iPhone on Rogers - General iPhone on Rogers / Fido discussions

[kermitology]

Originally Posted by Burninator

It still works, it's just not as pretty. The bulk of the damage occurred in the top right hand corner above the screen and there is a rogue crack near the bottom third. It's still a kick in the balls though.

Sorry to hear that Boneyard.. Somehow I've never really dropped mine.

[FlamesKickAss]

Originally Posted by Arsenal14

OK, so I bought an iPhone last night. It worked until I got to my office this morning but now I'm unable to access any data services (no stocks, weather, internet, email, etc). I sometimes get a "could not activate cellular data network" error and when attempting to use the internet I get "server stopped responding". Is anybody else experiencing issues today or is it just me? Maybe there is an issue with the ancient building I'm in? I'm hoping my phone isn't completely messed up already...

Nope just posted this to test it

[metallicat]

so is anyone able to receive Shaw email on their iPhone? What server address' are you using for fido?

[FlamesKickAss]

i can't seem to add mine. I use my yahoo account.

[Barnes]

Yeah, I forward my shaw to my gmail. Shaw's email is a pain.

[photon]

Yeah I just forward all my email to a gmail account.. only pain is when I reply the reply comes from gmail instead of from whatever email account it came from.

[Arsenal14]

Originally Posted by FlamesKickAss

Nope just posted this to test it

Thanks. Looks like it's just my office (in Elveden House) that is messed up. I didn't have any trouble when I went to lunch or even when walking around the +15s. Only when I got within a block or so of work did it stop being able to retrieve data. Guess that means I just have to surf on the company's internet connection.

[megatron]

I also bought an iPhone last night, however, since I am switching from prepaid (Fido) to a monthly plan (the 17.50 Killer plan), I had to call customer service to actually purchase the phone. Also, since my plan is less than $30/month, I had to pay an extra $50 for the phone.

Shipping is going to take awhile too since so many people are ordering it (and yesterday was the last day for the 6GB/$30 data plan), so I'm not getting my phone until Oct 24th.

I'm a little ticked off about that, but I've waited this long, I can wait a little longer.

[Russic]

Originally Posted by Arsenal14

Thanks. Looks like it's just my office (in Elveden House) that is messed up. I didn't have any trouble when I went to lunch or even when walking around the +15s. Only when I got within a block or so of work did it stop being able to retrieve data. Guess that means I just have to surf on the company's internet connection.

So is it connecting to your work wifi but not actually transferring any data? Is your work wifi protected in some way? I know when I venture onto the UofC campus it tells me I'm connected, but nothing will actually work until I bring up a browser and sign in to the network. Or perhaps you mean even the 3g network doesn't work ... in which case this post is pretty much useless

[Arsenal14]

Originally Posted by Russic

So is it connecting to your work wifi but not actually transferring any data? Is your work wifi protected in some way? I know when I venture onto the UofC campus it tells me I'm connected, but nothing will actually work until I bring up a browser and sign in to the network. Or perhaps you mean even the 3g network doesn't work ... in which case this post is pretty much useless

Yeah, the 3G network appears to be the issue. Wifi is turned off.

[Yeah_Baby]

Anyone else having issues with there SMS messages yesterday and today?

[metallicat]

Originally Posted by Barnes

Yeah, I forward my shaw to my gmail. Shaw's email is a pain.

Originally Posted by photon

Yeah I just forward all my email to a gmail account.. only pain is when I reply the reply comes from gmail instead of from whatever email account it came from.

That worked great, thanks guys.

[HotHotHeat]

Just a general heads up, I talked to a tech CSR yesterday and he said they're doing network upgrades all over the place...I couldn't get any calls out for an hour or so. Sucks ass but hopefully it makes it better long term.

[REDVAN]

With the new 2.1 firmware...

other than that stupid repeat notices for texts, sometimes after I check a text it still says I have one new one when I clearly don't. I have even resorted to turning the phone off and on, or deleting conversations, and all that. Doesn't seem to work, anyone else have this issue?

[Yeah_Baby]

Originally Posted by REDVAN

With the new 2.1 firmware...

other than that stupid repeat notices for texts, sometimes after I check a text it still says I have one new one when I clearly don't. I have even resorted to turning the phone off and on, or deleting conversations, and all that. Doesn't seem to work, anyone else have this issue?

At least your text messages are getting to people.....

[burnin_vernon]

My new iphone allows me approx. 5 seconds of talk time then the call disconnects. What the hell?

[metallicat]

Originally Posted by burnin_vernon

My new iphone allows me approx. 5 seconds of talk time then the call disconnects. What the hell?

Someone above mentioned they are working on the system...perhaps that is the issue, I don't know.

I am getting really frustrated in trying to get custom ringtones onto my iPhone. Is there any real way of doing it with a Mac, using the newest iPhone firmware and the latest version of Garage Band? Nothing seems to be working for me.

[Barnes]

^^ I don't have Garageband installed but can't you just drag and drop a song from iTunes into garageband, loop it, cut it to 40 seconds or less and Share > Send to iTunes as ringtone?

[FlamesKickAss]

iringer.net

[metallicat]

I actually just figured it out, I was missing one step.

-change start and stop times in iTunes
-convert to aac
-find file and change extension to .m4r
-erase song in iTunes but don't move to trash
-double click new file and it moves to ringtones section
-sync