T-Mobile stops offering prepaid Sidekick data service to unlocked iPhone users

thats http://iphone.endlessmischief.com/, sorry mates!

There is a simple workaround for this... install the profile from iphone.endlessmishief.com and it works. i'm using the $1/day unlimited internet right now.

Mat can you tell us more about how you went about this? It'd be REALLY appreciated. Thanks so mucH!

Wooooohooo!

I just finished getting Edge back up and working on my iPhone 3G 3.0 using the T-Mobile Sidekick plan.

This is by no means for the faint of heart or hacking! Like everyone else has reported only web services have stopped working after we were blocked (web and a few other services such as SSH/Telnet outbound still work). So it is safe to assume that T-Mobile blocked tcp port 80 and 443 outbound.

Apple built in HTTP proxy support for Wifi connections, but there is not GUI interface for setting up a proxy connection for Edge based connections. My theory was to setup a HTTP/HTTPS proxy server in Apache on an abnormal port (something other than 80, 443, 8080, etc). After configuring Apache/mod_proxy I could connect to the server via iSSH on Edge.

I took some hints from old posts about using proxy servers on Edge from 2007 and 2008 when it was required for TZones (might still be). And I edited my /private/var/root/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist to connect directly to my proxy server.

I'm sure T-Mobile is utilizing proxy servers on the actual Sidekick phone, if I had access to an original phone maybe I could figure out what proxy servers they are using. That would certainly make this hack much easier and could be packaged.

Happy hacking!
-Mat

My internet stopped working on my iPhone but email keeps working. Anyone else iPhone does this?

Why is the claim that this is only effecting prepaid users? I am not on a prepaid plan. I have been on the monthly sidekick plan with voice for over 5 years now and was using it without any problems on the iPhone for the last 2 years.

My data stopped working recently so I switched to another plan (web2go) for the same $19.99 (unlimited data/txt) price and it is working fine.

I was told I was grandfathered in at $19.99 for data and text and will continue to get that rate. We'll see. Personally I do not think I should be punished because I upgraded my phone from the sidekick. My data has not skyrocketed since my SK days. I use wifi whenever I am home.

I know MANY T-Mobile users with the grandfathered $19.99 Blackberry unlimited data/texts plans and I think if u have been a loyal customer (with them for years) they shouldn't try to force you onto a more expensive plan when you are trying hard to stay with them to save money. Otherwise AT&T and a cheaper iPhone than what I buy used online starts to look like a better deal than Tmo. They shouldnt be in the business to lose customers and revenue. So in trying to squeeze $15 more out of iPhone users they might lose ALOT more $ than they gain.

That's really bad!

Doesn't matter, it can probably get tweaked with that hacking app cydia or whatever.

So what was in the news today... apparently in Holland you pay $18/month for a "medium" usage service plan that will cost your US phone $600.

Something about economy of scale, more people = more expensive phones.

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/11/canada-cellphone-rates-expensive-oecd.html

What really annoys me as a non-American: This used to be the one nationwide prepaid data plan for the iPhone I could find. I own a legally netlock-free iPhone, and on my visits to the states could just pop in the T-mob SIM card.

In most European countries you can get prepaid data plans for the iPhone, so if you travel a lot, you just exchange SIM cards. Not so in the US.

This is clearly related to the recent release of T-Mobiles myTouch 3G. They are getting everyone on the appropriate (obviously more expensive) data plans - wouldn't want any myTouch users on the less-expensive Sidekick plan.

The effect on iPhones is just a byproduct of this policy change.