Is your iPhone genuine or unlocked?

[joefinan]

I'm close to getting an iPhone but really don't want to sign an 18 month contract with a service provider (O2) I don't like.

So, I'm considering staying with Vodafone and getting an unlocked phone. What do other iPhone users have and what are your experiences?

 

[Chrysaor]

Neither, using non-iPhone AT&T prepaid plan (no contract) with a jailbroken but still locked phone.

 

[ucfgrad93]

I have not modified my iPhone in anyway.

 

[ajl917]

Oops, I clicked the wrong one. Im on AT&T, but jailbroken...

 

[DiamondMac]

I have never thought about breaking mine

I am content with what I have and what apple gives me

 

[tobefirst ⚽️]

Jailbroken since mid-July. Not unlocked, though.

 

[one1]

Jailbroken and on a forced prepaid. Freedom is beautiful.

No nooses in any way.

 

[chr1s60]

I am on AT&T and have never hacked my phone.

 

[soapn]

.

 

[BOSS10L]

No reason to jailbreak mine, as the features I want that are missing can only come from Apple/AT&T anyway.

 

[aross99]

Locked phone, and waiting for the SDK...

 

[sananda]

my iphone is genuine, not on a contract, unlocked, and on o2 pay and go. all is well with it.

 

[xUKHCx]

Check out this poll from about 2 weeks back.

 

[billpaxton]

i will buy a genuine one, unlock it then use it here in aus

 

[AlecEdworthy]

No appropriate option for me - JailBroken and Hacktivated but still with O2 (just on Simplicity rather than an iPhone tariff).

Alec

 

[camarobh]

Unmodified and with AT&T

 

[Dinger123]

I've got a 1.1.2 Version BL4.6 Jailbroken and Unlocked on my Orange Contract.

If I have to pay for a phone I want to choose my service provider and tariff.

Jailbreaking seems like a must if you want to install extra software/tweaks etc. Otherwise its a bit like having a computer but never installing anything on it!

Especially when there's all those nice people out there writing such great free software that they are willing to share!

 

[fozarn]

Mine is unlocked, jailbroken. It takes less than 5 mins by ZiPhone

just bought it yesterday.
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iPhone 8 GB

 

[doobi18]

I'm jailbroken & unlocked & using on Telstra in Australia...


But who said anything about my phone not being "genuine"?

 

[SFStateStudent]

Living the dream...

the "Genuine" honeymoon with AT&T continues.

 

[tothelimit]

i jailbroke my phone on 1.1.1 ... with the jailbreakme site. but reverted with the 1.1.2 update (and now 1.1.3). i just found it to be more trouble than it was worth.

 

[Knolly]

Option D: Unlocked to work on a non-iPhone contract with an iPhone carrier.

 

[dsl4c]

I love bondage and love being locked down by att.. I would never dream of doing anything master Steve doesn't want me to do.. in fact, I call him sir! LOL, seriously though, never hacked or jailbroken my iPhone.. can't complain with how things are going..

 

[Cybergypsy]

LOL my son cracked the screen of his iphone yesterday, so bought him the new 16G and took his cracked on a member sent me the unlock app...and unlocked it....now doing another...IF ATT was no so crappy where i live, i would be good but now loving t mobile......

 

[philgilder]

what about not unlocked, but not official contract either
im on a standard o2 contract, not the iphone one, but my iphones not unlocked...