1. mrs.reyes33's Avatar
    Hi this is my first smart phone so far i love it but i was wondering what does it mean to have a jailbroken phone and is it worth doing to your phone or will it void warranty? thanks
    12-12-10 01:45 AM
  2. Garz's Avatar
    Jailbroken refers to iOS devices like iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch and not BlackBerry. With this posted in the 9800 forum, I am imaging thats the device your referring too.
    12-12-10 01:51 AM
  3. mrs.reyes33's Avatar
    yes i have a torch and im new to it never had an iphone either and just have heard the term "jailbroken" and was wondering what it meant but since it doesnt apply to my phone then i guess it dont matter then! =)
    My other question then is what does it mean to unlock your torch? thanks
    12-12-10 02:05 AM
  4. Garz's Avatar
    yes i have a torch and im new to it never had an iphone either and just have heard the term "jailbroken" and was wondering what it meant but since it doesnt apply to my phone then i guess it dont matter then! =)
    My other question then is what does it mean to unlock your torch? thanks
    Unlocking would mean you would be able to use the phone on another GSM carrier such as T Mobile. Unlocking does not void warranty but is good for resale as it opens the phone up to other potential buyers or even if you wanted to leave Att for Tmo or you were going overseas and wanted to use your phone on a network there
    12-12-10 02:10 AM
  5. mrs.reyes33's Avatar
    oh ok thanks!
    12-14-10 01:15 AM
  6. bigjoe2675's Avatar
    Garz: Does an unlocked Torch that is on AT&T or any other Carrier, is it effected by the the 3G? Meaning you will "not" have 3G capiblity on a 3G service with an unlocked Torch?
    12-14-10 08:13 AM
  7. kbz1960's Avatar
    An unlocked Torch being used on Tmobile will only get 2G from what I've heard.
    12-14-10 08:17 AM
  8. bigjoe2675's Avatar
    Thanks kbz1960 for the info, and if an Unlocked Torch is on or put on AT&T will it have 3G cap on AT&T?
    12-14-10 08:23 AM
  9. homer1475's Avatar
    All unlocking does is allow it to be used with another carriers sim card(GSM network). Unfortunately At&T uses different bands for 3g then t-mo, so there's no 3g on t-mo.

    Unlocking the device then using it on AT&T's network would be no different then not even unlocking it to begin with.
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    12-14-10 08:45 AM
  10. bigjoe2675's Avatar
    thx homer1475!
    12-14-10 08:50 AM
  11. soogriff's Avatar
    Good info about unlocking. I've always wondered if my browser would work if I got an unlocked T-Mobile blackberry and if it would get 3G.
    12-14-10 11:12 AM
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