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Anybody get an AT&T sanctioned Unlock?

phatrabbitzz said:
Did they ask you to fax a receipt?
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i didn't buy mine outright. I bought it via a contract upgrade for $199.

they didn't ask me anything except my number (i gave my moms) and my imie (i gave mine) and thats it. :D

although i did it the 2nd day that they were offering it when i KNEW **** was going to hit the fan and they would be too busy to look into it much, and it took like 2-3 weeks for them to email me. (small price to pay though)
 
Globug said:
i didn't buy mine outright. I bought it via a contract upgrade for $199.

they didn't ask me anything except my number (i gave my moms) and my imie (i gave mine) and thats it. :D

although i did it the 2nd day that they were offering it when i KNEW **** was going to hit the fan and they would be too busy to look into it much, and it took like 2-3 weeks for them to email me. (small price to pay though)
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Apparently all folks unlocking early in April were lucky as the new policy was being rolled out. The overwhelming response of people made ATT change a lot of policies... (which we are not liking) but thats how it is.
 
Jay28 said:
Has anyone got an iPhone 4S on contract with AT&T unlocked? Got rejected twice stating that I am still on contract. :mad: And I am going to be leaving the country in the few weeks....!
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Yes. I have 3 lines on my account, 2 with iPhone 4 & 1 with iphone 4S, all still under contract ranging from 6 months (both iphone 4) to 18 months (iPhone 4S) remaining. All 3 phones have been unlocked by AT&T but it did take quite a few calls to get the right reps to do it.

Restored and received 'Congratulations' screens for the 4s & one 4, but not for the other 4. However, IMEI.info confirmed unlocked status for all 3 phones and they all worked with t-mo SIM's.
 
I got mine (iPhone 4 GSM launch-date) unlocked two weeks ago.

I called them up, I told them I wanted to get my phone unlocked for international traveling, they said okay, asked me a few questions (account wise). I was told it could take up to a week or so to finish the process.

Got to the UK last week, bought a Pay-as-you-go Vodafone micro-SIM, stuck it in my phone, and it worked flawlessly.

Good experience. Customer service was great and friendly. No problems at all.

:)
 
Can samebody help unlock the iPhone 4? Please help! if u have ATT account you easy can call and order to unlock! Thank you!
 
what about ebay sellers ? i see people are selling service to unlock AT&T iphones for like $80 ? who will pay that kind of money if u can get it done from AT&T for free
 
ansabakhan said:
what about ebay sellers ? i see people are selling service to unlock AT&T iphones for like $80 ? who will pay that kind of money if u can get it done from AT&T for free
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yes for free, but need good man, to help with account information. and no one for now (
 
CRIIM44 said:
Tried via online chat today for fun (4S on contract) they said no. I saw some people said they got there's unlocked so figured it was worth a try
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Interesting. My 3GS was unlocked via the online chat. Well, the rep took the initial request and opened a case for me. It took about 3 days to get an email to complete the unlock process.
 
scorpio1973 said:
Interesting. My 3GS was unlocked via the online chat. Well, the rep took the initial request and opened a case for me. It took about 3 days to get an email to complete the unlock process.
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I was able to do the same thing when I unlocked one in the first couple of weeks. When I tried for a different phone yesterday, I was instructed to call c/s.
 
techiegirl said:
I was able to do the same thing when I unlocked one in the first couple of weeks. When I tried for a different phone yesterday, I was instructed to call c/s.
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i think they don't make a big deal on 3GS as most of them are off contract already
 
ryannazaretian said:
I got mine (iPhone 4 GSM launch-date) unlocked two weeks ago.

I called them up, I told them I wanted to get my phone unlocked for international traveling, they said okay, asked me a few questions (account wise). I was told it could take up to a week or so to finish the process.

Got to the UK last week, bought a Pay-as-you-go Vodafone micro-SIM, stuck it in my phone, and it worked flawlessly.

Good experience. Customer service was great and friendly. No problems at all.

:)
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When you call in do you ask for technical support or customer service?
 
ansabakhan said:
what about ebay sellers ? i see people are selling service to unlock AT&T iphones for like $80 ? who will pay that kind of money if u can get it done from AT&T for free
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For people who don't have access to AT&T, $80 would be a pretty good deal since the price difference between unlocked and lock is $150 ~ $200.

It's an easy flip. :p
 
My unlock worked fine, called on 9 May, received unlock on 11 May. iPhone 4s on my primary line!
 
completing said:
For people who don't have access to AT&T, $80 would be a pretty good deal since the price difference between unlocked and lock is $150 ~ $200.

It's an easy flip. :p
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If you check out some of the auctions for the unlock service , you will see that most but not all have the same requirements for unlocking as going to at&t directly .

They dont have some backdoor way of unlocking phones . Just taking advantage of people who are unaware of at&t new unlock policy .

One guy has made over 4k requesting unlocks for people . You can be sure that many people on this site begging for help unlocking are these same scam artists on ebay selling this as a service .

They will only unlock 5 per account per year but somehow a few sellers on ebay have feedback for 40 or more unlocks .
 
techiegirl said:
Did you buy the phone on contract?
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Yup, upgraded to an HTC One X for a week, while I upgraded that, I put in for the unlock on the iPhone and then returned the HTC once I got my unlock - another way to game the system!

Still kept my upgrade and grandfathered unlimited data plan once I put the iPhone 4s back on my primary line too.....
 
robcorn said:
Yup, upgraded to an HTC One X for a week, while I upgraded that, I put in for the unlock on the iPhone and then returned the HTC once I got my unlock - another way to game the system!

Still kept my upgrade and grandfathered unlimited data plan once I put the iPhone 4s back on my primary line too.....
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Way to go!
 
robcorn said:
Yup, upgraded to an HTC One X for a week, while I upgraded that, I put in for the unlock on the iPhone and then returned the HTC once I got my unlock - another way to game the system!

Still kept my upgrade and grandfathered unlimited data plan once I put the iPhone 4s back on my primary line too.....
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Sounds like a totally unnecessary step.

You can get it unlocked without doing all that jazz.
 
DerekRod said:
Easy I submitted and unlock on my account for my friends on contract 4S he submited mine on his both are unlocked now
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I used a line that was not under contract to unlock an iPhone 4s that was under contract and was turned down (3 times).
 
techiegirl said:
I used a line that was not under contract to unlock an iPhone 4s that was under contract and was turned down (3 times).
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Yeah that wont work because the IMEI of that phone is associated with the account have a friend who has AT&T submit the unlock instead worked for me
 
DerekRod said:
Yeah that wont work because the IMEI of that phone is associated with the account have a friend who has AT&T submit the unlock instead worked for me
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So if I buy a phone on Craigslist I would be able to unlock it even though the line that purchased the phone is still under contract? As long as it's not a line on my account?
 
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