iwireless Sprint

eblade · 10/15/2011, 06:28 AM

I use a prepaid cell carrier, iwireless, who is a prepaid reseller for Sprint. I'm looking at upgrading from my ancient dumbphone, so I figure my Touchpad needs a companion -- whats the top of the line webOS phone that was made for Sprint? Also, if anyone happens to be familiar with the carrier (doubtful.. haha), any idea if they will have a problem with activating it?

davidtm · 06:18 PM

The one and ONLY webOS phone on Sprint is the original Pre. There is also the possibility of replacing the comm board in a Pre+ or Pre 2 from a Pre creating the so-called Franken.

Oh, and the Pixi. My bad! (Thanks, Philly!)

phillyeagles36 · 11:10 AM

Actually, there are two webOS phones specifically for Sprint. That's the original Palm Pre and the Palm Pixi. However, the Palm Pre Plus and the Palm Pre 2 can be converted into Sprint Pres but you need an original pre to do it. There are many guides on how to do this but you may not feel comfortable doing this. You could get the HP Pre 3 on ebay and just go with h2o wireless which is also prepaid if you wanted to get away from Sprint. I have Sprint and I'm using a Pre 2 but I also have a Pre 3 on a prepaid account.

Sprint Pre Plus - WebOS Internals

phillyeagles36 · 10/15/2011, 11:24 AM

By the way, I looked up iwireless and it is an affiliate of T-mobile not Sprint. So since its gsm you could get an unlocked Pre 3 but the data would be 2.5G instead of 3G.

eblade · 10/15/2011, 05:58 PM

Comfortable, yes. Do I want to spend the time ? Not really

ok, so, pre and Pixi. Got it. And phillyeagles, that's a different iwireless, there are (at least) two. I got a pretty sweet prepaid deal on them as a former retailer for them and don't really want to switch until I have better income and a need to actually use a phone on a regular basis. So, basically without doing hackjobs, I'm limited to webOS 1.4.5. Fun.

-- Sent from my HP TouchPad using Communities

BobKy · 10/15/2011, 06:58 PM

Maybe this one?

Prepaid Wireless Phones, Cellular Phones, Pay Per Use, |Why go with i-wireless?

phillyeagles36 · 10/15/2011, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by eblade

Comfortable, yes. Do I want to spend the time ? Not really

ok, so, pre and Pixi. Got it. And phillyeagles, that's a different iwireless, there are (at least) two. I got a pretty sweet prepaid deal on them as a former retailer for them and don't really want to switch until I have better income and a need to actually use a phone on a regular basis. So, basically without doing hackjobs, I'm limited to webOS 1.4.5. Fun.

-- Sent from my HP TouchPad using Communities

oh ok yeah I see there is two. Yeah if you wanted you could put 2.1 on an original pre, unofficially of course but I feel it runs pretty good with an overclocking kernel.

sapient2k7 · 10/15/2011, 07:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phillyeagles36

By the way, I looked up iwireless and it is an affiliate of T-mobile not Sprint. So since its gsm you could get an unlocked Pre 3 but the data would be 2.5G instead of 3G.

OP is right it is a SPrint MVNO Prepaid Wireless Phones, Cellular Phones, Pay Per Use, |iWireless

phillyeagles36 · 10/15/2011, 11:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sapient2k7

OP is right it is a SPrint MVNO Prepaid Wireless Phones, Cellular Phones, Pay Per Use, |iWireless

Apparently there are two different iwireless. Which I just found out :-)

eblade · 10/16/2011, 04:50 AM

Got thru to their customer service they said no way, it'd have to be reflashed for their service.. Which is probably complete bs, but 3 different reps backed up on it, so .. Well, port out, I guess.

-- Sent from my HP TouchPad using Communities

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eblade Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,920 Likes Received: 205 Thanks: 21 Thanked 196 Times in 143 Posts	iwireless Sprint I use a prepaid cell carrier, iwireless, who is a prepaid reseller for Sprint. I'm looking at upgrading from my ancient dumbphone, so I figure my Touchpad needs a companion -- whats the top of the line webOS phone that was made for Sprint? Also, if anyone happens to be familiar with the carrier (doubtful.. haha), any idea if they will have a problem with activating it? __________________ GVoice for all webOS devices - for PlayBook - GVoiceA for Android XO - The Subsonic Media Commander - webOS Demo and Full version and PlayBook full version available - Ask500, the webOS polling app (1:39:33 PM) halfhalo: Android multitasking is like sticking your fingers into a blender
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phillyeagles36 Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 201 Likes Received: 20 Thanks: 34 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts	Actually, there are two webOS phones specifically for Sprint. That's the original Palm Pre and the Palm Pixi. However, the Palm Pre Plus and the Palm Pre 2 can be converted into Sprint Pres but you need an original pre to do it. There are many guides on how to do this but you may not feel comfortable doing this. You could get the HP Pre 3 on ebay and just go with h2o wireless which is also prepaid if you wanted to get away from Sprint. I have Sprint and I'm using a Pre 2 but I also have a Pre 3 on a prepaid account. Sprint Pre Plus - WebOS Internals Last edited by phillyeagles36; 10/15/2011 at 11:10 AM.
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phillyeagles36 Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 201 Likes Received: 20 Thanks: 34 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts	By the way, I looked up iwireless and it is an affiliate of T-mobile not Sprint. So since its gsm you could get an unlocked Pre 3 but the data would be 2.5G instead of 3G. __________________ Palm Pre ----> Palm Pre Plus ----> Palm Pre 2---->HP TouchPad---->HP Pre 3!!!
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eblade Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,920 Likes Received: 205 Thanks: 21 Thanked 196 Times in 143 Posts	Comfortable, yes. Do I want to spend the time ? Not really ok, so, pre and Pixi. Got it. And phillyeagles, that's a different iwireless, there are (at least) two. I got a pretty sweet prepaid deal on them as a former retailer for them and don't really want to switch until I have better income and a need to actually use a phone on a regular basis. So, basically without doing hackjobs, I'm limited to webOS 1.4.5. Fun. -- Sent from my HP TouchPad using Communities __________________ GVoice for all webOS devices - for PlayBook - GVoiceA for Android XO - The Subsonic Media Commander - webOS Demo and Full version and PlayBook full version available - Ask500, the webOS polling app (1:39:33 PM) halfhalo: Android multitasking is like sticking your fingers into a blender
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eblade Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,920 Likes Received: 205 Thanks: 21 Thanked 196 Times in 143 Posts	Got thru to their customer service they said no way, it'd have to be reflashed for their service.. Which is probably complete bs, but 3 different reps backed up on it, so .. Well, port out, I guess. -- Sent from my HP TouchPad using Communities __________________ GVoice for all webOS devices - for PlayBook - GVoiceA for Android XO - The Subsonic Media Commander - webOS Demo and Full version and PlayBook full version available - Ask500, the webOS polling app (1:39:33 PM) halfhalo: Android multitasking is like sticking your fingers into a blender
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