What's up with this reactivation thing after update to v2.0
I was stupid to update to v2.0 on Friday morning when it was released. And or course, as many others, ended up being locked out for couple of hours because system was overloaded with reactivation requests. However, one question bugs me since that Friday morning.
In theory. When you "activate" your cell phone account, you are not activating the phone. There shouldn't be anything in the phone to activate. You are activating the SIM card. The SIM card is what identifies you on the network. In theory, for GSM networks/devices, you can pop the (activated) SIM card into any device, power it on, and it should simply work. The SIM card is completely independent from the phone. The network itself, in theory and in practice up until now I guess, should not care at all what phone you use. You can switch phones every half an hour if you want, but as long as you keep the same SIM card, the network should simply recognize you as an already activated client and not require any kind of re-activation. The phone is disposable. The SIM card is not.
So, why does the iPhone require re-activation after firmware update? The SIM card is untouched by the update. It's completely separate entity from the phone. Already activated months ago just after I bought my iPhone. Why on earth does it need to be re-activated???????
What on earth did Apple and AT&T did behind our backs (and probably in violation of standards that define how GSM networks and devices are supposed to operate) to force upon us the grief of last Friday morning?
In theory. When you "activate" your cell phone account, you are not activating the phone. There shouldn't be anything in the phone to activate. You are activating the SIM card. The SIM card is what identifies you on the network. In theory, for GSM networks/devices, you can pop the (activated) SIM card into any device, power it on, and it should simply work. The SIM card is completely independent from the phone. The network itself, in theory and in practice up until now I guess, should not care at all what phone you use. You can switch phones every half an hour if you want, but as long as you keep the same SIM card, the network should simply recognize you as an already activated client and not require any kind of re-activation. The phone is disposable. The SIM card is not.
So, why does the iPhone require re-activation after firmware update? The SIM card is untouched by the update. It's completely separate entity from the phone. Already activated months ago just after I bought my iPhone. Why on earth does it need to be re-activated???????
What on earth did Apple and AT&T did behind our backs (and probably in violation of standards that define how GSM networks and devices are supposed to operate) to force upon us the grief of last Friday morning?
MBP, Mac OS X (10.5.3)