@oliverames Blog

18 · 08

Hello From Belgium

Hey Guys and Gals,

I'm in Belgium for a year and I am blogging at steady rate with picture, video, etc.

Check it out! I'm loving it.

oliverbelgium.tumblr.com

-Oliver

25 · 07

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25 · 07

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25 · 07

Yes yes. Next step on the blog maintenance? Getting rid of this horrible red date logo.

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24 · 07

I recently purchase an iPhone 4 and I was wondering what would happen if I didn't activate. Here is what I learned.

Q:

I bought an iPhone 4 on Apple.com as it was time for my number to upgrade. The phone arived in the mail un-activated and asked me to plug into iTunes.

What happens if I don't activate? Will I be charged within a certain number of days since the iphone won't have a contract but will still be locked? Does it just become unactivatable? Will I be able to buy another iPhone for the same number but with the early upgrade fee?

With jailbreaking right around the corner I wouldn't mind not activating...

A:

Activating won't change how you can or cannot jailbreak it.

The jailbreak that Comex has working is a userland jailbreak that will require your iPhone be activated to use anyways. It does NOT do hacktivation ( to my knowledge ).

You bought the device and it used up your upgrade with your carrier. If you don't activate I don't think they care, you extended your contract with them already. The only way to roll that back would be to return the phone. You will NOT be able to order another iPhone for the same number with the early or any other non full price upgrade. It will not become unactivatable.

http://forum.tipb.com/showthread.php?s=5041d91b88501d14dd4ff719e84acd2e&p=1603936#post1603936

24 · 07

Observations from China

I came back from China two weeks ago and while I was there I made an
observation. Everything is in English. Literally, you walk into a
store and all the food has English labels. Weird? Yeah. I was
expecting the opposite or no English at all. Why is this? I have no
idea. However, the recent history might have a hand. In the past 2
years, the biggest world events have happened in china: the olympics
and now the shanghai world expo. All of these events have large
numbers of American spectators. Because everyone tries to be
liked/like Americans, English is used. We Americans would never do
something like that for the Chinese.