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My AT&T-subsidized iPhone 5 is unlocked!

thadoggfather

thadoggfather

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Ran the IMEI in dev.mk (used it for IMEI-lock status checking in the past, the person who bought my 4S through Craigslist ran it to confirm, and I did it to confirm I got my dad's 4S unlocked as soon as AT&T said it's ready to go on their end over the phone... and it's been 100% accurate in my experience. I even just put in a family member's 4 that is for sure still locked, and it confirmed it) on my fully subsidized iPhone 5 and it is unlocked!

Not sure if Apple/AT&T will issue a carrier update, but I might decline it for fear that it will re-lock until the word is out. I also don't have another nano sim to physically confirm

What stirred my curiosity was the model number of my 32GB black: MD636LL

Also, when I pre-ordered on Apple site, it stated it was the GSM model with AT&T in parentheses. So I wondered if that would take the back burner (the carrier to the technology, a lot of times places sell phones marketed as 'GSM' inferring that they are unlocked).

Historically, for 4S, factory unlocked models are MDxxxLL/A whereas carrier locked are MCxxxLL/A.

Any one else? This is great :D

My dad's early upgrade iPhone 5 16GB black is stating the same (model MD634LL).

All I need now is jailbreak (hurry up chpwn and crew! I have faith considering Jailbreak con is next week and great things happen when they get together, i.e. the Amsterdam conference and as a result, Absinthe for 5.1.1
 
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HXGuy

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How do you check the status on their website?

My 16GB iPhone 5 ordered directly from AT&T is also an MDxxxLA/A model.
 
thadoggfather

thadoggfather

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Dev.mk -> extras tab -> devmk imei checker.

it used to be on the front page.

On the phone (or you can read it off the back of the box where the UPC is):
Settings -> General -> About

scroll down.

I also wonder if Apple could take a batch of IMEI's and lock them without pushing a carrier update of some type to the phone itself. Maybe they've just been too slow to add them all. Still, seems like it should be locked from the start.

Though, I don't know that it can be remotely locked. I think you'd need that carrier update or do a sofware update/restore. But I'm no IMEI-sleezy lock procedure expert :)
 
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Juicy111

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I saw a news article on this.

In fact you can pop in an AT&T nano-sim in a verizon iphone 5 and you'll get hspa+ speeds.
 
thadoggfather

thadoggfather

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Juicy111 said:
I saw a news article on this.

In fact you can pop in an AT&T nano-sim in a verizon iphone 5 and you'll get hspa+ speeds.
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Yeah I saw that too. No surprise though as this was the case with Verizon iPad 3.

I wonder if the sub-LTE spectrum (faux G, 3G, EDGE) is GSM unlocked for ALL iphones 5?

Wouldnt that be fantastic?

the AT&T model LTE bands only works in NA anyways, so getting that aspect unlocked for overseas would be totally moot to me (unless I hopped up to Canada and wanted to do pre-paid LTE, assuming thats even available, but not by any means a *deal breaker* or cause of concern for my usage)
 
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KPOM

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thadoggfather said:
Ran the IMEI in dev.mk (used it for IMEI-lock status checking in the past, the person who bought my 4S through Craigslist ran it to confirm, and I did it to confirm I got my dad's 4S unlocked as soon as AT&T said it's ready to go on their end over the phone... and it's been 100% accurate in my experience. I even just put in a family member's 4 that is for sure still locked, and it confirmed it) on my fully subsidized iPhone 5 and it is unlocked!
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I'm thinking it might just be bad data from dev.mk. My IMEI turns up the same. Too bad we don't have any other nano-SIMS to check it out, though.
 
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KPOM

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Juicy111 said:
I saw a news article on this.

In fact you can pop in an AT&T nano-sim in a verizon iphone 5 and you'll get hspa+ speeds.
Click to expand...

One difference, though, is that Verizon had to agree to unlock their phones when they got their license for the Band C LTE. Supposedly all their new LTE phones are unlocked. I haven't been able to verify this. Perhaps someone with a Droid RAZR or SIII can check this out, as well.
 
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AlPlPlLE

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thadoggfather said:
Ran the IMEI in dev.mk (used it for IMEI-lock status checking in the past, the person who bought my 4S through Craigslist ran it to confirm, and I did it to confirm I got my dad's 4S unlocked as soon as AT&T said it's ready to go on their end over the phone... and it's been 100% accurate in my experience. I even just put in a family member's 4 that is for sure still locked, and it confirmed it) on my fully subsidized iPhone 5 and it is unlocked!

Not sure if Apple/AT&T will issue a carrier update, but I might decline it for fear that it will re-lock until the word is out. I also don't have another nano sim to physically confirm

What stirred my curiosity was the model number of my 32GB black: MD636LL

Also, when I pre-ordered on Apple site, it stated it was the GSM model with AT&T in parentheses. So I wondered if that would take the back burner (the carrier to the technology, a lot of times places sell phones marketed as 'GSM' inferring that they are unlocked).

Historically, for 4S, factory unlocked models are MDxxxLL/A whereas carrier locked are MCxxxLL/A.

Any one else? This is great :D

My dad's early upgrade iPhone 5 16GB black is stating the same (model MD634LL).

All I need now is jailbreak (hurry up chpwn and crew! I have faith considering Jailbreak con is next week and great things happen when they get together, i.e. the Amsterdam conference and as a result, Absinthe for 5.1.1
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I checked with your checker and mine is same product model as yours and mine says unlocked. However, I don't believe this to be true. Sure way to tell is to take it to an Apple store and they can look that up. I had to do it with my unlocked 4S. I think I'm going to go check with them tonight. Very curious :confused:
 
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HXGuy

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Yep, same here...

imei1.jpg


Need to get a hold of a TMobile micro SIM then cut it to nano size and try to see if it works. How crazy would that be?
 
Scoop24

Scoop24

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Oct 11, 2011
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i just ran it IMEI # on my Sprint Iphone 5 it came back as Unlocked
 

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mateo124

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I say this is a load of crap. My 32GB black shows unlocked as well, which does not make sense. Why would AT&T leave their phone unlocked? Mine is still in the box btw
 
thadoggfather

thadoggfather

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KPOM said:
Yes, I'm guessing Dev.MK just has bad data. We'll find out for sure when Nano-SIMs become available.
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I don't think so though. I've never seen dev.mk hiccup in terms of accuracy up until iphone 5 launch.
 
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KPOM

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dukebound85 said:
you have to fulfill the contract, unlocked or not
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That never stopped them from locking it before. Heck, it's only in the last few months that they finally started unlocking iPhones at the end of their contracts.
 
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JLee361

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Mar 20, 2012
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thadoggfather said:
Ran the IMEI in dev.mk (used it for IMEI-lock status checking in the past, the person who bought my 4S through Craigslist ran it to confirm, and I did it to confirm I got my dad's 4S unlocked as soon as AT&T said it's ready to go on their end over the phone... and it's been 100% accurate in my experience. I even just put in a family member's 4 that is for sure still locked, and it confirmed it) on my fully subsidized iPhone 5 and it is unlocked!

Not sure if Apple/AT&T will issue a carrier update, but I might decline it for fear that it will re-lock until the word is out. I also don't have another nano sim to physically confirm

What stirred my curiosity was the model number of my 32GB black: MD636LL

Also, when I pre-ordered on Apple site, it stated it was the GSM model with AT&T in parentheses. So I wondered if that would take the back burner (the carrier to the technology, a lot of times places sell phones marketed as 'GSM' inferring that they are unlocked).

Historically, for 4S, factory unlocked models are MDxxxLL/A whereas carrier locked are MCxxxLL/A.

Any one else? This is great :D

My dad's early upgrade iPhone 5 16GB black is stating the same (model MD634LL).

All I need now is jailbreak (hurry up chpwn and crew! I have faith considering Jailbreak con is next week and great things happen when they get together, i.e. the Amsterdam conference and as a result, Absinthe for 5.1.1
Click to expand...

Chpwn has already jailbroken the iPhone 5 on iOS 6 just a while ago and tweeted the pictures so it shouldn't take too long for a public release since they have a working vulnerability. Might be the fastest jailbreak in the iPhone's history.
 
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Whobarra

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Mar 28, 2011
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looking forward to the jailbreak strictly for the unrestricted function I know they will find the exploit they always do... iOS 6 is nice though
 
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