out how to do this before I got an iPhone.

I’ve actually been thinking of doing almost the same thing with a Nokia E63 or similar. I’m around wifi networks most of the time, so I might use Skype wifi when available, and T-mobile prepaid at ~8.5 cents per minute when not. Then google voice to forward all calls through a single number. That still leaves some kinks to work out, so maybe I’ll look into MediaNet and Skype.

Theres nothing wrong with being cheap, someone paying an average of $70-80(taxes and fees and all added onto the $65) a month looks almost stupid when compared to this.

what you saved in money you wasted in time, energy and fuckin coolness

Just stumbled, here come the hits

Great article.

Thank you.

Nicely written. Crap phone.

‘world’s best phone’ LOL
do you also believe in creationism?

apple fails to produce products that are fairt to the customer.

iTunes/DRM
iPhone/Tmobile
OSX/usability
…

they need to kick steve out.

Very nice write up.. one question though : Hows your battery life ?
I find with Skype running for a while, and constant 3g, I cant last more than half a day before a recharge is needed. And I would imagine backgrounder only adds to the prob ? very cool otherwise, you tightwad

You are about to find out that using Skype over a less than awesome net connection sucks. A few dropped calls is all it takes.

why oh why do people post just nasty comments!?! they don’t come up with alternatives, don’t offer something constructive and don’t back their comments with proof or references. so i’m forced to guess that they’re 12 hear olds using their daddys computer and they should’ve been in bed an hour ago. i know it’s cliche but as the saying goes “if you’ve got nothing nice to say, don’t say anything at all”. in other words – SHUT UP.

as for your article. i found it insightful, useful and entertaining. i’m stumbling this and recommending this article to all my friends. for just a little effort and some knowledge, you’ve made yourself a HUGE saving. bravo for you! and you’ve effortlessly made fools of those who fall prey to the system that rips the rest of us off.

and yes. the iphone is the best mobile phone there is. i’m sorry but it is. those who say otherwise simply can’t afford one themselves. and they’ll be the first to deny it.

Great Article. Delicious-ing it !

I have an iPhone and DO NOT think its the best phone out there. Maybe the best mobile internet device but certainly not a good phone.

In the European Union, I bought an 3Giphone with no contract in Belgium.

Keep it up !

Great article, though I’m curious, how are the quality of your calls? I pay $48/mo with tmobile for 300min/200txt on my iphone.. this definitely sounds like a better deal though.

Now if only there was a app that did all of that in a click of the button.

Excellent idea, Im going to try it!

What we’re talking about is the slow transition away from major carriers for phone calls. As North Americans, we pay more than any other country for mobile data-services (Texting, Voice Mail) and long distance (not to mention data “plans”). So now we enter the age of the VOIP/SIP enabled phones, and we realize that we now have a choice. You can go online and buy a phone number (DID’s) and have it redirect calls to ANY online provider; such as Google Talk, Skype, SIP or any other number. Once the iPhone 3.0 software comes out with Push notifications and great VOIP support, we can all drag the phone app off our launchbar and replace it with Siphone, Skype or anyone else who wants my money. Now if only we could get cheap roaming data…

The phone itself is fine but the endless possibilities of the app store are what makes the iphone great. People who don’t utilize it can’t and don’t know what they’re missing. The only bad thing has been the contract and the price, both of which have been ..pwned. While it is some amazing technology, $65 per month adds up quickly and $2000 is not something I feel very much like spending for a phone and some sweet applications. You’ve done well to cut that cost to a fraction and people who don’t see the value in saving money simply do not deserve to comprehend it.

I’ve got a similar setup going with my iPhone in Canada. I have a PAYG Rogers account, I hacked their $7 a month unlimited WAP package into working on the iPhone, then use my $20 home Vonage account through Siax when I have wi-fi coverage.

Well…..

This would be great if it didn’t more or less turn your iPhone into an iPod Touch w/ Skype.

$23/mo and having data you didn’t need to pull from Wifi would be nice.

Phusion, you’re not noting that his phone works without 802.11 flavor wi-fi. In effect it works anywhere, and if for some reason Skype isn’t cutting it he can still use the regular phone features. I can’t wait to do this myself, saves me from my $90/mo phone bill. My new iPhone 2G is in the mail…

Hi All,
I’d like to add something to the story… I just bought my iPhone at Apple store. I know, I know it’s expensive. I paid for 16GB $760 with tax. I’m not sure if it comes already unlocked but after updating my firmware to version 2.2.1 (the newest one) I picked up at local ATT store goPhone card for $20, replaced the one that comes with the iPhone and that was it. It works like it should with no problems whatsoever. I didn’t have to unlock it. (although if I did I could probably use t-mobile goPhone card with it)… If I put $100 on my goPhone SIM card it’ll be valid for a whole year or 1000 minutes. This works for me sine I don’t make that many calls. So it looks like the full price unit comes unlocked.

you are soooooooooooooo cheap its disgusting one of the best iPhone capabilities is its Edge/3G internet service and you cant use that with the prepaid card because you’ll be out of minutes in no time. The so called “solution” that you found is nothing more than an overly complicated process to have a dimwitted half functioning iPhone. All the time and effort that went into this is so that you could have the bragging rights to say to you have a hacked iPhone and that you are “sticking it to the man”. Well in conclusion I think it is safe to say that you sir have wasted your time and consequently mine seeing as how there was no way that I could read such a stupid blog and not have something to say about it. ^_^

GoPhown sounds better than GoPwn

@ all of those folks saying “There’s no better phone” “why not suggest an alternative”… How about HTC’s Raphael phones. Got one myself, from ATT. Makes the iPhone look like a rock. Easy enough to get free tethering, and a HUGE selection of available apps… no app store, though… I like using Google, myself.

hey has anyone tried this on the 3g one?
and know where i can buy either 2g or 3g haha
i really want to try this out.

Wow, $23 a month? I like it!

RT
http://www.privacy.pro.tc

The iPhone is FAR from the “worlds best phone.” In fact, it’s a piece of shit. Look at my site and just compare it to any other phone. The iPhone is a COMPLETE rip off compares to Blackberry, Android, or Windows Mobile devices.

This might make sense for a cheap secondhand iPhone, but it doesn’t make sense for a new unlocked 3G iPhone. With GoPhone you are required you to refresh your minutes once a quarter, or buy a one-year card for $100. It sounds like low usage is 50MB/month, so you need to spend $20/two months on data.

$20/2 months data, $100/year GoPhone charges, $760 unlocked iPhone = $1,200 over two years. $65/month plan, $200 subsidized iPhone = $1,760. So you pay $23/month less in exchange for a bandwidth limit, no SMS, no visual voicemail, and assuming you never exceed call usage on your plan.

You’ll need to replenish the GoPhone acc’t in order keep the card working. Otherwise, AT

Let’s see… In Finland, daily exchange rate from the internet:
$0 for montly fees
$12.7 for monthly (no other limits) data for 384Kbps
$44.8 for montly (no other limits) data for upto 5Mbps
(made calls some fraction of a cent per minute, received calls free)

Oh yeah, you can change operators whenever you like or the phone you like (ofcourse, you need to buy a new phone at those “exorbitant” rates american press quotes for new phones… peanuts compared to differences in monthly price here).

This still does not beat my $25/mo Sprint Employee Plan with 3,000 minutes, Nights at 7/Weekends, unlimited messaging, unlimited data, Sprint to Home, with my Treo 800w. I use the Sprint to Home to steal minutes via forwarding and Google Voice. That and my phone has a REAL operating system. Not just something that can run farting apps.

To tie it into a Google Voice like account go to http://www.phone.com and use their Virtual Number service. You can port over your existing number, and if you sign up 5 friends then the service is free, else wise it is $4.88 a month. You can also get voicemail to text emails (so no need for visual voicemail – one step better).

If you want to implement with Google Voice just use Gizmo.

I have to work on something like this with a prepaid T Mobile plan, but not necessarily with an iPhone.

Nice post. I can appreciate the effort.

Man, there are lot of iPhone haters out there! Having tried just about every smartphone, nothing compares to iPhone for the depth and quality of apps. Though the Pre shows promise if they get it off sprint and it works as advertised.

That being said I use a Nokia E71 because I refuse to pay the $30 for internet. I pay $15 which gives me unlimited 3g internet access. Joikuspot creates a wifi hotspot which I use with my iPod Touch and netbook. The E71 has real keyboard, amazing battery life, great camera and a native Skype app.

My upfront costs were more because I purchased two devices. My monthly costs are only slightly higher. But I get all the benefits of Apple apps and the freedom of Nokia hardware without all the hacking.

Also, you should have gone with T-Mobile. They have a $100, 1000 minute prepaid plan that doesn’t expire for 1 year. Then they have an unlimited data plan for $10 per month with no fees or contract or anything. It ends up being about $18 per month, and you don’t really need to conserve T Mobile minutes. You can probably get that $100 down if you have reliable WiFi and can depend more on VoIP. You’d have to check their other prepaid plans though.

Again, if anyone uses VoIP, go with Gizmo. They have an ultra cheap prepaid plan that links fully with Google Voice. They do SMS also.

Thanks for this article. I’ll be going a slightly different route, but it still helped.

@Bradley FYI OSX is generally considered a ‘real os’, whereas Windows is usually ridiculed, let alone a crippled Windows Mobile. However, Kudos 2 ya for having a sweet corporate deal non-the-less.
Not @Bradley:
Personally I’m an Android fan.
Dig for this guy who got what he wanted at a price he was happy with and nice enough to share. I always wondered why people talk so much trash about someone elses idea when it doesnt do what _THEY_ want. It’s kinda saying a guy who bought a porche 911s for $300 is an idiot because it has no off-road ability and YOU love to go off-road.

Whats an I-Phone – fun read.

Bradley N. Anthony is an idiot,

@Bradley N. Anthony
Not everyone sells phones for a living so stfu and stop bragging about your deal. One day you won’t have that job and you’ll be trolling blogs like this to save money because you never had to budget for a real plan. I have the same plan but I don’t brag about it because most people have jobs that often more positively impact the world, and however more deserving they are, they don’t get discounts like us. So, cut the narcissism and get back to the topic in discussion. Nobody cares how much of a tool you are.

$20 per 100MB? I routinely use up to 500MB per month in data on my iPHone, which would mean a $100 month bill before whatever data I used for Skype. That would be a significant increase from my current monthly bill.

I make fairly heavy use of streaming audio apps, which is likely the biggest contributing factor.

nice one

Genius! I wont be jailbreaking my iphone though – waiting for the 3.0 release… push notification could help make VOIP become mainstream – let’s hope so

I am planning to buy a porsche but I can’t afford insurance and gas for it. My plan is to push it around and coast down hills for fun. Similar to owning an iPhone with out the bells and whistles? Absolutely. Congrats on a complete waste of time.

Good work. If it the time and effort was worth it for YOU then that’s all that matters. Don’t listen to everyone whose bringing you down. They’re just jealous. Sure there are some limitations but if you can live with them – what does it matter?

I have an iPhone 3G and I have yet to find another phone that would make me give it up. So I guess – in other words – it’s the best phone money can buy.

I don’t understand how these statements work together.

“So a while back I was lucky enough to acquire an unlocked iPhone 2g for a killer deal from a good friend who upgraded to the 3g.”

“To be safe, before activating my GoPhone account, I downloaded the iPhone app Boss Prefs in order to disable the Edge capabilities of my phone. We don’t want it pulling data down for 1¢/kb and sucking up my $25 card.”

“In order to take this one step further, I decided to see if my GoPhone – iPhone GoPwn could use the Medianet® service offered to regular GoPhone customers. Hoo boy! Full internet access for $20 per 100mb – not bad. This would never be sufficient for tethering to my laptop, but just enough to browse the web and reap the many benefits of an edge/3g enabled iPhone.”

The 2g (edge) phone only uses edge and wifi. Media net uses Edge.

So if you disable edge, no media net.
Also, why then call your phone an edge/3g enabled iphone. – it’s edge enabled.

-confused.

“…just to have and use the world’s best phone.”

and that’s when I scroll to the bottom to remind you how much of a sheep you are.

I am not tech savvy and don’t have an iphone but I will personally (depending on your location) fly and come see you and pay you to do this for me or you can post one on ebay……..pretty please with a cherry on top

BUT…..

. …. Can you hear me now ?

@Cody Thanks for the post, great info!

I’m a little cornfused. Do you use the GoPhone and skype to make/receive calls? Or do you use Skype for outgoing, but Go-phone for incoming? Does the GoPhone plan allow 911 calls? I currently have the plan mentioned by Bradley N. Anthony, but my phone is a disgrace, almost all Sprint phones I’ve had are just crap. I love my iPod Touch, but don’t want to carry a phone plus iPod.

Thanks!

OMG!!!! you have the endame popping keychain!!!! isn’t it fun?! i love mine! did you buy yours on thinkgeek.com?

what about texting?

I’m going to spain this summer and really need to find a cheap way to call home. I have skype portable app, but don’t like the idea of having to pay for internet cafes or remain completely stationary and locked on my computer screen for the doubtlessly hour long calls i’ll be making to my girlfrriend and parents. If I somehow (don’t ask me how) acquire an iPhone, and take the steps required, would skype work for me in Spain? Is there any reason I shouldn’t believe that for around 28$ a month i can call everyone i need to from a mobile phone?

Also, I recently got my hands on a palm treo, its safe to assume that i have no way of using skype on that device, right?

So to leave an open-ended question for everyone out there, how best would use a u.s. mobile phone while in spain to contact other mobile phones in america? Or would you just rely on rebnet?

So how does this work? Don’t you need to go through the ‘Pick Your Plan’ prepaid option, which requires a minimum voice plan of $29.99?

it sucks that we consumers have to go to such extremes just to avoid getting royally fucked over by all the corporate marketing bullshit.

This was photoshopped. RIDICULOUS. you guys are so gullible!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just wanted to say thanks! Just got this setup today. For those wondering, sign up for the .25/min option, then once activated call 611 to enable the data plan. It will deduct $20 from your account. Works great, but seems to burn through bandwidth fast. I tested a couple apps over edge, all I can say is be CAREFUL and reset your phones usage every month when you renew. 100MB is NOT MUCH… (500KB using google maps and 1 street level view – 256KB using the woot app — if this helps anyone…)

Thanks again!

TIP: You can get used iPhone 2G’s (as the author has) or even pre-JAILBROKEN iPhone 3G’s on eBay. If you buy a new one, you MUST have a contract, but eBay.com is the best source if you want to get an iPhone without a contract.

My dandy voice makes the most. Anti-choice granny’s panties moist

What? This isn’t commo knowledge?
Wow, I bought my iPhone just so I can jailbreak it, wich ,btw, also enables you to install apps for free, as long as you have a source for the .ipa-s

To help mitigate the Skype over 2G issues, you might try Fring. Fring is a VoIP service that uses its own servers and low-bandwidth codecs to provide usable voice over GPRS (even slower than EDGE.)

It supports Skype, so can use your Skype account through the more bandwidth-friendly Fring servers…

I’ve used it on my Windows Mobile EDGE phone and the sound quality is quite reasonable at EDGE- better than Skype, at least on WinMo, which had more latency and was often “choppy.”

This is fabulous! Any chance this works on other phones besides the iphone?

It looks like you have to use the GoPhone Pick Your Plan to get 100MB for $19. How did you get Medianet at that level on the pay as you go plan?

hi, is it possible to use this sort of teathering way, but use a capped simcard in the 2g phone?

does this work with the iPhone 3G?

Hey Cody congrats on making the front page of Stumbleupon. Kickin’ rad.

I am very impressed and very,very jealous! KUDOS.I am now hooked on your posts.Thanks for helping “us” little guys.

one more question, if you have EDGE disabled then how are you using
SKYPE over EDGE when you’re not in a WiFi Zone?

How much usage does one call over 3G take on Skype?

Also, which part of the data accounts for the 100MB, “sent” or “recieved”?

The iPhone is hardly the best phone in the world. Offers no USEFUL features that a 6 year old Treo or Blackberry doesn’t already have. And they’re not locked down overpriced lumps of plastic, either.

Was hoping you could send out a google voice invite? Please? thank you

G

Because the writer believes that the iPhone is the greatest phone in the world, does not mean that it is a statement of fact. I would consider it his opinion, as that is exactly what it is. He believes, as do many other people, that the iPhone is the greatest phone in the world. No big deal. My uncle has a twelve hundred dollar cell phone that he claims is the greatest in the world, who cares.

Quote….the world’s best phone…unquote!!!

Enough said!!!

How much do you charge for the service?

Thanks

When I first tried the Skype app for a non-jb’d phone I didn’t rate it well and then I visited Singapore and din’t fancy paying extortionate data roaming charges so I tried it again.
This time I have to say I’m dead impressed – it’s not quite perfect but given the cost advantage it’s absolutely fantastic.
Enjoyed your blog and to the one or two people who question whether the iPhone is a great phone – whilst it may not be the world’s best phone (call quality isn’t the best) it is one of the best pieces of kit you can carry. I defy the iPhone haters to try one for a week or two… believe me, you won’t want to give it back!

Is any part of this illegal?

Cody can you please answer my questions.

iPhone text message app is the biggest pile of sh!t I’ve ever used.

good!

Ncce post, Definitely awesome. BUT, the major reason to use the iPhone is so you have unlimited data, download apps on the fly, connect to wifi, download podcasts, use it as a GPS, making fart noises and with 3.0 other cool stuff; if we are very limited to doing what you can do then no point in having an iPhone.

OMG!! What a cheap SOB! If you want an iPhone, you’re going to have to pay for it. What’s the point in having one if ALL the features don’t work? Its like having cheap cable TV and 1 out of every 3 channels is broken.

Then again, you could all move to the UK and get the iPhone handset for free then its only £35 per month, approx $53. That includes all calls, texts and web that a normal person would use – not going overboard.

Great!!
I like it!

I tried to do this. I got up to adding the 100mb MEdia Net package and the automated store told me it couldn’t add it, then the operator said the MEdia Net packages are only available with prepaid if you have the “Pay As You Go Unlimited” service which has a $1/day use fee.

In other words, to do what you are talking about doing, assuming you used Skype 25 days in a month and didn’t go over the 100mb limit, you would have paid AT

Firstly, the iPhone looks sexy. No denying it it just does, and the great thing about having a phone/mp3 player that is really popular is all the gadgets and apps you can get. Its the most customizeable phone for the common man (not the netFreaKz who would pwn your face on WoW if you’re not careful)

I have an iPhone, not because its the best phone, but because its so damn handy. I take a funny pic in college and can upload it to Facebook in seconds. I use it to check mail when I’m too lazy to turn on my pc and sometimes I even make calls and send text messages.

The fact of the matter is folks that its a phone that normal people can use to be connected, this is the kind of problem solving that would get you a job in the real world and for that I commend you Codey.

This is how price plans are driven down, when companies are forced to compete with their own (cheaper) plans its the consumer who wins

Cody: Great post. Sorry you have to wade through some of the more crass comments. You detailed instructions inspired me to get a 3G 16GB iPhone on eBay and start hacking. Everything works, and on 3G though I’ve found my data usage to be higher than yours (fewer WiFi nets in our rural area). Thanks for the information. I’ve consolidated two other phones and a PDA into a single device… JAS

Good Job with the Article, I myself love my iPhone and find plenty of use for my day to day!

Can you help me figure out how your go phone MediaNet was set up to work?
i have a iphone 3g 16gb with 2.2 and 2.28 baseband jailbroken

Have you figured out how to disable the Pay-As-You-Go balance notifications by text message?

If I am reading this write, you would give out your skype number for people to call, correct? But then those same contacts would need your GoPhone number to send an sms to you… Am I reading this right?

For people that are concerned about texting, you can send text messages through your email for free to any number and when the other party replies, it just sends the new text back to your email. Shouldn’t be a problem on WiFi and probably won’t use that much bandwidth on EDGE. It doesn’t cost the other party anything extra to send to text to email – it should be covered under their normal texting package. Just search for text or SMS to email and there are plenty of websites that will give you the address you need to use for each carrier (i.e. phonenumber@vtext.com for verizon).

It looks like this may end:

http://www.examiner.com/x-8134-SF-Gadgets-Examiner~y2009m6d16-Release-of-OS-30-to-shut-off-some-ATT-iPhone-users

how will this work with this recent news?:

http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/att-angers-prepaid-iphone-gophone-users-20090616/

Can you update us as to whether or not you can get the Sidekick Prepaid data plan for $1/day to work? And if not, what t-mobile options you are using. There doesn’t seem to be a clear answer in other forums.

I’m going to be arriving in the US tomorrow with a Jailbroken/ultrasn0wed Japanese iPhone running 3.0. I need recommendations for which prepaid SIM plan to go with: AT&T, T-Mobile, or something else.
I will need the phone for exactly one month. I need a phone number to forward Google Voice to and would like a data package as well.

Thanks.

How about this site for unlocking a 2G with firmware 3.0?

I followed the instructions and it is jailbroken and appears to be unlocked. I haven’t purchased a sim card / gophone card yet to confirm that this works on the AT

How about this site for unlocking a 2G with firmware 3.0?

http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=4255

(sorry, i forgot the link in my previous post)

I bought a GoPhone package and used the provided SIM card on a Jailbroken/Ultrasn0wed 3G Japanese iPhone with an un-updated baseband, i.e., the original baseband released with the phone. Although the package stated otherwise, it gave me the $15 credit when activated on the iPhone, though it seems the SIM is locked to the iPhone and will not work with the included Nokia after activation.

I want to try the data plan but I don’t want to throw away $20. Has anyone gotten the data plan to work with iPhone 3.0? Also, is this 3G or edge? Do I need to turn one or the other off? The phone seems to work on either one.

I noticed that location services don’t work under the Google Maps application.

This is freaking great. Makes me want to get an iPhone if it cost so little per month with the mods.

To confirm, the data packages do NOT work at all on the 3.0 iPhone. I bought one for $5 but the message is always that I am not subscribed to a data service. Phone works fine, tough the battery life is terrible. I have heard other people in the States talk about battery life here, though, and it sounds comparable. I guess it just has to work harder to push the signal to towers that are further away.

i have the skype thing it works well but i have google voice and when i sms it sends a copy to my other cell phone. i went to the settings on the gv website and unchecked “send to cell phone” so they should just be going to the website like emails/post in the inbox tab but they still forward to my other cell it sucks if anyone knows why post about it.

Hi, Cody, how are you going to work with tmobile data since the sidekick plan does not work on iphones any more? And does the att data plan work like before after the fix on a 3.0 iphone?

Cody,

I’m using OS 2.2 still based on the comments you’ve left here. Do you know if it’s safe to upgrade to 2.2.1 (or even 3.0)? I don’t want to lose my ATT GoPhone data service. Can’t tell from other websites what to do.

Your advice has been invaluable, and I love being able to get ATT without the 2y contract.

Thanks Cody. Has a Jailbreak version of Pwnage been released for Windows? (I’m on a VISTA machine; not my choice.)

Nice tips on changing the APN settings. Thought 3.0 had wiped out any chance for GoPhone data plans.

James

A google Voice Post maybe?

Love to see someone to this with a 3G/3GS iPhone with google voice app

Cody

Done. And works!

Do you have any idea if the new Skype app (1.2) still works with Voip3G? Don’t want to upgrade the app if it’ll kill my cell Skype workaround.

Thanks again

Jas

@Cody

So let me see if I have this right… You left the U.S. and moved to Canada just so you can continue to avoid paying a contract because AT

I am doing the same thing but I don’t like Skype for many reasons. I use my Vonage service and have added Google Voice. Thanks for the great post!

very impressive!! I love the simplicity of the site in particular. It looks really nice.

@What a cheap arse,

he leaving the country was apparently unrelated. Gawd.

This is GREAT!! I’ve been thinking of ways to use my iPhone 2g and an very excited to try this out.

Great info

I live in an area where 3G coverage is questionable (I’ve heard good and bad stories) can I use the iPhone over GSM? Would the GoPhone card support this and am I to understand that the GoPhone card does support text messaging?

PS
Thanks for doing the leg work for all of us. Please don’t take offense at the poor slobs hurling insults your way. Some of us just aren’t willing to pay outlandish prices for poor service from these brand name companies (are you also listening Comcast?).

would this work on an iPhone that has the latest firmware on it (3.1)?

if i jailbroke my iphone 2G, then turned off edge with boss prefs, do i have to use skype (would i still have to use the pay-as-you-go card) or would it just be $23/mo?

Loved your original post — jailbroke my phone for the first time after reading it! Thank you… Just curious though, the MediaNet 100MB data plan no longer works for me since upgrading to the iPhone 3.1 software (w/jailbreak). Apparently AT

Cody – Yup! Sure enough, the instructions included in your 22 Aug 09 comment did the trick. The settings and APN Changer worked fine on my iPhone 2G with 3.1. It was nice to see a data IP address again using a 100MB GoPhone MediaNet package. A nice, easy fix…

Will be moving forward with the info provided…many thanks for all of your efforts!…

Can confirm that OS 3.1.2 upgrade (jailbroken and unlocked) works with data and voice using APN settings. Skype still works well with VOIP3G on a GoPhone SIM. It’s a great deal.

Jones,

I’ve being following you initial post on “My $23/month iPhone”. I’m ready to get an iPhone. I just wanted to check in to see what’s new in your journey with the iPhone. Will this strategy work with a 3G phone….

Thanks for the input…

Derrick

@Derrick.

I can confirm this still works with the iPhone 3G 3.1.2. Just got my wife one for her birthday this week and set it up with the US – Cingular APN (using the site unlockit.co.nz typed into Safari from within the iPhone). Everything works: MediaNet (I buy 100 mb at a time for $20 and renew with the $5 before the month is up to keep my unused data alive for the next month), GoPhone pay-as-you-go (I buy $100 to keep the GoPhone card alive for the year, and add minutes as needed), and the iPhone Skype app (using the add-ons Backgrounder and VoIPover3G to enable it to work on the cell network as well as wireless). Overall, a bit of work, but a kicker of an iPhone with no contract
needed. I’m still amazed.

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