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iPhone Unlocks. iPhone Unlocks everywhere?
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I already got unlock fusion's email about unlock. It said its done. I need a non AT&T sim to verify after restore. It took only 3 hours to complete and process
i'm jealous of everyone here.. getting their iPhone's unlocked for $20?
why do us canadians always get ripped off.
why do us canadians always get ripped off.
Well... almost free. It's now 99 cents...
Awww...well I just just repeating something I had read somewhere anyway.
Last time I walked into a T-Mobile store and asked, they gave me one free.
hey guys,
just signed up to post about this. so i used the unlock fusion ebay listing two nights ago around midnight EST to unlock my iPhone 5. received the unlock confirmation less than an hour later. did the restore in iTunes and received the unlock message (just like my iPhone 4 via AT&T).
curious to see if this worked, i was able to dig up an old O2 sim from the UK. i chopped it down with a pair of scissors and was able to get it into the sim tray.
as a result, i didn't get the "invalid sim" message that locked phones show. instead, i have "no service" show up in the status bar. i was also able to go to the carrier menu to see if it could pick up at&t or t-mobile service (which it would do in my old blackberry while the card was active), but it didn't give me a choice. i might of pulled the card out too early, since i only waited about a minute.
the sim card was used last used in november 2011 and i logged into my O2 to see it has a zero balance, even though i left £4 on the card. im guessing the inactivity of the UK sim card causes it to deactivate or at least zero out the balance.
im lead to believe that this unlock is valid. i was going to try this on a t-mobile sim i bought last week, but don't have it on me. i hope to give this another shot in the next day or two.
just signed up to post about this. so i used the unlock fusion ebay listing two nights ago around midnight EST to unlock my iPhone 5. received the unlock confirmation less than an hour later. did the restore in iTunes and received the unlock message (just like my iPhone 4 via AT&T).
curious to see if this worked, i was able to dig up an old O2 sim from the UK. i chopped it down with a pair of scissors and was able to get it into the sim tray.
as a result, i didn't get the "invalid sim" message that locked phones show. instead, i have "no service" show up in the status bar. i was also able to go to the carrier menu to see if it could pick up at&t or t-mobile service (which it would do in my old blackberry while the card was active), but it didn't give me a choice. i might of pulled the card out too early, since i only waited about a minute.
the sim card was used last used in november 2011 and i logged into my O2 to see it has a zero balance, even though i left £4 on the card. im guessing the inactivity of the UK sim card causes it to deactivate or at least zero out the balance.
im lead to believe that this unlock is valid. i was going to try this on a t-mobile sim i bought last week, but don't have it on me. i hope to give this another shot in the next day or two.
From my experience the SIM cards expire after certain time if those do not connect to the network.
are you looking to test out the iPhone 5? from my understanding, t-mobile sims won't be available until mid-october.
Well I jumped on the band wagon and ordered my unlock too. Thinking about trying to sell it on ebay unlocked for $1,100 to $1,200 (according to some recent sales) and then going to buy a full price one at Apple.
From what I saw I think it mostly people out of the country where the iPhone might not be available. I have a 32GB so if I can get $1,100 I might sell it and re buy another one at $750 + Tax.
No.
The verizon 4s can only be unlocked for outside the us gsm use.
Or with a geney that you're using now.
**UPDATE**
I purchased this one last night at about midnight, got the email saying that it was done today. just restored my iphone 5 to get the unlock message from itunes!! IT WORKS.
On a side note i called AT&T to have my old iphone 4 unlocked about two weeks ago, they did the unlock. I restored on iTunes about 4 times now and never got the unlock message in iTunes. However all the imei checkers that you all have posted show the ip4 as unlocked.. HUH
O yeah and it was like $9 ish
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Does the restore need to be done IN iTunes to get the unlock confirmation? Or can you get the confirmation via an iCloud restore?
So what other carriers are offering nano sims to use with this multitude of newly unlocked phones?