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Carrier IMEI unlocking service down? 10/3/13
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I had problems also getting unlocks done through a local 3rd party vendor. On the 5th day of waiting he returned my money. after reading previous post on here, i found sam from unlocksam and he seem to have a pretty good track record. i got my wifes phone unlocked within 3 hrs of submitting my order right before prices jumped up. Hes pretty reliable, i would give him a try onces his services are back up and running. I have an account with att as well but they would grant me the unlock since i had purchased the iphone from someone else and i didnt have the phone number associated with the phone. i spoke to different ppl and i also did their online tech chat everyone one gave me a different story.
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Do you have any experience with www.cellcityunlockers.net ?
That website is - I'm sorry - but pretty much a cr*p. I registered to be able to place any order but users need credits for that. I contacted the guy Mr. Sudhir Ghai (who provides actually his Skype, whatsapp etc) and after emailing for a while, he said that "Yes.working smooth atnt 1-4 days", and that he could top up my balance, once I transfer money on PayPal.
Unfortunately he is kinda like my last hope, nobody else can work out any unlock for ATT iPhones.
That website is - I'm sorry - but pretty much a cr*p. I registered to be able to place any order but users need credits for that. I contacted the guy Mr. Sudhir Ghai (who provides actually his Skype, whatsapp etc) and after emailing for a while, he said that "Yes.working smooth atnt 1-4 days", and that he could top up my balance, once I transfer money on PayPal.
Unfortunately he is kinda like my last hope, nobody else can work out any unlock for ATT iPhones.
not sure but lots of these sites are cropping up. I ordered from daxgsm.com. not sure if anyone has heard of him as well. I paid and after all the communication he is gone quiet. now i'm in the hope against hope.
If your brother is on AT&T, he might be having the same problem I was. For whatever reason, the system was confusing my attempts to unlock my old outgoing 4s with me trying to unlock the 5s I had just gotten last month. Once the last chat tech processed my request the correct way, I got my approved email the following morning. Looks like all I need to do now is do the backup/log-in thing with it & I'm golden.My brother gave me his old iphone 4s bc he got the new one. I have t-mobile but att won't unluck because they said he hasn't had it long enough?? But he had the phone for over 2 years. The phone is sitting here, not being used and I'm using an old blackberry with missing buttonsWhat did you say to get them to unlock, Belmont?? Thanks.
Did you finally use their service? Are they legit? No option to use PayPal there...
All of these unlocking sites have strict refund policies. I would hate to lose $100. I give up trying to unlock my iPhone 5. I'm going to sell it and buy the Nexus 5. The Nexus 5 is priced reasonably ($349 no contract) and comes unlocked! Screw AT&T and Apple.
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Chronic Unlocks (http://chronicunlocks.com/) is still up and running as of October 30th.
He's always boasted quality and reliable service, even if he was the most expensive.
$125 for iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C, $100 for every other iPhone.
Have you tried them in the recent past. I used to use swift and never had a problem until these days.
These crazy prices are nothing more than regular folks using accounts to unlock people's phones
That wouldn't work as 5S is just out and the account won't work. I called AT&T and spoke to a supervisor and she plain blank refused. She even apologized and offered to add a month free of discounted international roaming.
That wouldn't work as 5S is just out and the account won't work. I called AT&T and spoke to a supervisor and she plain blank refused. She even apologized and offered to add a month free of discounted international roaming.
In addition, AT&T will unlock any AT&T Mobile Device for an active and deployed member of the military who is a current AT&T customer in good standing and is able to provide AT&T with deployment verification.
So, I got my unlock approval from AT&T but I'm in a quandry now. I was told to just back up the device, then do a restore & it'll be unlocked. Only issue I'm running into now is the fact that when I go to click 'Restore iPhone', it gives me a 'Restore and Update' or a Cancel prompt. I want to keep iOS7 off of this thing since it's currently JB'd. What am I missing?
no problem you can go to settings and do a network reset and it will unlock the phone without you doing the iTunes restore.
With the WiFi turned on I assume...
edit - So, does "Not Available" under Network mean it's unlocked now?
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Other options:
- Register on imei.info and you will be able to check the lock status of your phone by entering your imei number.
- Borrow a friend's T-mobile sim and put it in your phone.
That's true. My maid has her son in the military and has AT&T. Wonder if he will help me. I miss the $2 unlocks.
Has anyone successfully unlocked their at&t 5s in the past week?
Are they unlocking in-contract iPhone 5s (not iPhone 5) over the phone?
I know that some AT&T reps are so full of $#1+ and yesterday, I was informed that they do not accept unlock requests over the phone anymore and the only option is the AT&T website. The website states 'Currently, this device cannot be unlocked'. I don't mind calling AT&T again, but I'd like to know if someone has recently gotten an in-contract iPhone 5s unlocked by AT&T over the phone.
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