iPhone on Rogers - General iPhone on Rogers / Fido discussions

[MickMcGeough]

Originally Posted by Yeah_Baby

Why would they tell us anything about something that isn't even officially announced?

Because they probably have a hardware upgrade policy?

Found it on google:

If you are an existing Rogers/Fido customer and are going to be less than two years into your contract by the time you want a [COLOR=#FF0000 ! important][COLOR=#FF0000 ! important]hardware [COLOR=#FF0000 ! important]upgrade[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR], then a few things happen here.
According to the new upgrade policy (March 17 2009 and onward), if you currently have a Smartphone (iPhone, Blackberry, etc) registered on your account, even if you did not buy it from Rogers/Fido but it is registered on your account, then you will NOT be able to upgrade to another Smartphone (iPhone 3GS) until you have reached the 24 month (2 year) mark in your contract since your last upgrade/activation.
At that time, 2 years in, your pricing will look like this (prices assume 3 year voice/data plan):

• 16GB iPhone 3GS in Black or White – $199 or less ($699 outright)
• 32GB iPhone 3GS in Black or White – $299 or less ($799 outright)
• 8GB iPhone 3G in Black – $99 or less ($599 outright)
• 16GB iPhone 3G in Black or White – $149 or less ($649 outright)

In other words, everyone that got the iPhone 3G on July 11, 2008, your next Smartphone upgrade will be available July 11, 2010, according to this upgrade policy.
However, do understand that when Rogers/Fido say you are “eligible” to upgrade, upgrading to a new smartphone (iPhone 3GS) may not actually be the case. You may be “eligible” to upgrade, but you may be only eligible for a non-smartphone, for example.
Also, Fido customers may use their FidoDollars towards an upgrade.

** Note that the hardware upgrade 3GS prices from this post were the same as the new customer prices at the time.

[Yeah_Baby]

We all knew that last year. It is nothing new....

[ken0042]

So, my question (which may be in here somewhere) is about my new Bell iPhone, but I'm hoping the software is similar.

When text messaging somebody, is there a way for it to start a new conversation thread? I pretty much only text 1 person, so it would be nice to be able to organize the conversations a bit; like you would with email.

I did try sending a "new" text message this morning, but it just added to the existing thread from yesterday.

[OilKiller]

Think you are out of luck Ken. Seems like it's always one big conversation. There might be an SMS app in Cydia if you jailbreak your phone, that you can do that with. Not sure, I've never looked for one after jalibreaking my iPhone.

[Temporary_User]

I know Textplus is an app that gives users unlimited texts. I've never used it, but give it a look it might help you with what you are looking for. (no need to jailbreak then)

[MoneyGuy]

I don't know if anyone is having this odd problem with the iPhone. It only happens when I use the iPhone to access calgarypuck. I go to touch the screen to make my selection of a forum or whatever and I get some other forum. Sometimes the selections on the screen move on me and the forum I want isn't what I get. For example, I go to touch the Off Topic forum and I get Buy and Sell. Or I touch one thread for reading and get some other thread because it seems to miss-sense where my finger is touching. I use the iPhone for other forums I use and it only happens here. Anyone else?

[photon]

It could be because the forum hasn't finished loading yet, and when you tap and when it registers the tap things have moved.

[OilKiller]

Meant to ask this earlier. I've noticed the last few days, all I get is an E for the network on my iPhone with Rogers. Anyone else having this issue? I haven't seen '3G' for a few days. Something wrong with my phone?

Edit: nm, I found it. My own mistake. I had turned off 3G in SBSettings...oops.

[Burninator]

Originally Posted by photon

It could be because the forum hasn't finished loading yet, and when you tap and when it registers the tap things have moved.

Yup same thing happens to me. The page is 95% loaded and I go to click on a forum and the sidebar ads load which shifts everything and my click is now on something else. Happens on the iPad too. Dang ads.

[photon]

It's because the ads are on the right side, the sequence of loading seems to make it so the tables load then when the right column gets populated or something it grows and everything else has to shift. Not just the ads tho, all that stuff over there.

As for only getting E for EDGE, check your settings and see if you disabled 3G.

If not, just reset the network configuration.

[MickMcGeough]

Originally Posted by Yeah_Baby

We all knew that last year. It is nothing new....

Uh yeah, I didn't claim it was new...

Why not just post "You can upgrade for new customer price after 2 years" then, if you already knew? Or even just don't post at all?

[Russic]

So here's a new one: today I broke my headphones off inside the headphone jack. I was walking off the train, my cord caught on the door, the cord pulled out of the iphone but the end broke in half and remained inside. I found a thing online that says some people have had luck using a drill bit. Anybody have any advice?

[FlamesKickAss]

magnetic drill bit?

[Russic]

I'm starting to think the drill bit would have worked had I not accidentally dug the thing even deeper trying to dig it out. I'm now thinking the best way to do it would be to open up the phone itself. I've looked at some youtube videos ... doesn't seem too bad. Voids the warranty, but that's up next month anyway and I do more serious repairs through iphix.ca.

[MickMcGeough]

Not sure if this has been mentioned but Fido is letting 3-year smartphone contracts extend and upgrade hardware with 14 months or less left in the contract. Fido dollars usable with data plans.

[Barnes]

Originally Posted by MickMcGeough

Not sure if this has been mentioned but Fido is letting 3-year smartphone contracts extend and upgrade hardware with 14 months or less left in the contract. Fido dollars usable with data plans.

I have 14 months left so I would have to use my Fido dollars, pay $199 and sign up for another 2 years?

[MickMcGeough]

Originally Posted by Barnes

I have 14 months left so I would have to use my Fido dollars, pay $199 and sign up for another 2 years?

Hmm... I'm not sure if you'd have to extend by 3 years or have 3 years remaining after upgrading...

[metallicat]

A call to Fido might be in order. I would love to get a 3Gs, my 3G has really gone downhill lately.

[Hack&Lube]

Originally Posted by Russic

I'm starting to think the drill bit would have worked had I not accidentally dug the thing even deeper trying to dig it out. I'm now thinking the best way to do it would be to open up the phone itself. I've looked at some youtube videos ... doesn't seem too bad. Voids the warranty, but that's up next month anyway and I do more serious repairs through iphix.ca.

There are ez-outs and reverse taps for extracting broken off screws but I don't think I would recommend this as this might damage the jack further.

A magnet won't work well either because the material that the jack is made out of is probably brass or aluminum.

A very tiny drill bit would work if you managed to drill carefully into the core of the jack but keep part of the outer shealth on. Then pull out. You'll need a good precsision drill though.

If your warranty expires in a month, just open it up.

[Barnes]

Originally Posted by oilers_fan

A call to Fido might be in order. I would love to get a 3Gs, my 3G has really gone downhill lately.

Why would you get a 3gs when the new phones will be announced on Monday?