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I took my Australian iPhone with me on our trip to Hawaii in June '09 year. Although AT&T has a monopoly on iPhones in the 'states, this is not the case in Australia where all wireless providers offer them. Anyway, mine is unlocked from any network, and it was my understanding prior to the trip that T-Mobile could sell me a 'prepaid' SIM and also a data pack called 'Sidekick' for my iPhone while in Hawaii. Turns out not so simple...
I went to a T-Mobile store on Maui and the guy there explained that my phone probably would not work with one of their SIMs as it would need to have been unlocked in a particular way to work with T-Mobile. He put one of their SIMs in it anyway as a test and sure enough it did not work. We're coming to Alaska via Hawaii for 3.5 weeks in June 2010 and it would be handy to solve this problem for that trip, if in fact it can be solved.
I called a T-Mobile store today and the guy told me they have a prepaid option called FlexPay that would allow me to get a month's voice and data (EDGE at least) while I'm there with no contract. I asked him about my previous experience where a T-Mobile sim card would not work in my phone. The guy said something about the 'base stand' maybe being the issue. Does this make any sense? Any ideas how I can get an unlocked iPhone to work for me in the US or what the technical issue the T-Mobile rep is referring to might be?

If the phone is unlocked, it should work on T-Mobile with no problems. The phone would need a modified carrier file but I don't think that can be talked about on this forum. You can search Google for T-Mobile USA carrier file. That will get you started.
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