My cousin in london is posting me my old iPhone 3GS back to the states to unlock it since his "girlfriend" accidentally upgraded the OS to 5.1 on him.Ill post back whenever the phone arrives here
Hi guys,
A year ago I purchased an iPhone 4 on eBay from USA, I'm still in iOS 4 and using a gevey sim to unlock it.
Is any luck to unlock it now, since I need iOS 5? I live in Europe.
Thanks
We're not exactly sure what they will need for the unlock but most likelly you will have to be an AT&T customer in good standing and the phone purchased/locked under your account in order for them to unlock it if its out of contract now.
But we will know more soon.
You don't need the phone to unlock it. You just need to call up.
Any phones that aren't tied to a contract will be eligible for an unlock.
We're not exactly sure what they will need for the unlock but most likelly you will have to be an AT&T customer in good standing and the phone purchased/locked under your account in order for them to unlock it if its out of contract now.
But we will know more soon.
Sweet ill have to message him and get the IMEI number guess ill post back tomorrow and see if they unlock it
Apparently starting April 8 AT&T will unlock some phones.
What is the use. I am not leaving AT&T so why unlock. With more people doing this there will be less value added for unlocked phones.
I fail to get excited
What is the use. I am not leaving AT&T so why unlock. With more people doing this there will be less value added for unlocked phones.
I fail to get excited
When they are unlocked, it also means you can use it abroad on foreign carriers, instead of paying a fortune in roaming fees.
I don't understand your logic. There might be less value for unlocked phones, but there will still be more resale value than if the phone were locked. Think about how many more people could potentially use an unlocked phone vs. one that's tied to a single carrier.
Tuck
This would still be a very small minority of people and i do not see the excitement.
People travelling abroad is hardly a minority. You make it sound like nobody ever leaves. In most of Europe you can get a 20usd sim card with tons of minutes, texts and internet. On AT&T it would cost you hundreds.
Some how much do you think it will add $50 or even more? The point it there will be a lot of unlocked iPhones now and with more on the market, they will demand less.
This would still be a very small minority of people and i do not see the excitement.
People travelling abroad is hardly a minority. You make it sound like nobody ever leaves. In most of Europe you can get a 20usd sim card with tons of minutes, texts and internet. On AT&T it would cost you hundreds.
I bet 90% of the devices never leave the country they are sold in.
True. But it would still be a smart thing to do before reselling (if you're planning on doing that).
Tuck
Maybe so but this is to really a thing to get excited about.
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Good old AT&T.
Spent over 2hours with them today. Attempting to unlock my old 3G which is well off contract.
First off, it took a good 45 minutes to get bounced around to anyone who even knew what I was talking about. I got many "You cannot unlock iPhones" and a few "it is not even possible".
I finally got someone who knew this policy and attempted to perform the unlock. Apparently the system will not unlock the phone unless it is actively being used on the paid AT&T network. In my case I replaced the line the 3G was on with a 4S. The 3G being a few years old was essentially an iPod Touch for me. I wanted to unlock so I could repurpose the phone as a pay as you go spare for travel on another network. But no go.
According to the person I worked with they said the software had many restrictions but their policy memo did not list any. As it is a holiday there was no escalation or support to go beyond.
So after 2 hours I gave up.
I will be curious to see of others have success and what scenario they found it and perhaps try again during normal business hours.