We bought a locked T-Mobile G1 from the US (thanks to a kind guy who walked to a store and bought it for us). As I said before we are based in Spain and T-Mobile has no network here. We just wanted to use it for development but we couldn't pass the initial activation because we didn't have internet access (and we didn't find any way to set up the wireless communication without passing the activation step first). So we unlocked it through http://www.unlock-tmobileg1.com. Once we unlocked it, I used a different SIM (Vodafone) and entered the APN data to pass the initial activation. Now it is working without problems at 3G speeds in different carriers (Movistar, Vodafone, Yoigo, etc.) and, by the way, we have received the RC30 update some days ago.
I hope our experience can help somebody, Jose Luis. On Nov 19, 1:19 pm, Gustavo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe the wheel of the UK G1's is on the right side... :p > > >On Oct 30, 1:02 pm, Al Sutton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There are no differences that I can see between the UK and US G1's, the > > UK ones are even shipping with RC7 firmware which is the same one the US > > ones originally did. > > > I'm trying to find "Colour" or "Color" somewhere in the user interface, > > but I'm guessing that there is little (if any) localisation done. > > > Al. > > > qvark wrote: > > > Interesting... but how could I get one without contract? The two > > > possibilities I can see in their page (http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/g1- > > > with-google-phone/buy-now/) need a plan, and I that's not viable if > > > you live in a different country :( > > > > BTW, this makes me think... is the G1 in UK different from the G1 in > > > U.S.? An unlocked U.S. G1 could be operated in Europe (Spain)? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jose Luis. > > > > On Oct 30, 2:17 pm, Al Sutton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> The side of the UK box says that; > > > >> "This equipment may be operated in AT, BE, CY, CZ, DK, EE, FI, FR, DE, > > >> GR, HU, IE, IT, LV, LT, LU, MT, NL, PL, PT, SK, SI, ES, SE, GB, IS, LI, > > >> NO, CH, BG, RO, TR" > > > >> So if you can get one unlocked and you live in one of those countries > > >> you shouldn't have any problems. > > > >> Al. > > > >> -- > > >> Al Sutton > > > >> W:www.alsutton.com > > >> B: alsutton.wordpress.com > > >> T: twitter.com/alsutton > > > -- > > Al Sutton > > > W:www.alsutton.com > > B: alsutton.wordpress.com > > T: twitter.com/alsutton --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
