thanks so much and i WILL definitely pay $$ you if this works!
--jad
shadow Posts: 1
Sun Jun 18, 2006 4:02 pm
hey charm, tell me how it goes! i was thinking about buying a sidekick and i also have cingular, but im hesitant due to the fact that i dont think it'll work. if it works for you than i will go ahead and buy an unlocked sidekick! thx!
-shadow
abc223_86 Posts: 1
Sun Jun 18, 2006 4:31 pm
I know I don't have a high post count here (heh, first post), but I saw a link to this thread from over on hiptop.com
1. There are NO WAP settings on the hiptop device, as no carrier offers the WAP browser.
2. An unlocked sidekick/hiptop is ONLY good for Voice and SMS. There's no data service (web, aim, email, downloads) and NO data backup. You can't get pictures off the device (so you're stuck with a camera that can't send pictures anywhere).
If your battery dies, you lose all your contacts, calendar events, notes and To-Do tasks.
You can't download new ringtones
You can't download new apps
Same with games.
Basically, you're screwed out of everything even the simplest phones can do now.
Why won't they work?
Each hiptop is loaded with a carrier specific OS that is locked into their APN. I have absolutely no idea why you can change the APN, as it does absolutely nothing. They're made to read off of that specific service provider's servers. So, for example, if you had a Fido Hiptop 2 unlocked, and put a T-Mobile sim in, and switched the APN, you'd STILL only have voice and sms.
In other words, unlocking a hiptop device is pointless, you gain nothing from it except selling power to uninformed ebayers
And no, medianet will not work.
H82typ Posts: 117
Phone Model: Moto V180/(RIP) LG CU 400, LG CU720
Service Provider: The New AT&T
Wed Jun 28, 2006 10:53 am
Wow! That... that... that sounds like something Cingular would do.
FLASH99 Posts: 1
Thu May 15, 2008 11:53 pm
hey wats good.i have a sidekick slide n i tried everything yall wrote but it dont really work.on this phone it keeps sayin service connecting.n the connect time jus keeps goin up
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