Don't use officialiphoneunlock.co.uk. Their "guarunteed prices" are crap. My roommates mom bought a new phone and sent him her old iphone 5 from mexico. The site says it's 20 pounds to unlock it. Okay, pay the 20 pounds. get an email sayig it has to be "worldwide carrier ulocked" for some reason, and they want another 35 pounds. okay at this point we're still cheaper than buying a new iphone 5. 2 weeks later get another email, the phone is "still under contract" according to the carrier and if I still want it unlocked they want an additional 35 pounds. They issue me "trade credit" in "good faith" for the money I've paid so far. They say that since it said on the page it couldn't be under contract (it didn't the only mention of contracts at all is in their TOS which just lumps "contract issues" in with lost or stolen phones, and the description of that section reader makes no mention of contracts at all) I won't be able to get a refund from them. So now I'm out 55 pounds, and would need to pay an additional 45 to get the phone unlocked. Oh and if I issue a chargeback, which at this point is my only recourse to getting my money back, they'll just blacklist the phone from every network worldwide. This is ****ing extortion.
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iPhone IMEI Unlock Sites
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My telephone is no stolen via IMEI is only block on UK Vodafone, somewhere i read if the telephone block on carrier = blacklisted . this is why i ask what mean blacklisted..
Whitch unlock site to use ?
They said that would blacklist your phone? This is total scam, they just can not do it
And was your iPhone lost or stolen etc?
I see. Blocked to carrier is what unlocking is for. Blacklisting is when a phone is reported as lost or stolen and is put on a Blacklist which is shared among all carriers in Europe (I am not sure if the US is included now) and if your phone is blacklisted you will not be able to use your phone on any carrier that uses the list.
Chronic is honest and reliable which is why I recommend him. Lots of the others are scams but I have no personal experience of any of them.
Good luck.
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They said that would blacklist your phone? This is total scam, they just can not do it
And was your iPhone lost or stolen etc?
Only a carrier can blacklist a phone if a site has said they will do so I would suggest their actions are illegal and they should be reported.
On a friend recommendation i used the 3rd reference. When buying stuff online i am rather more careful as most of them are scam. At first i went for at&t clean imei order as the price quoted was very less comparatively others and surprising my phone unlocked in less than the time specified. Afterward i placed many other orders using this service and all went smooth without any problem. That was my personal experience and this service is far cheap than any other sites.
Only a drawback i found that there is no PP option. Rest its up to you which one you decide.
Hope it helps!
Update: I'm currently trying to unlock an iPhone 4s and iPhone 5c (both AT&T) and i have just had success with my iPhone 4s!
For AT&T iPhone 4s i went with an ebay listing by [REMOVED BY LAMBO] for £11.00. I purchased it on August 14, and received this today, August 22:
My iPhone 4s is unlocked! It took 9 days. He/she never communicated to me until today lol but it's all good because the job is done.
I'm still waiting on my iPhone 5C to be unlocked from slimyoursim.com...
[REMOVED BY LAMBO] unlocks iPhone 5c too (£15.00), but I didn't find him until an hour after already purchasing from slimyoursim on August 14. I kinda wanna just buy his service now and give up on slimyoursim.
For AT&T iPhone 4s i went with an ebay listing by [REMOVED BY LAMBO] for £11.00. I purchased it on August 14, and received this today, August 22:
My iPhone 4s is unlocked! It took 9 days. He/she never communicated to me until today lol but it's all good because the job is done.
I'm still waiting on my iPhone 5C to be unlocked from slimyoursim.com...
[REMOVED BY LAMBO] unlocks iPhone 5c too (£15.00), but I didn't find him until an hour after already purchasing from slimyoursim on August 14. I kinda wanna just buy his service now and give up on slimyoursim.
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Slimyoursim failed to unlock my iPhone 5c. I had to contact them to find out. They never talked to me.
Edit: slimyoursim contacted me after I posted this (he reads this thread), he forwarded me our email communication. He feels wronged.
Edit: slimyoursim contacted me after I posted this (he reads this thread), he forwarded me our email communication. He feels wronged.
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Is chronic for real?
I went to chronic to unlock my iphone 4 around 2 months ago. I went to them based on the info I learned from this thread mentioning they are real and not a scam..... but after 2 months my phone is still locked.
They were responding to my queries, albeit slow, for the first month but now they are not responding to me at all.
I went to chronic to unlock my iphone 4 around 2 months ago. I went to them based on the info I learned from this thread mentioning they are real and not a scam..... but after 2 months my phone is still locked.
They were responding to my queries, albeit slow, for the first month but now they are not responding to me at all.
Did you message to support email? Try to contact Will directly, try via facebook, twitter.
It is not big deal to unlock iPhone 4 for now
To what carrier is it locked?Sorry, I did reply earlier but it looks like my post didn't make it. EEmail your IMEI to Suport@chronicunlocks.com and Will will look into it, he has none outstanding as far as he is aware.
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I found these guys have 2 out of 3 orders pending with these guys, simpleunlocks.me -- so far communications been great and my first one was done same day, the other 2 are still pending, they said will be done within normal time frame for sure.
Premium service is suppose to be 100% unlock no matter what as long as its the correct carrier, strange they refunded you...maybe they don't know what they are doing?
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You should just have reached out to him on support or via twitter. I think you would have gotten a response in half the time you spent waiting...power of social media these days
www.iphone-unlocker.org
Hi everyone, I was wondering, does www.iphoneunlocker.org work? Is it legit? It isn't listed on any of those scam site lists as far as I've seen. And I haven't seen any thing or anyone saying it's a scam. It's free, too.
http://www.iphone-unlocker.org
Hi everyone, I was wondering, does www.iphoneunlocker.org work? Is it legit? It isn't listed on any of those scam site lists as far as I've seen. And I haven't seen any thing or anyone saying it's a scam. It's free, too.
http://www.iphone-unlocker.org
I think you would have to be mad to try that!
It certainly won't work, it's just a case of how nasty is whatever it installs on your computer.
I just wanted to report back, all 3/3 iPhones I had submitted with simpleunlocks.me are done, they were all done within days apart and again communication was great.
be careful of iphone-unlocker-pro.com, lost $24.95 USD!! my bad, it was too cheap to be true, however i unlocked my AT&T iPhone 5S in 8 hours with these guys - http://rhinounlocks.com no issues so far.
hello i try at least this site : http://www.flyunlock.com/ unlock done , but need icloud unlock too for me
hello i try at least this site : http://www.flyunlock.com/ unlock done , but need icloud unlock too for me
Why do you need iCloud unlock? Isn't it your phone?
yes it is my but i buy him from second hand from my friend who lived in uk but he die and i dont have his icloud id lol i need to activate the telephone.
Send a copy of his death certificate and proof that it's your phone and Apple will unlock it.
Sorry your friend is dead.
If you can provide proof that you are the legitimate owner of course they will unlock it.