hey guys, my iPhone just arrived and now i have some question to ask you guys who already have some experience with it
1st of all, how to do make internet connection? i already search my network and set it up, but still no connection
also the others that uses internet has also not working, any clue?

also i heard about this lock/unlock thing. what is it actually?

iPhone 3g? Get from where ?

Welcome aboard, mate! I must warn you though, especially since you're not new here. People tend to get cranky and easily agitated when they see questions that have been answered over and over again before. So, if you have tonnes to ask, be sure to Google it first or at least search through the forums before asking, or you'll be experiencing the calm before the storm.

Which iPhone are you currently in possession of? 1st Gen or 3G? Basically, the iPhone connects to "Internet connections" using either WiFi, EDGE and now, 3G. (no tethering to PCs yet as far as I know) If by your 'network', you mean your WiFi access point, go into Settings > Wi-Fi and connect to your designated WiFi AP. Once the connectivity icon appears on the top bar, it means you're connected and you should then be able to access the Internet, provided the WiFi AP you've connected to has Internet access.

As for your second question, I'm surprised you didn't think of looking up these questions before making the RM2k+ investment to purchase the phone Basically, unlike most other Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Samsung phones available locally, The iPhone can only be used on specific telecommunications service providers chosen by Apple. Apple signs contracts and agreements with these specific carriers in different countries, which in turn, gives these carriers exclusive rights to selling and marketing the phone. These phones will be locked onto these carriers and cannot be used on other service providers. For example, there's no such contract in Malaysia just yet, but if let's say Maxis manages to acquire the contract, the iPhone will not be able to be used on other carriers such as DiGi and Celcom etc.

Thus, the whole idea of unlocking is to patch the phone in order to allow the phone to be used on other carriers. The iPhone you currently have in possession is probably locked onto AT&T or O2, depending on its country of origin. Thus, you will have to unlock it before you are able to make phone calls and use the other phone features like text messaging. For more details on how to perform the unlock, start Googling and/or searching the forums. You wouldn't want to have people flaming you for questions like "how to unlock my phone". It can get VERY nasty.

Good luck!

This post has been edited by Samanoske Akechi: Jul 26 2008, 07:34 PM

Yea.... It's kinda risky purchasing the iPhone without doing any research.
Though, I believe they will ask u to sign up contract with them before u
able to buy the phone, aren't they? Unless you buy the outright one... Yet,
it might be locked version.

Google around for unlock... Tons of info out there, read them up then I'm sure
by then you will get the idea what that is.

He's probably referring to the 1st Gen model, which didn't require the in-store activation. Only thing that surprises me is that he managed to acquire one THIS LONG since it got phased out.

yea its an 8GB 3G version and thx for the tips, reason i asked is im not so good with googles and more to like get the answer straight from an experience user, but i will do so googling for small question later on
just kinda cross right now since i cant enlarge my safari @@", also the touchpad that you used in safari are abit retarded, only works on A and L, and you have to slide it to the alphabet you wanted

This post has been edited by [W]ee[D]: Jul 27 2008, 10:15 AM

Oh wow, 8G iPhone 3G. You're one lucky guy, mate. There are people in here dying for one *ahem* *ahem*

What do you mean by 'enlarging' Safari? Which retarded 'touchpad'? What only works on A and L? What do you have to 'slide' to the alphabet you want? Sorry mate, your description is a little vague, can't seem to relate to anything I currently have on my phone though...


P.S. Your username comes out rather messed up in the quotes here because of the use of "[ ]".

This post has been edited by Samanoske Akechi: Jul 27 2008, 05:56 PM

Hey Weed,

Here's a tutorial on the 3G iphone from apple site. Watch it online or downloaded it for later references.

http://www.apple.com/iphone/guidedtour/

sry about that , well i discover that when you tilt the phone sideways the touchpad didnt respond as like you were using it like smsing or even typing in youtube
for example when i type "h" which is in the middle of the touchpad, it just won't respond, i have to slide from "a" to "h" to let it enter the word "h"
im slowly learning to use it by myself now, still alot to learn and also sry for the nick, was created to screw up when someone quote me

@davidgary73
didnt know there was one, thx for the link, hopefully it will answer me more question than what i need

You're welcome Weed. It's not much but it's a good start. You'll progress more as you dig into the phone and do read up the tip's and tricks thread here.

Have fun.

Cheers

Well, cool username anyhow, mate. So, what about your issue with 'enlarging' Safari? Having problems with the 2-fingers pinching gestures?


P.S. There it goes again. Needed to edit the quotebox, else it'd look screwed up

This post has been edited by Samanoske Akechi: Jul 27 2008, 08:15 PM

I think once u watch the Guided Tour, you will have most of your questions answered... hope you enjoy learning it....

And if you found out that you dont realy like what and how it runs, PM me.... whahahahaaaa... *LoL*

welcome to the club [W]ee[D], njoy iPhone

wah.. u like "menangguk di air keroh" huh..