That's a demo unit !

TS, I am not sure if your friend managed to grab a demo unit from maxis or something

I was referring to the logic of non payment of yr maxis bill which causes maxis to lock imei of the iPhone. I believe it is not the case here where TS iPhones were locked.


This post has been edited by yewjin: Apr 23 2009, 11:33 PM

I am not saying anything at all. All along I have been asking questions (notice all the question marks?) for the sake of one and all, as of late a lot of Maxis sets are being sold here in our forum.

But from the latest postings I think we are getting to the bottom of this saga, prompted by chinamobile, whom by the way, i believe, raised this for the benefit of fellow forumers.

TS,can u pls confirm that the 3 unit's part number(perhaps)u did job it down during your repair...Else we might toward no way & making more n more assumption...such as IMEI lock etc..etc..

i went to maxis center last week and found out the display unit is jailbreak cos the cydia and installer is there.

last week went to maxis center in I-Center and realised that the part number is start with MB504ZA and with cydia and installer icon there.. Seem like it is jailbreak phone.

---

Added on April 23, 2009, 10:45 pmthank you for substantiating my claim.

This post has been edited by nokia2003: Apr 23 2009, 10:45 PM

IMEI banning, i still can confirm that malaysia not using it yet. in fact, only country using is UK and Australia, because to ban IMEI u need a good cooperation and central database.

Yes.. IMEI blocking is good.. Can u imagine by that time no more hp crime in Malaysia...What a wonder world..

This post has been edited by sugen: Apr 23 2009, 11:02 PM

sugen, wen la did the iphone 3G launch 1-2 years ago....

elaborate a bit ma.. haha.. just to show that Malaysia is off late ma for iphone3G

those who are interested to know how is it like for an iPhone to be blocked via the IMEI method, you can read it from here

The version I heard from Maxis is, they will not block the iphone, but every iphone purchased from Maxis is uniquely tied to the original owner, so is the warranty. Meaning, buying a Maxis iphone from others will be as good as buying an iphone without warranty. With the warranty card, one can still send in for repair, but it will be chargeable.

Well, it is a double edged sword.

Do not know whether it is a good thing or not that Malaysia has not implemented blocking mobile phones by invoking IMEI......yet.

---

Added on April 25, 2009, 11:49 amAt the risk of splitting hair, I have something to say to that.

If there is no breach of any agreement between original owner and Maxis or no laws are broken (like the phone in question is stolen), the latter has to honour their end of the bargain which is to entertain any request for service, even if the unit is brought in not by the original owner.

There are so many scenarios I can cite that original owners may not be the intended users genuinely, like one buying as a present for someone. Maxis will not turn down the sale if told this from the outset, I am sure.

So, constitutionally speaking, again for want of a better word, Maxis has to give those cases their contractual attention.

This post has been edited by PeeEl: Apr 25 2009, 11:49 AM

Hi guys

like i said

3 maxis iphone set came in. (Have a Maxis ICON on home screen)

Put in any sim can not lock on to network.

thought maybe sim contact point broken.

but open up and checked all pins ok.

JBed yellowsn0wed did not do any good.


i did not take down the part or serial or IMEI.

the next Maxis iPhone that comes in i will note it.

iz the top part right there they modify to maxis icon? it means they break into to os and change the icon?

i weird that maxis can block IMEI where the IMEI is not implemented in malaysia

maxis logo on top ? you gotta be kidding me. There is no such maxis phones which has the maxis icon on home screen. None

Either your friend of yours got a demo unit from maxis or its just not the retail iPhone

i think he means the maxis app which takes you to the maxis store. I can confirm there's one on every maxis unit. I've bought 2, both also got.

Just to add on to what prasys has mentioned, no Maxis iPhones has that icon embedded into the iPhone firmware/system. The Maxis icon is actually myMaxis WAP Portal which we can be added easily to our homescreen.

Launch Safari
Type http://iphone.maxis.com.my
Click the + to add to homescreen
Maxis icon will be added to the homescreen.

It doesn't come with mine. I did not ask Maxis rep to activate and setup my iPhone. I guess they didn't include the shortcut to their home page. However there is in my Bookmarks (guess Carrier 3.1 settings did that)

thats is what i meant