iPhone peoples...

[Miakoda]

I had a Samsung smartphone through ATT. I could not use that SIM in my iPhone.

[-bogart-]

for an iphine to be used on an outside carrier it has to be jailbroken. do a google search , it is almost easy . also craigslist around here advaetises jailbreaking for like 15.00. when it is jailbroken then you can get a GSM sim card to use.

There are several carriers who use GSM cards , the biggest is T-Mobile.
You can get cheaper ones online , just google GSM sim cards.

[JacksonsMom]

I think AT&T is offering the 3GS for free for a lot of people. So that definitely sounds like a rip off! But I guess if you are not getting the contract and all that.

[Miakoda]

Bogart, I've never had any carrier than Bellsouth/Cingular/ATT. I still have my very first car phone....the giant suitcase analog phone! Lol

I still couldn't use a SIM from my previous phone for my iPhone.

[RedHotDobe]

Originally Posted by Miakoda

I had a Samsung smartphone through ATT. I could not use that SIM in my iPhone.

Which iPhone do you have? The 4 uses a microSIM, which would mean your regular SIM card wouldn't work. I don't know if that's what happened in your case, but it's a guess.

Originally Posted by -bogart-

for an iphine to be used on an outside carrier it has to be jailbroken. do a google search , it is almost easy . also craigslist around here advaetises jailbreaking for like 15.00. when it is jailbroken then you can get a GSM sim card to use.

There are several carriers who use GSM cards , the biggest is T-Mobile.
You can get cheaper ones online , just google GSM sim cards.

I wouldn't pay someone to jailbreak it. It's so completely simple, especially if you have someone walk you through it.

Why would she need to buy a new SIM card? She should already have one.

[-bogart-]

you can get micro sim cards also . the main question is what carrier do you have now and do they use GSM sim cards instead of CDMA ones.

If it is CDMA then it wont work. Any GSM sim will. to find out what kind you have google it.

the 3gs use standard size sim cards . i have a t-mobile one in a 3gs right now. the new 4 and 4s use the micro ones , and you can get a sim trimmer.

[-bogart-]

Originally Posted by Miakoda

Bogart, I've never had any carrier than Bellsouth/Cingular/ATT. I still have my very first car phone....the giant suitcase analog phone! Lol

I still couldn't use a SIM from my previous phone for my iPhone.

probably because your phone is locked. is it jail broken?
att and the others use a program on there iphones that do not allow outside carriers to use the phone for there signal. the software on the phone is modified to be able to use it with other gem carries. that is probably why you could not use it.

send the suitcase to the museum ! lol i saw one not long ago and was marveling how cool i used to think they where , now i am shocked anyone would lug one around!

[RedHotDobe]

If she has a SIM card currently, it has to be GSM. CDMA doesn't use SIM cards.

Google says Telus uses GSM for 3G, and CDMA for 2G. Which meeaaans... If you're not in a 3G service area, the phone isn't going to work. (Last part directed at AgilityPup, lol.)

[-bogart-]

LOL good catch , i dont really know much about the cdma phones , as i was looking to use the iphone on the cheap and googled the heck out of GSM.

[AgilityPup]

I know SO little about iPhones, and phones in general, lol. I know I have an iPod touch and I LOVE it. So... I just assume I'd like an iPhone.

The current phone I have is this one... so if any of that information about SIM cards and stuff helps... https://shop.koodomobile.com/koodo-c...dKHLGP500.html