Actually that's only for phone manufactured after 1-26-13. Meaning more than 99.9% of the phones available now are still able to be legally unlocked.
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Actually that's only for phone manufactured after 1-26-13. Meaning more than 99.9% of the phones available now are still able to be legally unlocked.
No the law is based on when the phone was purchased. If you bought before and/or the day of the 26th it is not illegal. The day after and into the foreseeable future? Then it is illegal. It is not base of the manufactured date.
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I wonder how this law applies to an iPhone swapped out for a refurb under warranty. If you bought the original device prior to 1/26/13 but got is swapped 6 months later--can you unlock the refurb via third party legally? I realize a general sense of fairness says yes--but fairness and the law don't always coincide.
If you unlock the first device that was purchased before 1/26/13. The unlock will transfer to the new/refurbished phone/IMEI.
I unlocked from applenberry in a hurry before I read too far into this new law because it seemed fool proof (and I couldn't find unlockfusion anywhere anymore) and I had my iPhone replaced last Friday due to a faulty power button. I told them my phone was unlocked, the genius confirmed it and the unlock transferred over to my replacement iPhone so there is no need to unlock again! It switches over automatically but tell them just in case
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I bought an iphone 4s on ebay for my son. The description said it was unlocked, which is what we need since we have t-mobile. The phone would not work despite getting a micro-sim from t-mobile and doing a restore in itunes. I emailed the seller and he said it was unlocked and that I wasn't going to be able to use it on t-mobile. I checked the IMEI number and it says it is locked. I paid unlockfusion.com to unlock it. Paid for the 12 hour at 10 pm last night. I still have not received an email from them confirming the unlock.
Does it usually take this long?
I bought an iphone 4s on ebay for my son. The description said it was unlocked, which is what we need since we have t-mobile. The phone would not work despite getting a micro-sim from t-mobile and doing a restore in itunes. I emailed the seller and he said it was unlocked and that I wasn't going to be able to use it on t-mobile. I checked the IMEI number and it says it is locked. I paid unlockfusion.com to unlock it. Paid for the 12 hour at 10 pm last night. I still have not received an email from them confirming the unlock.
Does it usually take this long?
You went to the wrong site.
That's not the real unlock fusion. That's a fake.
Try swiftunlocks.com
Thank you for the information. If it is a fake, then why have I read several places where people used them successfully to unlock their phones? I just want to get it unlocked an not keep paying people just to find out it is a scam.
Thanks again for your help!
Fake meaning they try to take advantage of someone elses good name and reputation.
Not 100% if they are scammers or not but in general I wouldnt trust such practice.
Yes, the verizon i5 will work with any gsm sim in the world.
But as far as cdma networks it will only work on verizons.
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Nowadays it's cheap to unlock iPhones because AT&T made the process easy for those who have access to it. Heck, I even have a website of my own (http://www.UnlockSimple.com) to unlock it for others ever since eBay started to take down the listings.
Nowadays it's cheap to unlock iPhones because AT&T made the process easy for those who have access to it. Heck, I even have a website of my own (http://www.UnlockSimple.com) to unlock it for others ever since eBay started to take down the listings.
I made 2k in a month but buyers started to do charge backs through paypal and I couldn't provide them proof other than a check mend report which they wouldnt accept. Ended up out of pocket by a few hundred £s.not worth the hassle of working with greedy ebayers.
im going to europe in May, can i call at&t and unlock my phone so i can buy a SIM in europe and use it there?
What do you need to check the unlock for an AT&T iPhone 5. If I use an unactivated tmobile sim will it show tmobile in the status bar if its unlocked?