Comments on: Apple iPhone home activation definitely returning, but not what you think

By: Sophie

Sophie — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:00:07 +0000

So, In the uk, can i go to a carphone warehouse store buy the £100 handset (which is supposed to be on a 2 year contract) and bring it home to activate? Or unlock?

By: Hugh

Hugh — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:05:01 +0000

When I bought my 3G at the Rogers store in Toronto, they could not activate the phone due to network problems. They told me to connect it to iTunes to complete the activation. All they did was to register the serial of the phone on their network (that’s what they told me anyway . . .)

By: Dusty

Dusty — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:52:03 +0000

I dont see how this involves any change in the backend to AT&T or Apple. AT&T Premeir (Business) customers can order the phones online, they show up, you dial an 800 number, then plug it into net connected iTunes…. done.

even easier if you have the provisioning software.

By: jen328

jen328 — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:52:27 +0000

When I bought my 3G at the end of August from an AT&T store here in the Phoenix area, they handed me the un opened, shrink wrapped box and said “Hey, um, we usually activate it here but our internet is down. So, uh, just try it at home and if you have issues, bring it back….”

By: Don

Don — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:38:35 +0000

After waiting 5 and a half hours in line at the Chicago NMA store. Apple wanted me to then “go downstairs and activate.”

Being that I was using my Fiance’s upgrade to get the iPhone and I was then going to swap SIM cards later on, I just said screw it and went home and did it myself.

I dont see what the big deal is.

By: xmxpro

xmxpro — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:53:24 +0000

In Atlanta when I bought my 3g on release day the lines were so congested they sent us all home to activate our lines. So yes, people were able to leave with unactivated phones and Carlos is also correct regarding the Premier account. On release I was not able to order via phone but now you can if you have a Foundation Account.

By: Tich

Tich — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:36:55 +0000

I dont get it. o2 in the UK got exclusitivity of the iPhone, and now they’re selling them on pay as you go. Whats the deal with that?

By: Carlos

Carlos — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:01:02 +0000

Not sure if anyone has mentioned this but if you have an ATT premier account you can order an iphone and have it shipped to your door. I orderded mine like this over a month ago…

By: MadMike

MadMike — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:58:32 +0000

@Galvatron: WPA2-PSK AES encryption coupled with SSL should stop all except the most dedicated and skilled crackers. If your that paranoid – use WPA2-PSK AES and pipe all your traffic through an SSH pipe to a local lan shell server that’s connected via ethernet and pick some nasty encryption for the SSH tunnel.

By: Galvatron

Galvatron — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:48:50 +0000

entering your SSN? :sigh: nothing canges. makes it so much eiser for id theives. you enter you 411 at home to a server hmm packet capture via wifi anybody?

By: 1jaxstate1

1jaxstate1 — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:44:22 +0000

Can I add a line and get a new iPhone.

By: Jason Salvatierra

Jason Salvatierra — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:47:02 +0000

Its too early to be reading about apple. -___-

By: blah

blah — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:19:51 +0000

Shouldn’t that be “but”, not “buy” in the title?