iPhone is locked at SIM Level too
June 29, 2007
I got my iPhone today. So I tried different stuff. First, I could’nt use my phone number that belonged to a business account. It asked me to contact customer care and they had no clue on what the error is and I wasted about 30 mins on that. When I asked the AT&T rep on how to activate my number from a biz account, she said it cannot be done and she suggested me to return my iPhone for my account to work. Are they kidding? Anyway, after putting me on hold for several times, she gave me some contact info of National Biz Ordering center and they are open during weekdays only.
I later went ahead and signed up a new account.
After the activation is complete, I thought my other AT&T SIM Card would work, but iPhone throws a SIM Card Error and it asked me to reactivate the phone. Well, I did try few things, but no luck. I cant believe this….it is not just locked at the carrier, but also at the SIM Card level too.
Update: I was able to get this working. If you want to use your Biz Phone Number with the iPhone, follow this procedure.
- Activate your iPhone signing up for a new account. You’ll get a new phone number
- After the activation is completed, insert your other SIM card. It’ll throw a SIM Card Error. It’ll ask you to activate again.
- Activate again with your existing SIM Card in, but provide the details of the number you previously got
- AT&T will say that it’ll activate it after verification. Give it few hours time. You’ll get a confirmation from AT&T to your email address once activated
- Once activated, your new SIM should work fine
- Now, you can cancel your new phone number saying that you dont have service at your house (I need to try this yet). Will do next week
RSS Reader for iPhone
June 27, 2007
Engadget reports that Apple has an RSS Reader coming for iPhone. The URL is currently active on Apple’s website. I am sure it’ll be taken offline soon. Here is what the says currently.
We probably will see more such apps for iPhone coming soon from Apple….and ofcourse from many other app vendors.
How do I power off apple tv?
June 26, 2007
I have been using my Apple TV for months now and I must say I LOVE it. I started watching more TV after Apple TV. Videocasts are awesome. I wish there is a place to capture the URLs of all video and podcasts available for Apple TV. May be I should take a lead here.
After using my Apple TV for so long, I couldnt figure out a way to turn this thing off. It appears that it cannot be powered off. If you really need to power it off, you have to pull the power plug out. Hmmm
I hope green going Apple will consider it for its next generation Apple TVs.
Safari 3 Beta – It Rocks on Mac and Sucks on Windows
June 26, 2007
I am not sure about you, but I wasted few hours trying to get Safari on my Windows XP system work with no luck. This is what shows up when I try top open Safari on my windows machine.
Yes, it doesnt show any text in the browser. When I hover my mouse on the menus or when I click somewhere some text is shown. Also, look at how Apple’s website is rendered. I tried installing it few times to find the same result. I tried 3.0.1 and 3.0.2 too. What pissed me most is, it screwed up my iTunes installation. I had to do a fresh install of my iTunes again. For now, I’ll stick with Maxthon as my favorite browser on Windows.
Safari on my iMac is a different story. I love it. I find it much faster than Firefox and Flock. I really hope Apple will fix all these annoying bugs soon.
