T-Mobile G1 Unlocked works in India on Airtel
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I recently got my hands on a T-Mobile G1 the first Google Android powered phone.
I brought it to India from USA. I unlocked the handset through T-Mobile and the phone now works perfectly fine on Airtel .
We are working on a in depth review of the phone which is the first phone based on the Google Android Operating System.
We have been telling you about gPhone since August 2007
As you can see the phone works perfectly fine on Airtel’s Network.
I was able to get most features working easily starting from calling , browsing , Messaging , Email etc.
Internet works totally fine with GPRS / EDGE (Mobile Office) and Wi-Fi
See the browser in action below
We also brought you live pics during the launch of the G1 from a T-Mobile showroom
Google Maps works .. but GPS / My location does not seem to work indoors
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@Chitra
I guess its very easy to remove accounts from the mail application if that is what you are trying to do.
Hi all,
Thansk evryone for your comments . this surely help me buying G1.
@varun: thanks dude…this thread definitly help me on G1.
just one query :
M from pune and an idea prepaid subscriber and m going to buy this G1 from mumbai unlocked from a seller contacted from ebay. IS IT SAFE TO BUY ? WILL MY IDEA PREPAID SIM WORK ON IT?
Wow That is the greatest thing ever. It is such a relief on me becuase im going to india this summer. Thank You for the Information. Your a great person.
Mr. Varun can you help me out? Can you please tell me the settings i need to have it in to get the maximum amount of apps and products that will work in India? Such as maps, gps and browsing.
@Ekansh
Any sim will work on G1 as long as internet / gprs is active on your number
@Sunny All most all features work in India except Paid Apps in the Market.
Google has restricted Paid Apps to be downloaded only to locked phones in the US.
All free market apps are possible to download on unlocked G1
Hi Varun ,
i am planning to get G1 from USA . Would like to know have you tried on any other networks ? Have you faced any other problems these days from Airtel . Are you using office mobile or GPRS for G1 ?
Pls reply me .
Thanks,
Prashanths
@Prashanth
I have tried it on Airtel .. works fine.
Please see the reports of other users who have found it working on Vodafone , Idea etc.
hey i live in surat… i have odered a t-mobile from my freind living in los angeles… he is coming by this june but we both are unaware of unlocking the phone… can u help me out to unlock this phone in surat and teme about the cost of unlocking it and even the procedure…
kindly help me out
@varun : i dont have GPRS active on my idea number as rite now m using sony errission W550i cell phone . can i do it after buying G1 or i have to make the SIM active for GPRS before this.
@varun : i dont have GPRS active on my idea SIM. do i have to acitve GPRS before buying G1 or i can do it afterwards also.
i m in jaipur and bought a g1 but now having problem in signing in as i start my phone.could anyone tell me the apn settings for vodafone
@raman
get in touch with vodafone
try APN : portalnmms or www
@ekansh , u must activate gprs b4 activating g1 . or use sim of some friend (who has gprs active ) for activating
Hi Varun,
I am getting a G1 from US, the airtel sim i am using does not have gprs(as i plan to use wifi for internet). In some comments you have mentioned that i need a gprs active sim to activate my g1. I guess that would be required just once for activation.
Please confirm
Regards
Vineet
hey varun
i got a sidekick 3 unlocked from us. but im not able to get the connection. only emergency calls allowed! what should i do? im in chennai using airtel postpaid. by default my network apn is
hiptop.t-mobile.com
username: dummy
password: dummy
please help me.
thanks
akhil
@Vineet
Yes. You need GPRS for activation only . Phone will work without that.
But battery drains kinda fast with Wi-Fi on . If you can, buy an extra battery for the phone
@Akhil
I don’t know about sidekick. But from what your telling , looks like phone has not been unlocked . Did you try with another SIM ?
yea i tried a vodaphone sim it worked. not getting service on the airtel sims. can the sidekick 3 recognise gsm 900 in india?
hey,
I know this is kinda of the topic here, but i’m sure this is releated.
I recently bought a T mobile shadow from a credit card scheme, and my phone is working fine on my Idea sim (so its obviously unlocked)
But i can’t access the internet on it… Can any1 plz lemme know if i need to unlock it further, or maybe call T mobile US?
any help appreciated!
Tejas
hey,
I know this is kinda unrelated, and mayB this is my 2nd post.
I bought a t mobile shadow from a credit card scheme, and my Idea sim card work well with the phone (so i’m guessing its unlocked). The GPRS however doesn’t work. I tried the same on my motorola phone, and the GPRS works fine. Is there any kinda further unlocking i need to do? or are my settings all wrong?
I went to the idea site, and entered the data needed into the GPRS entry. But not all the settings provided had any options in the phone! So is there any hope?
Any help appreciated!
Tejas
hi varun,
need your help….i got a g1 from us, i added my airtel sim card it asked for sim network unlock code which i added and then it said reset unsuccessful, i urchased the unlock code from google , i need help in the procedure to do this and how to fix this sim network unlock. thanks D
@Tejas
Please post more info like the APNs your used etc.
@Deepaa
You seem to have unlocked the phone already.
Let me know where you are stuck.
Hi varun
I am actually planning to buy a T-mobile G1 and right now i am using airtel sim. The mobile which I am planning to buy is unlocked.
So may I know the prerequisites that need to taken care to use it in India with AndhraPradesh Airtel network. How to start off.
Please it would be great if you mention from the scratch of how to start using it in India.
Thanks
Sireesh
Hey guys,
looks like, my search has come to an end
and we can certainly use G1 in India. However here my questions; it would be god if anybody can help me with.
1. What is the difference between SIM-unlocking and Hardware-locking?
2. What extra things are needed to purchase the unlocked phone from T-mobile ?
3. In-case, we purchase the phone in US and perform the so-called un-locking procedure, then putting a different SIM ( may be Verizon, AT&T ) and getting online — is this check sufficient to ensure that the phone is un-locked hence, 100% is going to work in India ?
4. Any news on unlocking the G2 ?
Thanks in advance!
Hi Varun,
You are really doing a good job…i appreciate it…
I have got G1 frm China which is one exported to US, all the packing everything is same. it is unlocked ( i dont know how to verify that, pls let me know how do verify wheather it is unloced or not), but when i put my EDGE activated sim of BSNL and after giving settings of APN it is still not going through and i am struck on the startup screen on gmail a/c details…. pls help.
Rgds
Bharath
sweetboy1980@gmail.com
hi i think its better u go to banglore and have ur mobile unlocked
@sireesh
You need have GPRS active on your number. Thats the main requirement.
@sireesh
1.SIM unlock is when you key in a code to unlock the phone , Hardware unlock might involve modifying the hardware , firmware.
2. I think its priced higher thats it
3. Verizon is CDMA , AT&T should be fine.
4. No news on G2, We will kepp you posted .
@Bharath
Even if you get a signal after putting a SIM Card otther than t-mobile , it can mean that its unlocked .
BSNL has a bad service record with regards to the GPRS activation.
Are you sure , the GPRS is active on your number ?
Can you try with a different network ?
@richi ,
Why bangalore ?
Yes, richi, Why banglore ?
@varun :
1. Thanks for the comments!.
2. Which unlocking method ( SIM/Hardware) will be useful, if I want to use it in india ?
3. Any pointers how to get the phone unlocked ?
How much does a unlocked G1 cost ? .
I have checked on ebay it says 400$ for unlocked T1 Mobile, is this is a good deal ?
Hi Varun ,
I would like to know the WIFI settings for accessing the BSNL Wireless at home . I tried giving the ipaddress what i have given in my laptop . Can you pls share the settings .
Thanks
Prashanth S
hey guys..
Been trying to buy a new g1 in india…tried to look for it but in vain…tried for it in hyderabad n even b’lore..
Any1 who bought it in india could temme from where to get it ??
i dun trust ebay.in evn tho few of them are listed there…any1 can suggest something??
i have a unlocked G1 mobile because it shows signal of my dolphin sim.
but i am also facing a same problem , my g1 also asks for google account,
i have a gprs activated sim of mtnl dolphin .
i need to know ques1)where i have to enter these settings :
Name of Service: mtnl_wap
APN: gprsmtnldel
IP Address: 172.16.31.10
Port Number: 9201
Homepage: http://172.16.31.23:8181/mtnl/index.wml
Username: mtnl
Password: mtnl123
in apn settings there are so many options like
T- Mobile A
T- Mobile A MMS
T- Mobile CZ
T- Mobile CZ MMS
T- Mobile D
.
.
.
ques2) what shuld i do after entering?
@Sumit ,
Please press the menu button on the phone when you see the settings like T-Mobile A , T-Mobile USA etc.
You will see an option to add an APN
fill up your details for mtnl.
should work now
let me know if u need any help !
@ varun
thanks a lot.
it works
@ varun
i wanna know is their NY OPTION FOR deleting all contacts in a single go.
i know i m asking for too much but i have to delete 300 contacts
please help me.
Sumit:
how did you get the G1 unlocked ? can you share it ? if you dont want to publish it here, kindly mail me to : nevesagar@gmail.com
Can someone please help me? Im looking forward to buy a T-mobile G1 I do not know from where to buy it. Will I need to unlock it.
@tanay
i have a tmobile g1, if u r interested in buying .
contact me
i live in delhi.
sumit3007@gmail.com
dear varun
really appreciate ur efforts for providing ur helpful knowledge to others..actually yesterday i have reset the settings of my g1(i got it from hk),now its demanding my google email id n password n i m using vodafone service, i really dont know the apn settings of vodafone…but i heard dat if i will insert gprs activated airtel sim and put some apn settings then i can use my phone again.i can insert my dad’s airtel sim.now the problem is that i dont know the settings wat to insert in all fields. my friend if ur answer is airtelgprs.com then wat to insert in other fields? should i leave them blank?? i hope u will give me the best answer my friend.well i m from delhi..
hi lalit ,
u can leave other settings empty for airtel
just enter the apn
see the comments above for airtel settings if ur still confused !
can i know the phone cost and the unlock cost totally…..
plz help me out
I just bought an unlocked G1 from someone who got back from the UK. I have Airtel Live activated on my SIM but I’m unable to go beyond the Gmail login screen on the phone. After some snooping around, I also found and used the following information to create a new APN (which also doesn’t seem to work):
Name: Airtel Live!
APN: airtelfun.com
Proxy: 100.001.200.099
Port:8080
Server: 100.001.200.099
MCC: 404
MNC: 45
Left everything else empty.
Am I missing something? What more do I need to do to get it working?
Varun,
Can u pls help us with the MMS settings for Vodafone and Airtel in bangalore for G1 phone?
Dear Varun;
I unlocked my G phone. I am using vodafone network(Mumbai), Can u please give me the APN settings for vodafone in details. please help me out in this.
Thanks
Hi Guys
I bought G1 phone from US. Got it unlocked it from there and it was working perfectly with airtel network. yesterday I had to hard reset the phone as it got Hanged. Now it not accepting the google username and password for reactivating it. Can somebody help???
hi varun
seems u have good knowladge about G1. pls help me out here. i have tried airtelgprs.com and airtelfun.com but still the phone shows unreliable network, now GPRS is activated on my airtel card but still not able to unlock it. pls give me details of how u r going about it.
my mailid is raghav.gnav@gmail.com.
txs buddy
Guys ,
I would suggest you get hold of a Airtel postpaid SIM with GPRS Enabled
HI….i want to buy sidekick lx 2009 is it work in india with 3g or gprs system …..i m from gujarat….reply me as soon as possble….
thxz…..a lot
either inform me through mail raahey691@gmail.com
Hi,
If anyone is selling G1 in excellent condition, please contact me on supergeek12@gmail.com
Hi,
I am frm karnataka, is these T-Mobile Phones r available in india.. espcly the T-mobile sidekick… can u help me out frm this nd plz let me knw the price of ths mob…