Do I lose my carrier unlock if I jailbreak?

[petrucci666]

I have a European iPhone that was carrier unlocked (IMEI white-listed) and I'm using it on AT&T in the US. I want to jailbreak it so I can use TetherMe so I can tether it to an iPad/laptop when necessary.

I'm worried I'll lose my unlock if I jailbreak it. Can this happen?



Thanks!

 

[grapes911]

If it truly is an official carrier unlock, then you can't lose it.

 

[petrucci666]

If it truly is an official carrier unlock, then you can't lose it.

Yes, it's the official unlock. I personally went through the process with the carrier's technical support to do the unlock. It took a couple of days where they send the IMEI to Apple and they whitelist it etc.


Thanks for your answer, that's all I needed to know!

 

[petrucci666]

Didn't want to open up another thread so I'll just ask it here.

In what instances CAN I lose the carrier unlock? Restoring it maybe?

 

[grapes911]

If it truly is an official carrier unlock, then you can't lose it for any reason.

I guess if someone went in to Apple's database and removed your IMEI then a restore would relock it, but Apple has no reason to do so unless something shady went on.

 

[Applejuiced]

Didn't want to open up another thread so I'll just ask it here.

In what instances CAN I lose the carrier unlock? Restoring it maybe?

With an officially unlocked iPhone you can never lose the unlock ever.

 

[MaxBurn]

I think in theory if you damaged the phone and got the replacement in the US the replacement phone would be locked, even for you having a legit unlock.

But yeah, official unlock should be permanent.