IPhone on Virgin Mobile
 

Hey,

Guess what the wife wants an IPhone and were on Virgin Mobile.
After calling up last week I was told its unlikely due to something to do with TMobile and Apple, blah blah not sure,


So my question is:-

If I buy an Iphone and have it unlocked are there any quirks or things not to do, does it work properly as it should etc,

Found this site which seems to offer everything you need,

Just wondered if anyone has had some success with this.

Cheers,

Re: IPhone on Virgin Mobile
 

Before I switched to my HTC Desire I had an iPhone on virgin and it worked perfectly.

Re: IPhone on Virgin Mobile
 

Great,

And is anything affected with your contract, she has the unlt data, would that still work as normal?

Re: IPhone on Virgin Mobile
 

Yup that's fine. Just remember 'unlimited' is 1gb. Mind you I never used any where near that much in a month but it is worth remembering.

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I'm using an iPhone, can't get mms but everything else works like a charm

my unlimited Internet is 2gb which is pretty decent

Re: IPhone on Virgin Mobile
 

Tell her to look at the HTC Desire instead, it's better than the iphone.

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If you are on a contract with Tmobile and tell em you are leaving because you want an Iphone you may well get offered one.

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Heard this from a number of people now, so she's off to have a look at them

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No its with VM but as far as I am aware Tmobile provide the air time, I may be wrong though,

Re: IPhone on Virgin Mobile
 

I just mentioned that cuz you said its something to do with Tmobile and Apple

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Well if you do manage to get a HTC Desire, it's not bad either. That's what I've got on my VM contract.

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Yeah, well not that I know lol its what the VM CS member told me when I called,

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VM will have their same rules.Tmobile have been doing it for a while on the QT

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t mobile only let virgin use they crap network

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t-mobile is a crap network, if it wasnt for the staff deal i'd be back with o2

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As far as coverage is concerned none of the VM (tmobile network) phones I have suffer from lack of signal

Re: IPhone on Virgin Mobile
 

what ever u do dont take a virgin mob contract they will mess u over big time am just 3 month into mine n it could be me hand set n they will replace it with a reconditioned handset with a 6 month warranty so my 18 month contract aint worth a monkeys

Re: IPhone on Virgin Mobile
 

Anybody have any experience with the new iPhone4 yet, I'm reading that they take a Micro-Sim and seen all sorts of YouTube content about trimming your existing Sim card down - anyone successfully used an iPhone4 on Virgin?

Thanks in advance.

Re: IPhone on Virgin Mobile
 

I've cut down a Virgin Mobile PAYG SIM for the iPhone 4, just to test the network and stuff. It's pretty good, unlike T-Mobile (whose network it uses) download speeds aren't capped. Am quite tempted by the £15/mo option with 1GB Internet but am waiting to see if T-Mobile does any better when they finally (re-)release their plans.

Re: IPhone on Virgin Mobile
 

Brilliant, thanks for the response.

Colin

Re: IPhone on Virgin Mobile
 

I wonder if you can help me, I have just bought an unlocked Iphone 3GS and tried to use it with my Virgin SIM - even though I get a Virgin 3G icon and I can send and receive text and calls I cannot connect to the internet.

I have spoken to VirginMobile Customer Service and visited two of their shops (which were to be honest more aimed at Cable customers) but none of them were very helpful. However they did give me the MMS settings but I dont know where in the Iphone to put them!

Did you have to alter any settings on the Iphone when you put your Virgin SIM in or did it work straight away?


Many thanks in advance.

Re: IPhone on Virgin Mobile
 

Just an update - a friend called round and we did a factory reset on the phone and it works OK now.

Re: IPhone on Virgin Mobile
 

Just thought I'd update, after the advise I got here I took the plunge bought the iphone and got a Noosy trimmer and I'm up and running. All went OK if a little apprehensive on cutting the SIM card, but tried it on a test one and all went OK. Thanks for the help.

Re: IPhone on Virgin Mobile
 

Does the sms service work? Can't get the text service to work on the wife's LG Optimus GT540 using her VM PAYG card.