No iPhone in Puerto Rico, US

I don't want to disclose that info here in the APPLE discussion boards. Just send me an email to

DLcoiCUSP2kpNu5r@spambox.us

and i'll forward you the links.

don't know why i'm so paranoid, but this might be the only chance of using an iPhone in PR for now. Still waiting for my friends who are trying it.

People, just found out the guys from tecnetico.com have an activated iPhone. They're gonna be talking about phone and the activation process (Telemundo, programa "Día a Día", 11am I think).

Those who can watch this, let us know what they say.

If Puerto Rico is part of the United States, we are
American citizens. We go to the war to defend our
democratic ideals and the USA style of life that I
imagine Mr. Steve Jobs loves. We also have AT&T. Why
then can we not buy an iphone? We have the same
spending power as any person who lives in the United
States, Why have we been relegated to third class
citizens?

But you don't pay federal income tax, right? However, the answer to your question is simple: Just stop voting to maintain the Commonwealth status, and vote for admission to the Union.

BTW, I wonder if other "non-states" like Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, D.C., etc., have the same problem as P.R.

But you don't pay federal income tax, right? However,
the answer to your question is simple: Just stop
voting to maintain the Commonwealth status, and vote
for admission to the Union.

And you think federal INCOME taxes are the only taxes people pay? Ever heard of social security tax, medicare tax, excise taxes, etc. etc. etc. Puerto Rico pays THOSE federal taxes to the tune of BILLIONS every year without any voting representation whatsoever. I recall some folks in Boston Harbor had an issue with that a while back and took it out on their tea....

My brother is in Puerto Rico anxiously awaiting the results of this thread...

I saw the segment on telemundo on the iphone working perfectly in Puerto Rico but it was cut off by a commercial and the tecnetico was not able to show how he activated the iphone in Puerto Rico.

Does anybody know how he did it?

Congrats on your new phone, dude.
Jealous here, still have to wait 2 weeks for apple to ship it to me (bought it online).

So basically as long as you use a US address that matches both your itunes and your att account, you're set. And of course, having a US area code... that's the annoying part.

couple of questions:

1- when calls to your 787 # are fwded to the iphone, are mins charged to that account or the new one?

2- when calls to your 787 # are fwded to the iphone, if you don't answer, which voicemail do they get?

3- when calls to your 787 # are fwded to the iphone, if you are on the line, does call waiting work?

4- is the new # a gophone acct?

enjoy your iphone dude! mine arrives friday!

G5 Dual 1.86 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

OK, here's the deal. I am a 100% Puertorrican, living in Puerto Rico and have an active iPhone
How I did it: Unfortunately, you will not be able to use a local 787 phone. Just let it GO! To activate your phone, get a friend or family to lend you their address in US. You will need to FAIL the credit check, so iTunes asks you if you prefer to have a prepaid plan instead.

The activation will proceed with your new choice and as soon as you finish it will take you to the Fund your Phone plan at ATT, which IMMEDIATELY will ask you for your address... There you type your REAL address in PUERTO RICO and your REAL payment info. I used my PR credit card without a problem.

The good: Your iphone is activated. Second, you dont have a 2-year contract. I confirm that all features work including unlimited EDGE, Visual Voicemail, Conference features, as well as all internet... 100% functional. Also, the ATT network considers PR local, so your calls to/from US/PR will count as local minutes.

The bad: 1. Prepaid plan is more expensive. 2. Your phone number will be on the area code of the US address you supply, so people calling you will be making a long distance call to a butt-ugly phone number. The only solution is to activate Call Forwarding on a local 787 phone you might have. The bad part is that you might loose caller-id functionalily because all calls will register as coming from the forwarding phone. Also, note that forwarding a cell phone number from another carrier will cost you double minutes (according to Claro, a local provider, forwarding costs the same as receiving a call PLUS making a call... So a 5 min forwarded call costs you 5 minutes incoming on your local phone + 5 minutes LONG DISTANCE CALL on your LOCAL phone PLUS 5 minutes incoming call in your iPhone.) 3. SMS is a separate fee.

This is a temporary workaround for all of you that like me got one of these babies. The best part once again is that we have no contract, so when the moment comes that finally the iPhone comes to Puerto Rico, you can switch off the old number and legally activate here, in the land of the pretty girls and great sun.



Macbook Core2 Mac OS X (10.4.10) iPhone 1.0

To activate forwarding, you must check your local provider...

In Claro (Verizon) it is 72# nnn-nnn-nnnn where n is the phone to forward to (your iphone). To disable, dial 73#

In PRT landlines the code is *72, wait for tone and dial the number. You must pick up the call on the other end for it to activate. *73 disables.

Most providers use the #72 or *72... Some will forward the caller-id info, others don't. In such case, your incoming calls will register as coming from your original phone # or as unavailable data.

The other question: The only legal way to fail credit check is by having bad credit 🙂 However, 999-99-9999 should do the trick.


Macbook Core2 Mac OS X (10.4.10) iPhone 1.0

Apple, please correct the iTunes activation process!

Has anybody tried changing your phone at the AT&T website? It's just a description in your account but, who knows, it may trigger a flag allowing the 787 activation... just a very wild guess.

Is this the hottest topic under its category? If you just landed here, keep posting. Maybe we can get a reaction. It does not make any business sense not to allow a current AT&T US market to activate the device we've already bought.