Apple Online Malaysia open for iPhone 4S orders without Contract

After the midnight launch of iPhone 4S by Maxis, Digi and Celcom - today Apple Online opened for orders. You just need to wait for 1-2 weeks.
No more queues!!
And the price is far cheaper than the ones selling on Singapore Apple Online Store!

Celcom iPhone 4S Package

One of the best package from Celcom!
What upset me is when other people receive a special SMS from Celcom regarding their iPhone 4S but I (who have subscribed to Celcom service since the ART 900) days did not receive anything at all.
Too bad, loyalty certainly doesn't count this days.

Celcom defer iPhone 4S launch from Nov. 26, 2011

A ‘little bird” revealed that Celcom would have launch their iPhone 4S on Nov. 26 which is to be 1 day (Nov. 25, 2011) after Maxis launch., but unfortunately for unknown reasons, the launch has been deferred with no specific date.
However today Apple Online US have recently opened for orders without contract.
This can be the other reason why Malaysia is being deferred - to control and manage to worldwide shortage of iPhone 4S.

Do you think this prediction is right?

[HOW-TO]: A TIP to Receive SMS Notification (Tested on Celcom Network)

• When you send an SMS, did you ever wonder whether the person at the other end have received your SMS or just ignore it?
• Here's a way to give you a notification when the SMS has been received safely (it will also notify when the person switched ON the phone)
• When you write an SMS, you can start with the first 3 characters *n#
• For example, you can send a message like this 

*n#How are you? Did you get the message for dinner tonite?

• Once the person received the SMS safely, you will get a notification (for example):

Message for +6019XXXXXXX, with identification 11022819XXXX has been delivered on 2011-02-28 at 19:13:23 

• Thus, there will be no reason for the person to say, he have not read the SMS or he switched off his phone etc.
• Can you guys try on other mobile operators and tell me whether it also works the same? 

HOW-TO: Avoid FACETIME iPhone 4 Waiting for Activation Error

It was earlier reported that most owners who have problem with "Waiting Activation Error" either because the devices are new (as compared to others who bought much earlier) or they have updated the "Carrier" during the Restore or Upgrade firmware process.

I suspected its due to "Carrier Update" because I encountered this message earlier today when I attempted to upgrade my Firmware to 4.2.1 but I chose to ignore. However, it proved to be wise because when I tested Facetime - it works!

I heard some iphone owners (Celcom customers) who chose to upgrade their "Carrier" is unable to get their Facetime feature back.

FACETIME iPhone 4 - Waiting for Activation Error

• It seems quite a number of users a facing this problem.
• In Malaysia, there are many cases especially for Celcom subscribers. Officially - only Maxis and Digi are selling iPhone 4. Celcom has yet to officially launch their iPhone 4.
• My theory for those who are not able to get their Facetime activated is probably either due to the SMSC is unable to send the activation code to the users or Celcom is intentionally blocked this activation for the time being.
• Blocking Facetime activation is a way to deter customers from buying Celcom's competitors iPhone 4.
• That's my 2 cents worth of theory.
• I purchased the iPhone 4 months ago and have no problem activating Facetime on my Celcom line. I think this problem just recently occurred for the new users.

[How-To]: Enable "Cellular Data Network" for iPhone 4 iOS 4.1

• We attempted to Disable the "Call Forwarding Dismiss" message by editing the Carrier.plist file using PlistEdit Pro application for Mac OS.

• Surprisingly, after rebooting the iPhone, it seems that the "Cellular Data Network" feature is not visible anymore (as shown below).

• When we transferred back the original carrier.plist file, only the "Cellular Data Network" seems to appear and we can configure the APN and MMSC settings.

 

NOTE (UPDATE: OCT. 13, 2010):

• It seems that the above solution DOES NOT work on iPhone 4 iOS 4.1.
• If anybody got this working, please leave a comment. Thanks!

Malaysian Mobile Broadband Market Share Q1'10

Celcom has introduced a new Data Package.

It was reported, as of the first quarter 2010, Celcom had 52.7% share of the wireless broadband market, followed by Maxis with 25.5%, Packet One Networks (P1) with 13.7% and DiGi with 6.4%, while the rest altogether had 1.7%.

Question is: Is that based on 3G simcards or 3G data plan subscribed? :-)

How Malaysian telcos compares with other telcos around the world in Data ARPU?
Softbank which launched its iPhone has now more than 55% of its ARPU came from data traffic. Thanks to its expansion of mobile content and iPhone offerings.

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[How-To] - Enable Internet Tethering for Celcom

By default you cannot see the "Internet Tethering" feature General --> Network settings.
However, when you enable with the below Celcom settings, you will be able to see the "Internet Tethering" and also the camera icon at the SMS app (for sending MMS pictures).

With this feature, I am able to use my iPhone 3GS iOS 4.0 for Internet Tethering in replacement for the "MyWi" app. However, this solution is incomplete since my iPad WiFi cannot use the Internet Tethering, instead, it requires the WiFi and MyWi.

The moment you insert the APN "celcom3g" for "Internet Tethering", you will get the feature enabled.

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