should have gotten the sprint version since they are gsm unlocked! Anyways, I would recommend you to get a friend that has verizon to call them up for the unlock.
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should have gotten the sprint version since they are gsm unlocked! Anyways, I would recommend you to get a friend that has verizon to call them up for the unlock.
Yeah i think the phone needs to be active with a Verizon line for them to be able to unlock it, otherwise, again you may be out of luck. I doubt your friend can call Verizon and have them unlock it unless he had bought it and was tied to a line....
I think so. The best option may be to see if the seller would accept a return. Barring that, perhaps put it back on sale on a forum to see if someone is willing to do a phone swap once the unlocked version goes on sale in the US later this month.
Tell her to call Verizon and ask for an iPhone unlock code ( I don't know if Verizon is offering the feature for the iPhone yet but they said they will within 60 days). She gives Verizon your imei number and Verizon submits the requests to apple. Within a week or so apple unlocks the phone from their side and there u have it.
That's not quite how it works. Verizon performs the unlock, not Apple. Verizon's unlock is not the same as an Apple unlock; you will not get the iTunes confirmation with a Verizon unlock, since the iPhone will still have an MNC/MCC restriction for U.S. GSM network SIMs.
Once you request the unlock from Verizon and they perform their thing on their end, it is immediate.
verizon will not give you an unlock code, but they will send your imei thru apple data center to the white list!
That's not correct.
Verizon's unlock is not the same as an Apple factory unlock. You will not get an iTunes unlock confirmation with a Verizon unlock.
how you know that? Are you telling me they will give you an unlock code for an iphone 4s? I haven't seems anything like that with apple iphone unlock process......
I have a Verizon iPhone 4S and have gotten my phone unlocked from Verizon Global Support. The phone will work with any foreign SIM (and roam on US GSM networks with a foreign SIM) but will not work with US network SIM cards. The iTunes unlock confirmation screen does not appear.
Factory unlocked iPhones, however, do provide the iTunes unlock confirmation screen, and do not have any US GSM network restrictions.
There is no "unlock code" for the iPhone 4S. The unlock is performed on the server side, not from the phone itself.
so yea I was half correct then with the server side! So I guess cdma iphone 4s list are on verizon/sprint server instead of apple if I didn't miss anything rite?
Exactly, although I'm not sure about Sprint's situation but I'd assume it is the same. I do know that currently the Sprint iPhone 4S comes with a SIM unlock right out of the box (with the same US GSM restriction as the Verizon iPhone 4S.)
Haha no problem
but I just don't get why would they black list us gsm carriers? Just make a real unlocked would ya verizon/sprint lmao
If you try restoring your iPhone through iTunes you'll get the unlock confirmation message.
AT&T Terms?
I had to accept the Apple terms and also AT&T terms. Though no account information was given. I've yet to activate my iPhone. Last time I bought two I do not remember accepting AT&T terms. Did you guys accept AT&T terms? It was not a contract but some terms & conditions.
I had to accept the Apple terms and also AT&T terms. Though no account information was given. I've yet to activate my iPhone. Last time I bought two I do not remember accepting AT&T terms. Did you guys accept AT&T terms? It was not a contract but some terms & conditions.
does anybody have any experience making a reservation for the iphone and then being able to buy it for full price as 'Device Only' ? I cant find a single store around which has the phone in stock and my only option is to now make a reservation or wait until the unlocked version is released..
if anyone has any experience, pls help. sold my iphone 4 today and going through iphone withdrawls already.
if anyone has any experience, pls help. sold my iphone 4 today and going through iphone withdrawls already.
I had such an experience.does anybody have any experience making a reservation for the iphone and then being able to buy it for full price as 'Device Only' ? I cant find a single store around which has the phone in stock and my only option is to now make a reservation or wait until the unlocked version is released..
if anyone has any experience, pls help. sold my iphone 4 today and going through iphone withdrawls already.
Reserve it and then ask them to check it out as a device only.
thanks madkir - i will try it out tonight, hopefully i can come home happy tomorrow from a store close by..
does anybody have any experience making a reservation for the iphone and then being able to buy it for full price as 'Device Only' ? I cant find a single store around which has the phone in stock and my only option is to now make a reservation or wait until the unlocked version is released..
if anyone has any experience, pls help. sold my iphone 4 today and going through iphone withdrawls already.
Yes, that's no problem. Just reserve an "AT&T phone" tonight at 9:00, and then when you buy it tomorrow, tell them you want to buy it "device only." Most stores will do that for you. That's how I got mine.
I need some advice for the experts on this unlock deal. I purchase a white At&T iphone through Apple.com. I decided I don't want it anymore and plan to get a black Iphone instead. I went to the Apple store to hopefully exchange it but was denied because it was bought on Apple.com. So I went ahead a bought a full priced 64gb Iphone even though I have one already active on my account. I'm not sure if the clerk rang it up as a "device only" purchase but the on the receipt it mentions: "No wireless activation during Iphone sale".
Now the plan is to start the return process on the white Iphone that I still currently have from Apple.com. In the mean time I bought the Black Iphone as a temporary so there was no downtime without an Iphone. So what options do I have to get this thing unlocked? I'm thinking of actually doing a real return (not exchange) on the white Iphone through Apple.com. Open the new full priced 64gb Black Iphone and hope to get it unlocked. The problem is, when the first white iphone completes its return process. I'm supposed to go back to the store to get a price adjustment on the black (2nd) Iphone to get the $399 price point. Whether that includes going through the whole Itunes process, I'm not sure on that? Anybody know? Hopefully it's just paperwork instead of the whole activation process. The Apple clerk said they would do a price adjustment. Will that ruin this whole unlock thing? Any workarounds?
Now the plan is to start the return process on the white Iphone that I still currently have from Apple.com. In the mean time I bought the Black Iphone as a temporary so there was no downtime without an Iphone. So what options do I have to get this thing unlocked? I'm thinking of actually doing a real return (not exchange) on the white Iphone through Apple.com. Open the new full priced 64gb Black Iphone and hope to get it unlocked. The problem is, when the first white iphone completes its return process. I'm supposed to go back to the store to get a price adjustment on the black (2nd) Iphone to get the $399 price point. Whether that includes going through the whole Itunes process, I'm not sure on that? Anybody know? Hopefully it's just paperwork instead of the whole activation process. The Apple clerk said they would do a price adjustment. Will that ruin this whole unlock thing? Any workarounds?