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AT&T iPhone 6s paid in full is unlocked, has Band 30
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Why are people going out and buying this phone and using it on Verizon and T-Mobile?
I'm likely going to exchange my 6S Plus (VZW) for a 6S and am intrigued by this.
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I didn't restore right away. I activated using the sim att gave me and the phone was unlocked. No congrats message, but Verizon and T-mobile SIMs worked fine.
This does assume you pay full price.
Also, read up on how iPhone activation works. Technically no iPhone is unlocked until you activate it. In fact, until the baseband receives the activation ticket from Apple, it won't work on any carrier, even the intended one. The activation ticket Apple sends to the device depends on what Apple's database says. If you pay full price or receive a carrier unlock, the activation server sends a wildcard ticket.
I think people are doing it for resale (idea being the phone with the most bands has the most potential buyers)
You're wrong. Purchased from Apple it is unlocked. It does not matter what SIM you use to activate the phone. I activated mine with the carrier SIM, pulled it out and swapped in a T-Mobile and Verizon SIM. Unlocked IS Unlocked! It doesn't matter what SIM you use to activate it.
You're not reading my post. I DID NOT DO A RESTORE. All I did was activate phone by putting my sim inside of new device prior to turning on. Once turned on, it acquired att signal and I then plugged into iTunes and received unlocked message. I then did iCloud restore, which is untethered and the phone IS NOT LOCKED. The phone doesn't get locked once activated if it's already unlocked.
Did you buy yours full price device only from the Apple store? Or from AT&T or other vendor.
I just bought my new iPhone 6s(at&t full price) from apple store and plugged in my own at&t SIM card. I found my phone can call, text, do anything except connect to net. However, it showed 4g. Can anyone help me fix this? Is my phone unlocked or locked?
The AT&T carrier profile needs to be updated on your phone. Go to settings, general, about, then exit about. Sometimes the phone will see the profile isn't there and prompt you to accept the profile. If not, call AT&T and ask them to send the carrier profile to your phone. They will have you reboot your phone and you should get the prompt.
Cool elf42o, I'm also using straight talk AT&T network. Have you tried their verizon network at all. I ordered my 6s a couple of weeks ago and it should be coming tomorrow. I ordered the a1633 AT&T from BestBuy. I was told it should come unlocked since I paid full price but I'm not sure. I just can't wait to test on Straight Talk's Verizon and AT&T networks. I spoke with a Verizon rep today and she told me that because it is the a1633 version and contains the CDMA bands that they should have no problem whitelisting it, but she told me to try to activate the Straight Talk Verizon SIM first with ST reps, which is likely to be difficult.
They will whitelist phones?! Was this a Verizon rep in a store you were speaking to?
I spoke to a rep on the phone a couple days ago and she assured me of this. Now all I have to do is wait for my 6s to arrive!
For whatever it's worth, if you get your AT&T phone replaced by the genius bar for whatever reason, the replacement will be whitelisted for Verizon