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So it's ok to buy an iPhone without AT&T subscription again?

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frosse

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I heard that you can buy an iPhone in the US without AT&T subscription again like you could with the original iPhone, is that true?

I'm not a US citizen if that matters...

And yeah, do you have to jailbreak it to unlock it?
 
you have been able to do this all along`

3gs 16 GB $499 32 GB $599 but it's still licensed to AT&T , AT&T or Apple will not factory unlock so you must jb/un lock if you are in a area that you can buy factory unlocked I would do that! no jb/un for any firmware above 3.1.2 nobody knows when!
 
FWIW, until a few weeks ago, you still had to be an AT&T customer to buy at full-price. Although nothing with a contract was done, apple still verified that you were an AT&T customer before they could sell it you. Now anyone can buy them at full price.
 
labman said:
3gs 16 GB $499 32 GB $599 but it's still licensed to AT&T , AT&T or Apple will not factory unlock so you must jb/un lock if you are in a area that you can buy factory unlocked I would do that! no jb/un for any firmware above 3.1.2 nobody knows when!
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Is there some way you can unlock an iphone without jailbreaking it?
 
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frosse said:
Is there some way you can unlock an iphone without jailbreaking it?
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Unless it's a factory Unlocked phone! this is why factory unlocked phones command more money! otherwise 1st you have to Jailbreak it then you unlock it!
 
frosse said:
Is there some way you can unlock an iphone without jailbreaking it?
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At one point, there was a device could you buy that piggybacked on your SIM card that would fool an iPhone into thinking a non-AT&T SIM was AT&T, but I don't know if that still works. That was from a few years back...

Hopefully they release a 3.1.3 jailbreak soon!
 
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