Sounds like to me, that you might want to talk to Sprint and see if they can put a tower out in your area.
Joseph Hudson Email [email protected] Sent from my iPhone On Aug 12, 2013, at 10:36 AM, "Brent Harding" <[email protected]> wrote: > I think the GPP sims are the only way without jailbreaking. I've been looking > into this because I want to test AT&T by trying a month of Straight Talk. > With Sprint, I get a lot of broken up calls right now, yet 3G sails through > without a hitch. Is the setup process for these sim adapter things > accessible? They mention that when you pop it in, the phone comes up with > some screen where you choose the carrier of the sim you put into the adapter, > but is that something that comes up with VO running, or before IOS loads some > how? If I used another reseller that is cheaper than Straightalk, but not > unlimited, would my phone use Sprint when it can, and fall back to GSM if I > couldn't get a call through? I live in an area that's kind of touchy, and > hitting USCellular signal seems to be a problem at times. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sieghard Weitzel > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 11:48 PM > Subject: RE: Unlocking a Sprint 4S > > Just in case you don’t get any replies here you might want to contact Rob > from the Today in iOS podcast. Just outline the basic facts, i.e. that you > have a 4S from Sprint, that you want to upgrade to the new iPhone and give > this one to your wife and ask him to put the question about unlocking a CDMA > phone to the audience. Then make sure you listen to the Podcast to see if he > reads or plays your question and check back a week later to see if somebody > called in with any suggestions. > Before I went to Thailand this spring I asked him to check with the Today in > iOS audience about suggestions for getting a SIM and prepaid plan there and I > was amazed by how many people called in or send an email. I received such > good advice and reviews of the carriers in Thailand that it was super easy > when I got there. > The Viphone community is pretty big now and there are some very experienced > people on here, but my guess is that the Today in iOS audience counts in the > tens of thousands from all over the world and I find the Podcast super > informative. If you want to write to him or send a recorded voice message , > you can do so by emailing [email protected] or you can call 206-MoonDog > (666-6364) and leave a voice mail with your question. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Cristóbal > Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 8:44 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Unlocking a Sprint 4S > > Hello list, > > So I’m due for an upgrade on the first of next month. I plan on upgrading to > the new iPhone when it comes out, but will be keeping my 4S and will be > giving it to my wife who doesn’t really care for her Android device and wants > to switch platforms. She and I are on a larger family plan and though she was > due for an upgrade a few months back, we figured this would be the better way > to go since the 4S is still a pretty snazzy phone and she’s really not that > much of a cell phone user. She’s interested in some of the new super basic > plans that are coming out even though she can remain on the Sprint plan. > Naturally Sprint is hemming and hawing about how unlocking isn’t possible and > Apple has rules, blah, blah, but even if carrier unlocking isn’t possible > (which I don’t believe) we should at least be able to sim unlock the phone. > We both travel internationally for work and family and as the 4S is both a > CDMA and GSm device, this is one of the reasons we want to hang on to it. > > I’ve read mixed information and experiences on forums and sites and such > having to do with GPP unlocking packages or turbo sims, but really, she nor I > am interested in jail breaking the phone for some of the offered solutions. > > My question is if others on here have indeed been able to unlock their 4S > from Sprint to either use with another CDMA carrier or even with one of the > GSM providers? If so, and again, not including a jailbreak method how did > they do it? Is it really just a question of being persistent with Sprint? > I’m not really pushing it now, but figured I’d get a better idea before I get > my new device and have this 4S free. I actually took it in since one of the > volume buttons jammed on me and I have insurance on the phone. The Sprint rep > at first wanted to charge me the $200.00 deductible to replace it, but I said > no way to that. A jammed volume button doesn’t need a full phone replacement > especially when I’m going to get a brand new phone next month and since I’ve > got insurance on it anyway. He supposedly went in the back to talk to his > supervisor (whatever…) and said that they’d this one time swap out the phone > for free. So I guess if anything, I’ll have a practically new or at least > refurbished new phone for a few weeks that we can sell if unlocking is too > much of a hassle and turn around and buy a 16gb iPhone 5 or something with > the same money and go with any carrier at that point. > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > [email protected]. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > [email protected]. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > [email protected]. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > [email protected]. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > [email protected]. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > [email protected]. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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