Unlock fusion scam? - Page 3

henryonapple · Jan 28, 2013, 11:02 PM

unlock fusion seems to have shut down since they made it illegal to unlock phones??

Vudoo · Jan 28, 2013, 11:14 PM

Unlock Fusion does the unlocks through their website now instead of on eBay. If you e-mail them through eBay, they will give you their "correct" URL. I recently unlocked two iPhone 5 for $1.99 each. I got the "congratulations" message after doing a restore through iTunes and I tested it with a T-Mobile SIM just to double check.

Applejuiced · Jan 28, 2013, 11:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reidpa01

I purchased a AT&T 36-hr unlock code for an iPhone 3GS on Jan 20, 2013 and it has been over a week now. I haven't received any responses to my enquiries and the order status still says "Processing..." The site I purchased from was unlockfusion.com. Is this a scam?

Yes, sorry to say but that is a fake bro.
The real unlock fusion website is called swift unlocks.
That site is questionable and anyone that tries to take advantage of someone elses good rep to make money sounds shady to me.
I wouldnt trust that website

reidpa01 · Jan 29, 2013, 12:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Applejuiced

Yes, sorry to say but that is a fake bro.
The real unlock fusion website is called swift unlocks.
That site is questionable and anyone that tries to take advantage of someone elses good rep to make money sounds shady to me.
I wouldnt trust that website

I started suspecting this when I didn't get any responses from my email enquiries. I'll purse a refund through PayPal now.

trungthiendo · Jan 29, 2013, 02:20 AM

yes to clarify again

unlockfusion.com/ is not the same unlock fusion that everyone raves about

they have a facebook page and everything, but as far as i know the real unlock fusion only is through ebay.

file your chargeback.

my unlocked was finally processed, but it took over a week for it to happen. I suspect they probably just charge you and buy the code through ebay and the sorts

file chargeback on the company with your bank if paypal doesn't do anything.

Bako-MacAddict · Jan 29, 2013, 02:26 AM

Like 3 weeks ago I unlocked my iPhone 5 AT&T through him for $2 bucks and it took about 24 hrs. Worked perfectly

barkomatic · Jan 29, 2013, 07:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vudoo

Unlock Fusion does the unlocks through their website now instead of on eBay. If you e-mail them through eBay, they will give you their "correct" URL. I recently unlocked two iPhone 5 for $1.99 each. I got the "congratulations" message after doing a restore through iTunes and I tested it with a T-Mobile SIM just to double check.

I added unlock_fusion to my watchlist (before the ban) and it still seems to be active. What happens though is he seems to put an away message up that specifies a particular day of return. The morning of that day, the auction becomes active again -- but it seems only for a few hours. As of this writing (8:32am Eastern Time) its active.

Anyway, when I purchased the service last week I got a response back within 12 hours, went home, restored and got the "Congratulations, you've unlocked your iPhone message".

Vudoo · Jan 29, 2013, 03:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by barkomatic

I added unlock_fusion to my watchlist (before the ban) and it still seems to be active. What happens though is he seems to put an away message up that specifies a particular day of return. The morning of that day, the auction becomes active again -- but it seems only for a few hours. As of this writing (8:32am Eastern Time) its active.

Anyway, when I purchased the service last week I got a response back within 12 hours, went home, restored and got the "Congratulations, you've unlocked your iPhone message".

eBay is trying to shut them down so it's much easier to ask them for the URL of their their "official" website and getting the unlock through there instead of waiting for the active window on eBay.

Applejuiced · Jan 29, 2013, 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vudoo

eBay is trying to shut them down so it's much easier to ask them for the URL of their their "official" website and getting the unlock through there instead of waiting for the active window on eBay.

Correct.
And its cheaper to get it off their website for $1.99 per unlock.
They dont have to pay ebay their cut any more

bonskovsky · Jan 29, 2013, 04:15 PM

My question. If it is locked on Cricket, after I unlock it, will I still have Cricket service?

Vudoo · Jan 29, 2013, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by bonskovsky

My question. If it is locked on Cricket, after I unlock it, will I still have Cricket service?

Unlocking your phone does not affect your service. It just means your phone is on the white list to use different GSM SIMs.

bonskovsky · Jan 29, 2013, 06:11 PM

OK, I'm trying to do this via http://swiftunlocks.net, but there's like, no way to actually send the IMEI to them.

Baggio · Jan 29, 2013, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by bonskovsky

OK, I'm trying to do this via http://swiftunlocks.net, but there's like, no way to actually send the IMEI to them.

It's not .net

Applejuiced · Jan 29, 2013, 07:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bonskovsky

My question. If it is locked on Cricket, after I unlock it, will I still have Cricket service?

They don't unlock cricket iPhones.
UF only does AT&T iPhones.
Not even sure if that carriers iPhone can be unlocked for US use. Probably for international only.

bonskovsky · Jan 29, 2013, 07:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Applejuiced

They don't unlock cricket iPhones.
UF only does AT&T iPhones.
Not even sure if that carriers iPhone can be unlocked for US use. Probably for international only.

How do you know? In fact, there's no such thing as a Cricket iPhone. It's an iPhone on Cricket.

I'm about to unlock it now. Watch.

Baggio · Jan 29, 2013, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Applejuiced

They don't unlock cricket iPhones.
UF only does AT&T iPhones.
Not even sure if that carriers iPhone can be unlocked for US use. Probably for international only.

The guy is troll. Don't waste you time with him anymore. Seriously look at all his wonderful posts.

Applejuiced · Jan 29, 2013, 08:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baggio

The guy is troll. Don't waste you time with him anymore. Seriously look at all his wonderful posts.

Lol

I just noticed him now clowning around.
Thanks bro.

bonskovsky · Jan 29, 2013, 08:26 PM

I just noticed it couldn't be , well this particular service couldn't unlock real locked phones. S'okay. It'll be unlocked in a minute.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baggio

The guy is troll. Don't waste you time with him anymore. Seriously look at all his wonderful posts.

I love this community.

Baggio · Jan 29, 2013, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by bonskovsky

I just no
I love this community.

Of course you do. That makes your trolling worthwhile.

BTW, can you post a link to where I can buy an iPhone on Cricket Wireless? I can't seem to find an iPhone on Cricket's website or on Apple's website.

bonskovsky · Jan 29, 2013, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Baggio

Of course you do. That makes your trolling worthwhile.

BTW, can you post a link to where I can buy an iPhone on Cricket Wireless? I can't seem to find an iPhone on Cricket's website or on Apple's website.

You have to buy the iPhone from Apple and then take it to Cricket. Or any other carrier you want. That's the magic of having a true world phone.

Locked phones are only an illusion.

Baggio · Jan 29, 2013, 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bonskovsky

You have to buy the iPhone from Apple and then take it to Cricket. Or any other carrier you want. That's the magic of having a true world phone.

Locked phones are only an illusion.

None of mine are locked. All you are doing is using Verizon phone on Cricket, since they are both CDMA carriers, not GSM carriers. It's the only iPhone that will work on Cricket. Not sure why you are looking for an unlock for your world phone, since the GSM radios on the Verizon iPhone 5 are already unlocked for world use anyway. There isn't an unlock for CDMA. Got troll?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket_Wireless

bonskovsky · Jan 29, 2013, 09:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baggio

None of mine are locked. All you are doing is using Verizon phone on Cricket, since they are both CDMA carriers, not GSM carriers. It's the only iPhone that will work on Cricket. Not sure why you are looking for an unlock for your world phone, since the GSM radios on the Verizon iPhone 5 are already unlocked for world use anyway. There isn't an unlock for CDMA. Got troll?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket_Wireless

I don't have any idea what you just said.

Baggio · Jan 29, 2013, 10:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bonskovsky

I don't have any idea what you just said.

And that proves you really are trolling. You don't even know what is an unlocked world phone. Good luck. Lol!

Goodeye · Jan 30, 2013, 02:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baggio

None of mine are locked. All you are doing is using Verizon phone on Cricket, since they are both CDMA carriers, not GSM carriers. It's the only iPhone that will work on Cricket. Not sure why you are looking for an unlock for your world phone, since the GSM radios on the Verizon iPhone 5 are already unlocked for world use anyway. There isn't an unlock for CDMA. Got troll?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket_Wireless

The unlock term is a misnomer with Cricket. What they do is take CDMA phones and their ESN and allow the ESN to work over their network (at least it's how it worked with basic phones back when I had cricket in College 10 years ago) I would assume smartphones are probably the same way.

aphexacid · Jan 30, 2013, 04:53 AM

This thread needs to get deleted. This could possibly affect unlock fusions reputation, and that's not fair. He's helped out tons of us.

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trungthiendo Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: Feb 2008	yes to clarify again unlockfusion.com/ is not the same unlock fusion that everyone raves about they have a facebook page and everything, but as far as i know the real unlock fusion only is through ebay. file your chargeback. my unlocked was finally processed, but it took over a week for it to happen. I suspect they probably just charge you and buy the code through ebay and the sorts file chargeback on the company with your bank if paypal doesn't do anything. __________________ 13" MacBook Pro (Mid 09) 2.26ghz, 4GB, 160GB HD 32GB iPhone 3G[S] Lenovo S10 NetBook with OS X 10.6.1
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Bako-MacAddict macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Cupertino, Ca	Like 3 weeks ago I unlocked my iPhone 5 AT&T through him for $2 bucks and it took about 24 hrs. Worked perfectly __________________ Think Different White & Silver iPhone 5 16GB \| MacBook Pro 15" Late 2011 \| Fourth Generation iPad AT&T
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Jan 28, 2013, 11:02 PM	#51
henryonapple macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2012	unlock fusion seems to have shut down since they made it illegal to unlock phones??
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Jan 28, 2013, 11:14 PM	#52
Vudoo macrumors 6502a Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Dallas Metroplex	Unlock Fusion does the unlocks through their website now instead of on eBay. If you e-mail them through eBay, they will give you their "correct" URL. I recently unlocked two iPhone 5 for $1.99 each. I got the "congratulations" message after doing a restore through iTunes and I tested it with a T-Mobile SIM just to double check.
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Jan 29, 2013, 04:15 PM	#60
bonskovsky Banned Join Date: Dec 2012	My question. If it is locked on Cricket, after I unlock it, will I still have Cricket service?
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Jan 29, 2013, 06:11 PM	#62
bonskovsky Banned Join Date: Dec 2012	OK, I'm trying to do this via http://swiftunlocks.net, but there's like, no way to actually send the IMEI to them.
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Jan 30, 2013, 04:53 AM	#75
aphexacid macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Chicago	This thread needs to get deleted. This could possibly affect unlock fusions reputation, and that's not fair. He's helped out tons of us.
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