Nocturnal Portal

Alright, in case those of you didn’t get the word and have been trying to reach me, here’s the deal…I have an I-phone 3.1.3 – 32GB cell phone. The only thing is that I have T-Mobile as my mobile carrier. Confused, well let me explain. Mobile carriers (Sprint, T-Mobile, A&TT, etc..) have mobile phones specific to their cellular network. For those of you who want an I-Phone think “The only way I can get an I-Phone is to switch my cell phone service to A&TT.” Well that’s not completely true. Mobile carriers like to “lock” their devices so that they can only be used on their cellular network. They do this so customers have no choice but to use their network if they want to use a certain phone. Now cell phone companies unlock phones for customers but they only do it for one reason. If you are going to travel over seas, you still use the same network but because it’s the network overseas, you’re phone won’t work unless it’s unlocked. So all you would have to do is call your cell phone company up and tell them that you will be traveling over seas and they will unlock your phone for you (T-Mobile is the only cell phone company that does it for free **so I hear**) So some pretty smart people (the computer type) found a way to “unlock” the I-Phone so that it could be used on any cellular network. In order to do so, you have to alter the phone software (which people on the internet refer to that as “jailbreaking”). Once you “jailbreak” the phone, you have the ability to modify the phone software however you want. Jailbreaking, however, is only the first step. Once the phone is jailbroken, it still needs to be “unlocked” to be able to use your cellular network that you mobile carrier uses.

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Long story short, I upgraded my I-Phone to the newest update which the “unlock/jailbreak” hasn’t been “released” yet. So my phone is completely useless until around June 24th when they release the newest “unlock/jailbreak”. So if you’re trying to call me, you won’t have any luck reaching me. If it’s important, shoot me an email and I’ll get back to you. Until then, sorry about the inconvenience but consider it a “vacation” for me. Until then, enjoi and I’ll talk to all you in the near future =).