No Service Plan - No iPod Features

[marcac75]

JUST RECIEVED THIS FROM A GUY I KNOW IN USA......

Oh man, what a day. Earlier today, I got my prepaid iPhone
activated after a long struggle, which you can read about here,
along with an easy solution. After all that, what time was it?
Time To Hack!

So what did I discover? I found that your activated iPhone is a lot
more flexible and powerful than AT&T and Apple admit. Pop out
the SIM or put an inactive SIM and your iPhone works pretty
much like a contract-free WiFi-enabled 6th Generation iPod. The
WiFi means you can do Mail and Safari without a phone
connection.

For your delectation, here's the stuff that I did and the results I
discovered. I am still working on writing all this up nicely but I
thought I'd rather share sooner than later.

Removed SIM and replaced it with an invalid, unactivated, no-
account SIM. Still works as 6G WiFi iPod. Still Synced properly to
iTunes. Tried placing call. It failed (as expected).

Removed SIM entirely. It complains but works at 6G WiFi iPod.
Tried placing call. "No SIM card installed". Failed. Connected to
iTunes. Synced without any problems I could detect. WiFi fine.

Removed activated SIM and placed into a cheap disposable AT&T
cell phone. Worked fine. Was able to place calls. Good way to
save your iPhone from danger on ski or bike trips.

Placed SIM from cheap disposable AT&T Pay as You Go phone
into iPhone. Call failed. WiFi fine.

And remember: you still have to fund the phone and for those of
you who are our friends across the border, I'm not sure how a
Canadian credit card will play on the AT&T GoPhone funding
site.

Conclusions: Buy the iPhone using prepaid. Activate. Cancel.
Enjoy.

[iLoveIt]

How did you get it as a GoPhone? They aren't available as pre-paid!