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iPhone in hand to unlock?

p1ally

p1ally

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Jun 23, 2010
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Weird story, bear with me.

I have a 5S that I have yet to unlock, I owe AT&T $50 for my final bill after switching to t-mobile. Bleh, I know.

I have a friend who lives out in France who just broke her phone, and is buying my 5S. She needs the phone ASAP, and asked (begged) me to ship it out today. I'm going to pay AT&T so they'll unlock my phone, but last time it took around 24 hours to confirm the unlock. This was like 2 years ago though, so I'm not sure if this is still accurate.

So my question is- if I submit the unlock request today, and ship the phone today, will I need the phone physically in hand to complete the unlocking process?
 
Not sure what changed but after I have confirmation that it's unlocked I just inserted another carrier sim in a iPhone 4s and 6 and didn't have to restore.
 
vietalogy said:
Not sure what changed but after I have confirmation that it's unlocked I just inserted another carrier sim in a iPhone 4s and 6 and didn't have to restore.
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Interesting. I just got the email from AT&T confirming the unlock, but it does tell me to restore the phone.. I'm sending it to my friend with the original (now dead) At&t sim card in place. I can't imagine she'll have any issues (fingers crossed).
 
p1ally said:
Interesting. I just got the email from AT&T confirming the unlock, but it does tell me to restore the phone.. I'm sending it to my friend with the original (now dead) At&t sim card in place. I can't imagine she'll have any issues (fingers crossed).
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Once she puts another sim in there, she'll be fine.

You can confirm unlock either way, so a restore isn't necessary.
 
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