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Old 23rd February 2009, 23:08   #1336
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Thanks for the help guys.
The APN crack on cydia works
the APN for airtel live is : airtelfun.com

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Old 23rd February 2009, 23:37   #1337
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By that logic, I can also sue Merc or Audi saying that their cars are priced cheaper in the UK.
Not about price but being locked to Airtel or Vodafone despite paying full price and no subsidy from operator. Apple can price in India at 1 L if they want but unless operator pays subsidy they has no business to lock to operator.This is against MRTP laws in India and also in US

AT&T price also factor in 2 years contract and then lock in.

You can sue Audi and Merc if they force you to drive on particular toll highway

By the way in France only open iPhone is being sold as it is against anti-monopoly laws to restrict sale to particular operator. What we are seeing in India is consumer pays full price and gets locked to either Airtel or Vodafone.

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What the hell is an APN fix? I've been using different APNs on my 3G with no issues so far. I've used Airtel, Idea, my service provider here, the competitor here and various operators in Europe.

This is just as Jaggu explained.
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By the way in France only open iPhone is being sold as it is against anti-monopoly laws to restrict sale to particular operator. What we are seeing in India is consumer pays full price and gets locked to either Airtel or Vodafone.
Nope handsets are locked, you can unlock by requesting for the code and paying up a penalty of 100 Euro.

Italy is selling unlocked though.
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You can lock handset only if you are subsidizing the phone and want to recover costs through usage. However selling a phone at full price and then "locking" may attract MRPTC if the case is reported
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I dont think you will be able to run the Airtel plan on the iphone since it is 2g.
Not sure though.
Also the iphone 3g has no navigation or sound. Useless IMO.
Not true. I have the airtel Mobile office prepaid (Rs.99 per week, unlimited) and works like a charm. Yes, it is on a 2g.

For the speeds I get, I had posted a screen shot on BB thread.. check this link

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/gadget...ml#post1178554

Regarding the APN settings, Apple has put in the APN settings for Airtel and Vodafone India when they upgraded to 2.0 and that is the reason you don't see the option to change the APN setting under Settings-> General. I just restarted the phone after subscribing to the MO package and I was good to go.
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Regarding the APN settings, Apple has put in the APN settings for Airtel and Vodafone India when they upgraded to 2.0 and that is the reason you don't see the option to change the APN setting under Settings-> General. I just restarted the phone after subscribing to the MO package and I was good to go.

Very Strange - but this did not work for me on my 2G cracked iPhone. I had to manually add the APN for this to work. (Vodafone though)
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Kb100,

I am not quite sure. Coz that is the main reason why you don't see it in the list. If you put in any other sim card, the option shows up again. Also, now a days whenever I connect to iTunes, a message pops up for a Carrier update.

The apple knowledge base has to say this about the update...
"iTunes 7.7 and later has the ability to update the carrier specific settings on iPhone with iPhone 2.0 software or later. Carrier settings updates are small files (about 10k) that are downloaded from iTunes to be installed on your iPhone. The carrier settings can include updates to the default APN (how iPhone accesses the carrier's cellular data network), special dialing codes at Settings > Phone > [Carrier] Services, default settings for Stocks, Maps, Weather, and other items."


Does anyone have new places where I can get the apps? Appulo seems to be hosting a lot of dead links.
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You can lock handset only if you are subsidizing the phone and want to recover costs through usage. However selling a phone at full price and then "locking" may attract MRPTC if the case is reported
Cant Airtel or Vodafone just claim that it costs them 40K per handset and they are subsidizing it and locking people to their network?
Also just because an iPhone costs XX$, does it mean that we can just apply a currency conversion to get equivalent Indian price? I think not.
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Yes companies can claim anything. To prevent companies from claiming anything we have the MRPTC. All over the world companies will try to claim a lot of things, and regulation exists to stop them from doing so.
If Airtel/vodaphone are actually subsidizing the iphone, they have to prove it in front of MRPTC. But I am sure this won't come to that, as corporate governance laws in India still belong to british raj.
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Yes companies can claim anything. To prevent companies from claiming anything we have the MRPTC. All over the world companies will try to claim a lot of things, and regulation exists to stop them from doing so.
If Airtel/vodaphone are actually subsidizing the iphone, they have to prove it in front of MRPTC. But I am sure this won't come to that, as corporate governance laws in India still belong to british raj.
TSK laws are lame duck here in other countries monopoly commissions appointed by government take suo-moto notice. Apple thinks it is important to follow french law but in India they flout shamelessly.

being in handset industry for last 11 years I can say that there Mac fans created initial hysteria for iPhone, but in country like India where there is no mac presence of hysteria the craze is unwarranted there are better touchscreen phones available fully unlocked in market.
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Kb100,

I am not quite sure. Coz that is the main reason why you don't see it in the list. If you put in any other sim card, the option shows up again. Also, now a days whenever I connect to iTunes, a message pops up for a Carrier update.
On 7th Feb, Apple has pushed some network/carrier update, if you are receiving message after that, its probably that only!

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Does anyone have new places where I can get the apps? Appulo seems to be hosting a lot of dead links.
I am also looking out for other source, can somebody provide it ?
Thanks.
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You can lock handset only if you are subsidizing the phone and want to recover costs through usage. However selling a phone at full price and then "locking" may attract MRPTC if the case is reported
Tanveer, take a look at this wiki link. It even mentions the iPhone.

SIM lock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Also gives a list of countries and their stand on sim locking.

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In France, SIM locks are not prohibited.
More at that link above.

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News report in Hindi Eco Times Website that Apple is planning to retail Iphone soon at around Rs. 15000/-
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Tanveer, take a look at this wiki link. It even mentions the iPhone.

SIM lock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Also gives a list of countries and their stand on sim locking.

Originally Posted by Wikipedia
In France, SIM locks are not prohibited.

More at that link above.
though Wiki is not most authentic source but read the lines below each heading as well

Quoting from same Wiki link

In France, SIM locks are not prohibited. However, the mobile operator must inform the consumer of the existence of a SIM lock. The subscriber has the right to request that the SIM lock be removed at any time. No later than 6 months prior to the conclusion of the contract, the mobile operator must "systematically and free of charge" provide the subscriber with a procedure to deactivate the SIM lock.[8] Operators may charge a fee for removing the SIM lock prior to the 6-month deadline.
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