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[SRASC]

Date: 23rd Oct 2012
Time: 10:00am PT (1:00pm AT)


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You knew it was coming

[SRASC]

is there a factory unlock for a bell canada iphone 4 running baseband 4.12.01 or would i have to use a gevey sim, etc?

Looks like you'd need a Gevey SIM.

[pete]

Date: 23rd Oct 2012
Time: 10:00am PT (1:00pm AT)


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You knew it was coming

Depending on pricing I might buy an iPad mini.. looking for a tablet this christmas

[mojosodope]

Guys...can anyone advise where to gen an Iphone 5 nano sim cut in POS or Central??
Thanks....

Save yourself the hassle, download the template and do it yourself, worse case you mess up and spend $25 for a replacement sim which I'm sure is less than you would pay someone to cut it for you.


I don't own an iPad 3 or any at all for that matter, I don't mind buying the iPad mini if the price is right but depending on how the new iMacs are shaping up, might throw some money that way.

[blacklight]

Where do most people accidentally destroy their iPhone?

Hint: It's in the same place where folks tend to accidentally cut themselves and warm things with fire.

[Strauss]

Where do most people accidentally destroy their iPhone?

Hint: It's in the same place where folks tend to accidentally cut themselves and warm things with fire.

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I would have thought bathroom, but it's a far second.

[Prototype-Tuner]

Where do most people accidentally destroy their iPhone?

Hint: It's in the same place where folks tend to accidentally cut themselves and warm things with fire.

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i was one of those who drove off.....


not a scratch thanks to the screen protectors by maljoe
big up!!

[dredman1]

Can an iphone 4S from canada on the Rogers network be unlocked? It was bought in Feb...

yup... costs a lot though.
eg: http://cutyoursim.com/index.php/remote- ... ne-4s.html

@chronic does them also. I think its $140 from him.

OK so would probably look to try this over the weekend or very early next week.

I've never even delved into iphones on contract, unlocking, jailbreaking, basebands, tethered, blah blah etc etc before. Never even considered it. I stuck strictly to factory unlocked and that's it - wanted no issues/worries whatsoever with updating or using on different networks.

Now have an opportunity to get a 4S free thats locked to Rogers, and it's not jailbroken. Just to verify - that link M_2NR quoted above, or even @chronic, are valid/legit services that will work with a locked iphone, and they accept TT credit cards, correct?

Anyone ever use any of the services can verify their validity before I try it? Any hidden steps or procedures you have to do that they don't mention?

Forgive the ignorance, but I'm still unsure and skeptical about all this unlocking stuff.

[Chimera]

Can an iphone 4S from canada on the Rogers network be unlocked? It was bought in Feb...

yup... costs a lot though.
eg: http://cutyoursim.com/index.php/remote- ... ne-4s.html

@chronic does them also. I think its $140 from him.

OK so would probably look to try this over the weekend or very early next week.

I've never even delved into iphones on contract, unlocking, jailbreaking, basebands, tethered, blah blah etc etc before. Never even considered it. I stuck strictly to factory unlocked and that's it - wanted no issues/worries whatsoever with updating or using on different networks.

Now have an opportunity to get a 4S free thats locked to Rogers, and it's not jailbroken. Just to verify - that link M_2NR quoted above, or even @chronic, are valid/legit services that will work with a locked iphone, and they accept TT credit cards, correct?

Anyone ever use any of the services can verify their validity before I try it? Any hidden steps or procedures you have to do that they don't mention?

Forgive the ignorance, but I'm still unsure and skeptical about all this unlocking stuff.

its cheaper to use a gevey sim ultra s for now for rogers phones


sooner or later the cost will go down to factory unlock them

im using a gevey sim in my rogers 4s right now

[dredman1]

But ABA aren't there possible issues with that (gevey sim) when updating etc? At least I think I've seen many people online (even on this forum) asking for help because they updated the OS and their phone is now locked after trying.

I know it's about TT$1000 or so to FU on those sites, but I still consider that a good price for a 4S with no issues.

[Chimera]

yup..you're not suppose to update it if its on 5.1.1

[streetlifestyle]

hey,

the camera shutter on my ipad2 is stuck in the closed position...

looks like this

without the bar on the bottom... the entire screen is just the closed shutter

ive tried (with zero success)
resetting
restoring
updating
discharge and recharge
covering the lens and starting the app

basically everything thrown out by google

ipad is currently running iOS 6.0. problem was hapening before the update tho..

front camera works fine... can facetime

can anyone help

Had that problem on my i4.
had to replace the camera. (phone got wet)

[dredman1]

yup..you're not suppose to update it if its on 5.1.1

Hmm OK so that's still the case.

In that case, I definitely don't mind paying the cost to FU from those sites if that will solve all those issues - once the services are legit...

[M_2NR]

Can't beat @chronic service rep. I unlocked a few iPhones so far. Paypal works fine. And a FU iPhone is far less painful than a gevey sim. Remember it's not just simply unlocking eh. U may need a legit carrier sim to activate sometimes (say after an update) and if you're updating you'll have to use custom fw.

[dredman1]

Can't beat @chronic service rep. I unlocked a few iPhones so far. Paypal works fine. And a FU iPhone is far less painful than a gevey sim. Remember it's not just simply unlocking eh. U may need a legit carrier sim to activate sometimes (say after an update) and if you're updating you'll have to use custom fw.

Jeez, will def need to do some more reading then

[Strauss]

Would still prefer pay to perma unlock for new phones.

[dredman1]

That's my opinion as well Strauss. I just hope those website options listed earlier are good, and that I don't need a Rogers sim to get it done...

[M_2NR]

Mods. Ulyuh fix this ^ na. Mankind a good few km from a PC.

And yes dreadman1 cutyoursim and @chronic are both legit and once it is completed any sim will activate it. It is however expensive for Rogers.

BTW if an iPad mini launches at 329$ vs 299 or even 229$ will you still buy it? I honestly don't think I will pay 329$ for it. It's reaching the cost of a refurb 9.7". It would seriously have to have something better than the 9.7 for me to spend 329$.

[mojosodope]

^ depends on your own personal use I guess. It's going to be a major competitor to the smaller kindles, no doubt Apple is going to push it's e-reader capabilities. I think it might be cool to play around with for a while but I can't see myself spending all that money when I can pay a couple hundred more for the full version.

[ryan99tt]

who hav ah link for the stream of the apple event?

[Greypatch]

post a link fellas

[TRAE]

http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-has-more-cash-on-hand-than-the-us-government-2011-7

Apple Now Has More Cash Than The U.S. Government

According to the latest daily statement from the U.S. Treasury, the government had an operating cash balance of $73.8 billion at the end of the day yesterday.
Apple's last earnings report (PDF here) showed that the company had $76.2 billion in cash and marketable securities at the end of June.
In other words, the world's largest tech company has more cash than the world's largest sovereign government.
That's because Apple collects more money than it spends, while the U.S. government does not.


Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-ha ... z2A8R4JSUB

older article but seems appropriate

[mojosodope]

If you have an Apple TV you can watch the live stream there.

[ryan99tt]

the apple site has it...

http://www.apple.com/apple-events/october-2012/

[ryan99tt]

http://live.gizmodo.com/

[kurpal_v2]

Live transcript for those who ain't feeling to stream

http://www.macrumors.com/2012/10/23/liv ... dia-event/

Apple is holding a media event today at the California Theatre in San Jose, California, where it is expected to introduce the iPad mini, a 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro, a tweaked full-size iPad with Lightning connector, and updated Mac mini models. A release of the company's revamped iTunes software also likely and iMac updates are a possibility. The event is scheduled to kick off at 10:00 AM Pacific Time / 1:00 PM Eastern Time.


Photo by Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat

For the first time in two years, Apple will be providing a live video stream of a media event via its website for Mac and iOS users and Apple TV.

Live Video Stream of Apple's iPad Mini Media Event

In addition to Apple's video stream, we will be updating this article with coverage and issuing Twitter updates through our @MacRumorsLive account as the media event unfolds. Separate news stories regarding the event announcements will go out through our @MacRumors account.

Apple's online stores around the world are currently down in advance of the event.

Recent News and Rumors

- 'iPad Mini' Name Confirmed by Smart Cover Part Descriptions
- 13-Inch Retina MacBook Pro Starts at 128 GB Flash Storage, Mac Mini Goes Quad-Core
- Four New Lightning Adapters, Higher-Power iPad Power Adapter Coming Today
- New Full-Sized iPad to Have Upgraded FaceTime Camera?

Live Transcript

- Event begins at 10:00 AM Pacific / 1:00 PM Eastern

The lifestream has begun with wide shots of the theater and the crowd. We are hearing reports of extremely laggy and stuttering connections on the livestream.

As usual, Apple CEO Tim Cook begins with an overview of the state of the company, starting with the iPhone 5. It was the strongest iPhone launch ever with more than 5 million phones sold the first weekend. Apple is showing a promotional video for the iPhone 5 launch.

Now recapping last month's new iPod, as well as iOS 6. Apple reports that iOS 6 is running on more than 200 million devices, calling it "the fastest upgrade rate of any software in history that we're aware of."

On to iCloud. Customers have 125 million documents uploaded to iCloud and have sent 300 billion iMessages over the past year at a rate of more than 28,000 per second. 70 million photos shared via shared photo streams.

Regarding the App Store, Apple now has 700,000 apps on the store, including 275,000 apps specifically for iPad. Customers have downloaded 35 billion apps from the store. Apple has paid out $6.5 billion to developers.

Apple now has more than 1.5 million books on the iBookstore, and 400 million books downloaded since the launch of the store.

Updating iBookstore with new features: Continuous scrolling, sharing of passages on Facebook and Twitter, iCloud syncing support, and support for 40 new languages including Korean and Japanese.

Now on to the Mac.

Mac has been outgrowing the PC market for 6 years straight, and Apple sells the number 1 desktop and number 1 notebook models in the US. "We're really pleased with all of the momentum of the Mac. But we are not standing still. We're going to continue innovating with the Mac."

Phil Schiller is out now to demo some new products.

"You might not know that our best selling notebook is the 13" MacBook Pro." Now, introducing new 13" MacBook Pro with Retina.

.75" thick, 20% thinner than the old model, and 3.5 pounds. No optical drive and includes IPS Retina display. MagSafe 2, two Thunderbolt ports, USB 3.0, dual mics.

4,096,000 pixels, 2560 x 1600. 2560 x 1600. "There's never been a small notebook that gave pro photographers this kind of technology and capability."

Ivy Bridge Intel Core i5 or i7 processors, comes standard with 8GB of RAM and up to 768GB of SSD storage. Intel HD Graphics 4000 graphics processor. 7-hour battery, backlit keyboard.


Starts at $1699, 2.5GHz dual-core i5, 8GB Ram, 128GB SSD. Shipping today.

Now showing off a new television ad. "The new 13" MacBook Pro… for the pro in all of us."

The full line of Apple notebooks start at $999 for the 11" MacBook Air, and run all the way up to the 15" MacBook Pro with Retina Display maxed out at $2799.

[Xecutive]

For those of you anxiously awaiting:

[Stephon.]

Didn't Steve Jobs say something along the lines of the iPad already being the perfect size, not too big not to small etc. Around the same time the 7" Galaxy tab was heard of? Genuine question here, and if yes (which is in fact the answer lol) What do you guys think about apple releasing a 7" tablet?

I personally think if you want an iPad, then get an iPad, if you want something smaller, get an iPhone, if you don't want an iPhone, get an iPod touch, this isn't bridging any gap at all it's just silly as hell lol

[Xecutive]

Agreed. It's all part of the marketing scheme. They're just trying to make it more affordable to the public for those who can't get their hands on the ipad3 due to their financial situation. The price difference is a significant one and would attract a new audience for the price. Not sure about what will happen with the newer version of the ipod seeing that the 32gb model's price borders the 16gb ipad mini.

[pioneer]

For those of you anxiously awaiting:

nicee