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I need help. Bought an off contact phone 4s
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1) you can't activate an iPhone with an iPod
2) if it was activated the box would have had to be opened
3) Was it factory unlocked? it it is just turn the phone on then pop in the sim.
How much did you pay? It is likely locked to a carrier, You need to software unlocked but since you are with AT&T You must have sign ed a contract with them
Please next time you create a thread please make it more clear so people can try to help you. I put more effort into answering your question than you did asking it.
The box was not opened. i paid full price of 650 + apple care.
the phone was an att locked phone.
I was going to wait for the factory unlocked phone until I read the post on macrumors about the att phones becoming unlocked when if they were bought off contract.
I hope this info help more.
the phone was an att locked phone.
I was going to wait for the factory unlocked phone until I read the post on macrumors about the att phones becoming unlocked when if they were bought off contract.
I hope this info help more.
If the box was not opened how did the Apple Genius "activate" your phone. Your story makes little sense.
when she handed me her ipod she said sign it and then press activate.
I asked her what that did she said it activates your phone with att. And yes the box was still unopened. I know it makes no sense as I have always activated with itunes. However that is what happened. When I told her I did not want to activate it then she said she could not sell me the device.
I asked her what that did she said it activates your phone with att. And yes the box was still unopened. I know it makes no sense as I have always activated with itunes. However that is what happened. When I told her I did not want to activate it then she said she could not sell me the device.
Alright well I've never heard of them doing that. What you should do to make sure your phone is unlocked. (And it should be) Is do a firmware restore on your iPhone via iTunes. After restoring you should get a screen saying, "Congratulations your iPhone has been unlocked." Then you will know for sure that it is unlocked. Even if you open the phone you can still return it to Apple with no restocking fee. Not 100% sure on this so I may be wrong.
Exactly my thoughts as well. When we purchased two iPhone 4s this past weekend, I asked the Apple Geniuis if it was okay to just take the box home without opening them. He said no, they have to make sure the phone is activated before it leaves the store. He activated the phones through his iPod Touch/credit card reader but he has to see the iphones activation screen to make sure they are activated. When you go through the initial setup, a message will popup that the phone is activated. He didn't even touch the phones once and let me do the setup myself on the iPhones. He said Apple policy was changed this way because people were coming back to the stores with activiation problems at home.
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Making a purchase like this because of a rumour because it can be risky. It may be locked to AT& T. What I would do: plug the phone in. Worst comes to worst apple had a 14 day return policy with no restocking fee, So if it is locked you could return it and wait for the unlocked iPhone 4s.
I do not think she activated it
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That's info I needed. I did not know what to when I connect to iTunes.
Thank you.
If it does not work I will return the phone.
UniPro said:
That's info I needed. I did not know what to when I connect to iTunes.
Thank you.
If it does not work I will return the phone.
she scanned his IMEI with his account ... i can bet his contract date was changed too , plus he paid $650 which is subsidized price for early upgrade.
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Did not give her any ATT account info as I do not have an ATT acct.
I guess I will restore and see what happens
Did not give her any ATT account info as I do not have an ATT acct.
I guess I will restore and see what happens
under no contract? you're fine dude, you're in no way linked to the phone except for your receipt. just open it and find out if its unlocked, pretty certain its unlocked.
$450 is the early upgrade price for a 16GB 4S.
How many times did you sign? I signed twice, once for an AT&T contract and again for my credit card.
My guess is that it is unlocked, just take the AT&T sim out.
ohh so its a 16 GB iphone ? its unlocked .... for sure ... did you get it at AT&T store or apple ?
I think the OP is saying that he paid for his phone through the employee's iPod and there must have been some activate/accept button to continue the purchage... not necessarily activate through iTunes
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That is correct.
The weird thing is I signed twice. Once was for the the "activate" and I had to press an activate button on the iPod. Second sig was for the credit card.
The first sig is what I was worries about.
wordoflife said:
That is correct.
The weird thing is I signed twice. Once was for the the "activate" and I had to press an activate button on the iPod. Second sig was for the credit card.
The first sig is what I was worries about.
Do any of you know how an Apple Store works?
What she did was sell you the phone as "device only" which doesn't require any account or personal information. (Apple can only sell phones on their easy pay devices for those that don't know.) even activated phones don't require the box to be opened. A customer can do that himself at home from the device.
From what I've read, in order for the device to show as unlocked, you have to restore it. Try that before returning it.
Read all posts but yours. did you have to restore it?
What she did was sell you the phone as "device only" which doesn't require any account or personal information. (Apple can only sell phones on their easy pay devices for those that don't know.) even activated phones don't require the box to be opened. A customer can do that himself at home from the device.
From what I've read, in order for the device to show as unlocked, you have to restore it. Try that before returning it.
Read all posts but yours.
did you have to restore it?
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no i did not have to restore the device.
I tried to connect the phone to itunes with out a sim card and itunes said it needs a sim to continue. So i put in the tmobile sim connected to itunes and got the congratulations your phone is unlocked message.
I tried to connect the phone to itunes with out a sim card and itunes said it needs a sim to continue. So i put in the tmobile sim connected to itunes and got the congratulations your phone is unlocked message.