nathana

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by nathana 14y ago
In my experience, the proxy server for the internet APN is not necessary, and in fact hinders certain functionality (I know that it at least blocks the download component of Speedtest.Net; when I saw that, I didn't bother to use it long eno
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by nathana 14y ago
You overlooked the fact that TinyUmbrella cannot help if you did not happen to use it to collect your iOS 5.0/5.0.1/5.1/5.1.1 SHSH blobs generated uniquely for your device by Apple at the time that iOS 5.x was the latest version available
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by nathana 14y ago
I'm going to audibly (...well, visually...) emit a sigh and patiently explain, for what I'm hoping will be the final time, that the iPhone Configuration Utility cannot change the MMS APN , only the internet access APN.
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by nathana 14y ago
That's an interesting avenue I had not thought of; thanks.
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by nathana 14y ago
It is absolutely true. If the OS itself is not corrupted, you can erase your data and restore YOUR DATA from backup, but that doesn't include the OS itself. If you do a "full restore" of the OS (and this isn't the first time I've observed
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by nathana 14y ago
Except that when it comes time to evaluate which way to vote with your wallet, the "whatever reason" does matter. And since Straight Talk isn't the entity here that is enforcing this restriction, I am much less likely to give them the
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by nathana 14y ago
Your sarcasm is noted. :) I will switch if Apple does not address this. The phone DID used to work, and I WAS happy with it. In the world of software, things apparently CAN change AFTER you have bought the product and already lived with
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by nathana 14y ago
#1 is the model I have, and I wouldn't call it "fully" unlocked with this limitation in place.
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by nathana 14y ago
How long ago was this, and what iPhone model and iOS version were you using? The instructions they give are exactly the ones that I need to be able to execute on my "unlocked" phone, but the menu they reference is being suppressed by AT&#3
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by nathana 14y ago
Supposedly the APN submenu is hidden if a certain flag is set by the carrier in their Apple-signed carrier profile (which is distributed with iOS). So the carrier that controls the iOS carrier profile for your SIM's IIN can elect to either
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by nathana 14y ago
For the gazillionth time, the iPhone Configuration Utility will not allow you to change the MMS APN, only the internet access APN.
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by nathana 14y ago
Haven't -- yet, though I may end up caving before too long -- but I don't really like the idea of having to use such a hack, for the reasons I already listed at http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=16267233#post16... 1) It may be
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by nathana 14y ago
It's just too bad that in certain instances, the people who follow up are powerless to do anything, and the people who do have the power to do things and who need to be hearing from disgruntled customers like me may or may not be getting a
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by nathana 14y ago
It's my phone. Let me take my own security risks.
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by nathana 14y ago
My prepaid flat-rate plan includes "unlimited" SMS/MMS (and don't get me started on use of the word "unlimited" by service providers...). In any case, it doesn't cost me anything extra, and it's way easier to be able to accept and send MMS
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by nathana 14y ago
Yes, possible solution, but not really practical, for the following reason: The iOS downgrade prevention mechanism also forces you to upgrade to the latest version, even if you do not want to do so willingly, if you ever need to restore (re
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by nathana 14y ago
Yes. My iPhone is such a phone. It matters not: iOS enforces official carrier profiles on the phone regardless of whether it is an official Apple unlocked phone or not.
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by nathana 14y ago
The order of events is more like: 1. Get SIM card. 2. Buy "unlocked" iPhone. 3. Put SIM card into "unlocked" phone. 4. It doesn't work! :sad-face: 5. Google around. 6. Find solution. 7. Implement solution while grumbling to self about truth
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by nathana 14y ago
That does suck, but if it is an AT&T-branded phone, it is less surprising (although no more acceptable) that you've encountered this problem. If you go into an Apple retail store and buy an off-the-shelf carrier-unlocked no-brand-sticke
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by nathana 14y ago
This does not fix MMS . Their site simply constructs the same kind of configuration file that Apple's official iPhone Configuration Utility generates. You can override an APN in those configuration files...the internet APN, and ONLY
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by nathana 14y ago
Because APNs don't work that way. There's no "standard" way of doing that. It's not like over-the-air PRL updates on CDMA2K networks. On iPhone specifically, there's only one way of pushing APNs to the phone, and that is if the carrier h
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Apple Broke My iPhone, and Their Policies Prevent Them from Fixing It(anderson-net.com)
149 points by nathana 14y ago|116 comments