I lost you on this one. I'm not on setup screen this is active phone on AT&T and I did not restore by wiping everything out. I backed up and restored.
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AT&T iPhone Unlocking Process Detailed, Successful for Some
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I lost you on this one. I'm not on setup screen this is active phone on AT&T and I did not restore by wiping everything out. I backed up and restored.
How do I deactivate my iPhone?? What is the process?
So basically anyone who bought an iPhone 4 on release day will not be able to until June, so I guess this is for 3GS and 3G will be the only ones eligible
well, I can confirm ATT finally unlocked me. called on sunday just got unlocked now. But there was no msg on itunes and email.. it just worked.
non att customer
Iphone 4
phone bought of ebay from a private party
used ebay msg with no price on it as my faxed receipt
did not need a att sim at all.
good luck all.
so its official. att will definatly unlock 3rd party purchasers iphone 4's for non customers.
non att customer
Iphone 4
phone bought of ebay from a private party
used ebay msg with no price on it as my faxed receipt
did not need a att sim at all.
good luck all.
so its official. att will definatly unlock 3rd party purchasers iphone 4's for non customers.
Went to the AT&T store to get their input but the guy had no idea what i was talking about. From there the manager came with some inaccurate information by saying "such a thing isnt possible unless you're a current member," and that "everything i have read in forums was wrong." I corrected him politely which resulted in me getting asked to leave. Moral of the story dont go to their stores.
I called, got the backup/restore email, did the backup, have restored twice, but I don't get the "Congratulations, your iPhone has been unlocked" screen when the restore is complete.
Can anyone tell me what should (and shouldn't) be in my hosts file, based on a 3GS that once was jailbroken?
Assuming both of these should be commented out?
Can anyone tell me what should (and shouldn't) be in my hosts file, based on a 3GS that once was jailbroken?
Assuming both of these should be commented out?
#74.208.10.249 gs.apple.com
#127.0.0.1 gs.apple.com
#127.0.0.1 gs.apple.com
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I just used my carriers sim.. deactivated sam and plugged it into itunes. then my phone number showed so I knew it was unlocked and reading the sim.
Hmm...I contacted AT&T tonight via online chat about my iPhone 3GS which was purchased in June 2009 directly from AT&T and is obviously well off contract. I am still using this phone actually on my current AT&T plan. I saw other reports of people with 3GS' getting unlocked essentially immediately, but while I was assigned a case number, I've not received any other email yet. The online chat says a completion date of April 19th. So, we'll see.
Yeah, that's true. But there are other unlocks available for other BaseBands and newer iOS updates. I received this iPhone 4 with the 4.3.5 iOS and just felt it would be easier to sell and someone else could decide to update and unlock for themselves...iPhoneMBAUser said:
Actually, no. There are no other unlocks (except from Apple) for newer basebands that are not supported by Gevey. Newer iOS updaters would have to preserve their basebands while upgrading in order to avoid losing the Gevey functionality. The same applies for software unlockers who're on basebands that are older than what Gevey initially came for.
Deactivating a iphone 4s?
Hello, does anyone know how can i deactivate my iPhone 4s to unlock it? I don't want to restore it because its jailbroken on 5.0.1.
Hello, does anyone know how can i deactivate my iPhone 4s to unlock it? I don't want to restore it because its jailbroken on 5.0.1.
Hello, does anyone know how can i deactivate my iPhone 4s to unlock it? I don't want to restore it because its jailbroken on 5.0.1.
Install this: http://www.bingner.com/SAM.html and just click Revert to Stock! Then Restart with a non-ATT card
In my case, I simply put in my local carrier's sim and plugged into itunes and the unlock message showed up. I didn't actually need to manually deactivate. You could just give it a try. If it doesn't work, then use SAM as stated in the previous post.
Sorry, but the UNLOCKS are also available from CARRIERS, such as SPRINT, AT&T, VERIZON, and several others in other countries besides the USA and the following as well: Currently there are two types of UNLOCKS; (1) is the iPhone BASEBAND UNLOCK through HARDWARE (GEVEY), 01.59 02.10 and 03.10.1 04.10.1 using Gevey Ultra; 1.0.11, 1.0.13 and 1.0.14 using Gevey UltraS Currently the R-SIM4 is the CLOSEST to unlock for BASEBAND 4.11.08! This is the baseband used on iPhone 4s that have upgraded to iOS 5. and (2) the iPhone BASEBAND UNLOCK through SOFTWARE (ULTRASNOW) 4.26.08, 05.11.07, 05.12.01, 05.13.04, 06.15.00 (Special iPad Baseband), and 01.59.00
I tried removing them and doing the itunes sync again, still not showing unlocked message
EXACTLY. I was proposing the obvious (but non-trivial) solution, and you kept on bashing me, apparently assuming I was proposing something very different from what I actually had in mind. Of course I wanted to defend myself.
Sorry, but the UNLOCKS are also available from CARRIERS, such as SPRINT, AT&T, VERIZON, and several others in other countries besides the USA and the following as well: Currently there are two types of UNLOCKS; (1) is the iPhone BASEBAND UNLOCK through HARDWARE (GEVEY), 01.59 02.10 and 03.10.1 04.10.1 using Gevey Ultra; 1.0.11, 1.0.13 and 1.0.14 using Gevey UltraS Currently the R-SIM4 is the CLOSEST to unlock for BASEBAND 4.11.08! This is the baseband used on iPhone 4s that have upgraded to iOS 5. and (2) the iPhone BASEBAND UNLOCK through SOFTWARE (ULTRASNOW) 4.26.08, 05.11.07, 05.12.01, 05.13.04, 06.15.00 (Special iPad Baseband), and 01.59.00
This is going off topic, so I'll stop responding to you after this post. That guy was asking for an unlock for his phone that Gevey doesn't support. In that context, the above information is useless. There are no unlocks except for the one that Apple offers (which have to be initiated by the carrier the phone is locked to). With his phone, he wouldn't be able to walk into a Sprint or Verizon store and ask them to unlock his AT&T locked phone (plus, Sprint and Verizon are CDMA and provide a GSM unlock for their customers).
For the list you have provided about Ultrasn0w, you should know that there have been no software unlocks for basebands released after June/July 2010.
In summary, if someone cannot use Gevey to unlock (between reboots) their AT&T iPhone now (because there are no software unlocks), they're stuck with an expensive iPod Touch.
You think that was bashing? All I said is that it's not trivial and it's been researched already. Since there's not much point in suggesting something that is known not to be feasible, your initial post feigned ignorance of the unlocking process. So I responded in an attempt to clarify the process. And something about pseudo-legalese just makes it hard for me to just drop the topic
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Is the iPhone PERMANENTLY unlocked?
I was told by Apple Technical Support that the iPhone will be unlocked for the next activation, . After that, if you return to the AT&T network the iPhone will be locked to AT&T again. That would mean that every time you leave AT&T to, say, go to Europe and then back to AT&T you would have to have the device unlocked to use another carrier in Europe again.
Would someone please try the following?
Let's call the other carrier B. Has anyone tried to go from AT&T to carrier B, back to AT&T and then to carrier B again?
I was told by Apple Technical Support that the iPhone will be unlocked for the next activation, . After that, if you return to the AT&T network the iPhone will be locked to AT&T again. That would mean that every time you leave AT&T to, say, go to Europe and then back to AT&T you would have to have the device unlocked to use another carrier in Europe again.
Would someone please try the following?
Let's call the other carrier B. Has anyone tried to go from AT&T to carrier B, back to AT&T and then to carrier B again?
unlock no email
so i have been waiting for my unlock since sunday for one of the cases out of three, this morning i cut up an inactive Tmo sim, put it in my iphone 4, (meanwhile i was locked at the activation screen on the iphone) it activated the phone and was searching for signal. i never got the email for this case, and i never connected to itunes. so now i cut up an active Tmo sim and am good to go.
so i have been waiting for my unlock since sunday for one of the cases out of three, this morning i cut up an inactive Tmo sim, put it in my iphone 4, (meanwhile i was locked at the activation screen on the iphone) it activated the phone and was searching for signal. i never got the email for this case, and i never connected to itunes. so now i cut up an active Tmo sim and am good to go.
So to break it down...
Unlocked iPhone 4GS 16 GB straight from Apple: $649.00
OR
Locked iPhone 4GS 16 GB from AT&T: $199
PLUS
Activation Fee: $36.00
PLUS
Early Termination Fee: $325.00
Total: $560.00
Looks like this is a cheaper way to get a free and clear iPhone. Although you'll probably have to pay for a month of service then have it credited back to you when you cancel. Am I missing anything?
Unlocked iPhone 4GS 16 GB straight from Apple: $649.00
OR
Locked iPhone 4GS 16 GB from AT&T: $199
PLUS
Activation Fee: $36.00
PLUS
Early Termination Fee: $325.00
Total: $560.00
Looks like this is a cheaper way to get a free and clear iPhone. Although you'll probably have to pay for a month of service then have it credited back to you when you cancel. Am I missing anything?