find a way to unlock the vita to work with another phone company?
kungfool69
Nope because here in the UK it's already going to be unlocked with no exclusive 3G carrier.
here in australia is on the Vodaphone network, so my shop JB hifi only deals with telstra......so they are refusing to sell the 3G model
As far as I'm aware Vodafone is the preferred partner in all those countries where they are offering 3G service for the Vita. I'm sure that includes Australia. Here in the UK they are the preferred partner but they are not the exclusive 3G carrier for the Vita. I believe all the carriers here except for possible Three are planning on providing 3G plans for the Vita. I suspect the deal with Telstra and JB HiFi is due to a conflict of interest as they probably have some kind of marketing or promotion deal with them. Therefore they cannot sell a product that conceivably uses a rival carriers services. I could be wrong though about Australia.
im having problems with att. i might sign up with verizon instead
bloomberg23
You won't be able to unless the Vita can be hacked and even then Sony will do what ever they can to close those loop holes more because of piracy then anything else.
find a way to unlock the vita to work with another phone company?
kungfool69
Nope because here in the UK it's already going to be unlocked with no exclusive 3G carrier.
here in australia is on the Vodaphone network, so my shop JB hifi only deals with telstra......so they are refusing to sell the 3G model
With all due respect, that's incorrect. Vodafone is the "preferred" carrier here with Sony even including their SIM with the 3G model but any service provider will work. I assume it's the inclusion of the Vodafone SIM card that has JB's panties in a knot :P
[QUOTE="GamejunkieUK"] Nope because here in the UK it's already going to be unlocked with no exclusive 3G carrier. volume_three
here in australia is on the Vodaphone network, so my shop JB hifi only deals with telstra......so they are refusing to sell the 3G model
With all due respect, that's incorrect. Vodafone is the "preferred" carrier here with Sony even including their SIM with the 3G model but any service provider will work. I assume it's the inclusion of the Vodafone SIM card that has JB's panties in a knot :P
That seems like the issue. If the sim wasn't included it probably wouldn't be an issue for them.
im having problems with att. i might sign up with verizon instead
bloomberg23
if it were to get unlocked it would only work with T-MOBILE. Verizon doesn't use SIM cards for 3G. And You could probaby get it to work with T-Mobile without unlock but it would only work on Edge just like people who use the iPhone on T-mobile.
here in australia is on the Vodaphone network, so my shop JB hifi only deals with telstra......so they are refusing to sell the 3G model
GamejunkieUK
With all due respect, that's incorrect. Vodafone is the "preferred" carrier here with Sony even including their SIM with the 3G model but any service provider will work. I assume it's the inclusion of the Vodafone SIM card that has JB's panties in a knot :P
That seems like the issue. If the sim wasn't included it probably wouldn't be an issue for them.
exactly, or else they have predicated the consumer shift away from the 3G model? then again our two most popular ipad models are the 16gb WIFI and the 64GB 3G models
I would just love a way for it to be used with my current cell phone plan. JustPlainLucas
I was thinking the same thing. If I could just pop my sim card in to do whatever I needed to do and then remove it that'd be prefect. But I guess I'll just have to find out how to tether with my phone without my carrier knowing and save $50 getting a wifi model. Which is fine by me :P
[QUOTE="JustPlainLucas"]I would just love a way for it to be used with my current cell phone plan. kaze347
I was thinking the same thing. If I could just pop my sim card in to do whatever I needed to do and then remove it that'd be prefect. But I guess I'll just have to find out how to tether with my phone without my carrier knowing and save $50 getting a wifi model. Which is fine by me :P
what phone do u have? most modern smart phones have wifi hotspot anyway.
[QUOTE="JustPlainLucas"]I would just love a way for it to be used with my current cell phone plan. kungfool69
I was thinking the same thing. If I could just pop my sim card in to do whatever I needed to do and then remove it that'd be prefect. But I guess I'll just have to find out how to tether with my phone without my carrier knowing and save $50 getting a wifi model. Which is fine by me :P
what phone do u have? most modern smart phones have wifi hotspot anyway.
Xperia Play with ATT. Im pretty sure Hotspot counts as tethering though. Since Im rooted I SHOULD be able to do it undetected and be alright for smaller downloads and whatever else I need to do. They recently started throttling people like crazy though and its getting ridiculous. Im considering going full wifi.
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