i dont know how u can restore ur sms back to phone however there is a way to get those sms back in excel if u want. U need look for certain file then upload it into a free app available on the net then it will convert those into sms. I cant recall right bow the path and file name but do google in under backup sms iphone. It should show u the file in itunes that keep your sms previously synced then u can upload it into the website and it will convert on the spot and u can save it right away

Never JB and don't intend to anyway. Quota 3GB never once exceeded 500MB and yet I'm constantly connected. It's all in your habit. Facebook won't eat much, email, IM, Whatsapp as well. Once you start to make it to youtube etc as your main source of Internet then it will shoot off

You can. My phone is always in locked mode and no need to unlock it. Not sure if it differs in terms of os etc. Mine normal 3gs 32 fw 313 non jb

I would assume this is the phone lock code right?
Just out of curiosity I tried it again just now and without unlocking I just plug it it and showed sync in progress. All newly updated app is in my iphone and no unlocking required

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Added on May 29, 2010, 7:00 pmDepending on countries where you get it from some doesn't have to to anything in order to jb it. I don't know much on jb since I never jb mine.
Anyway from what I know yes you need to unlock it. I never follow the current news now but it used to be sw only unlock (maybe jb now offer the same thing) or hardware unlock.
If jb provide the same thing to unlock it then with current trend you can update the os but it will be abit further behind since they need to come out with new technique etc...updates or no updates you can still use the phone just that you can't take advantage of the new os has to offer. look at it as your OS (windows or whatever service pack)

anyway there might be problem in claiming warranty etc if there is any problem. furthermore although digi/maxis look expensive but it comes with data plan for the phone as without data plan the phone will just be practically just like a normal phone (which brings about updates or no updates doesn't matter since you can still call/sms/mms).
My advice stick to digi/maxis and for any problem they are right next door. Peace of mind

This post has been edited by viper-xs: May 29 2010, 07:00 PM

I agree. Playing games is really not recommended at all. It will burst your quota easily. Think of all the background process such as updating antivirus, etc that will eat up your quota easily in few days time. By playing games it would be much faster.

Plan is just a plan. That's all.
Plan entitles you to get certain amount of data connection at a bundled price.
If you don't have a plan then it will follow the normal rate (per kb) which can be quite astronomical depending on what you do with it. I still remember when I activated my plan on Digi many years ago for unlimited Internet in which it wasn't provisioned in their system thus for that first day itself I racked up 1k plus on data alone and got barred. After explaining my situation they unbarred it and everything went ok after that.
iPhone is the type of phone where you need to have plan with it. Even if you don't use the Internet at all, the background will still consume it (unless if you use iOS4 which can switch off the data on demand).
Check with Digi why you can't get online would be the easiest solution.

I can't recall much of my conversation with my colleagues there about 1 year ago but if I'm not mistaken 3GS coming from France is locked to the telco but you can request for official unlocked activation within a certain period of time there. French law requires that. Or possibility is that one of French telco simcard would work as it might be unlocked set but it's not sim free. I remember it was huge case there as telcos brought the sole telco iPhone provider to court there.
I got France sim but I won't be back in KL anytime soon. If your dad got an office there he can try to ask them to mail the sim to him. Otherwise it would be just an expensive iPod

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Added on July 5, 2010, 2:07 pm1) Roaming enabled
2) Try to locked manually with your carrier partner
3) Sometimes the signal is weak so it's even harder to locked
4) See if your telco have a partner there. Don't believe this too much. Maxis claimed the have partner in Venezuela when I called but nope. Luckily Digi got a partner there.
5) If all above is OK, there might be a problem with a local telco there. Call your telco to sort this one out. It can take around 1 week as experienced by my colleague.

Don't think it's 2G or 3G. I almost always on 2G (using 3GS) when I roam as I don't need to use the data plus it's easier to get locked plus save alot on battery.

If you roam a lot per year consider getting all local telco sim (Maxis, DiGi, Celcom) or just carry those extra telco apart from your main one as prepaid.

This post has been edited by viper-xs: Jul 5 2010, 02:07 PM

Ever since OS3 never had any leakage on roaming That part I can confirm 100% using Maxis. As for IOS4, I'm still outside the country ever since so no way to testify against that 100% yet

Possible problems:
1) Wifi router problem. It just hang suddenly.
2) Wifi DNS problem perhaps.

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Added on August 3, 2010, 5:16 amSteps below:

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1414

If totally clean restore in step 9 you will need to choose setup as new

This post has been edited by viper-xs: Aug 3 2010, 05:16 AM

Short reply yes
You can always load it with few small tv series etc, it's not convenient to watch in small screen but it's better than nothing.
Can do some serious work as well like document editing excel, powerpoint etc
There's book store with plenty of free books that will keep you entertained for hours
You can amuse yourself with all the free software and play around with it
There's the usual IM stuff (Whatsapp, YM, MSN etc)

Rest assured you won't get bored

4g the way to go