What about those people who don't jailbreak or don't know how to? If vodafone does unlock it, can you just plug it into iTunes and just do a fresh restore?
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What about those people who don't jailbreak or don't know how to? If vodafone does unlock it, can you just plug it into iTunes and just do a fresh restore?
That's the way I read the instructions. Since you aren't jailbroken at worst you waste 30-40 minutes restoring.
OK, did a full restore, got told the sim was not supported. still seems like this is a no go... sorry guys.
This is true, the phone either says 'invalid sim' or has 1 bar of service or sometimes says 'no service'
under phone in settings, it doesnt detect a phone number... maybe the sim just isnt activated yet. Guess i will just let it sit for a while. unless anyone has any other ideas?
Approach a stranger in the street, ask if he/she uses T-Mobile and ask if you can cut their sim card up
at the risk of stating the obvious, have you rebooted your phone after inserting the T-Mo sim card? and also have you tried putting it in and out of airplane mode?
yes I have tried everything..
reboot, hard reboot, airplane mode, toggling 3g and cell data. I JB and deactivated using sam prefs, then restored etc.
the phone is sitting saying No service, which I hope means the phone is unlocked and the sim is just waiting for tmobile activation.
Did you disable 3G? I know with ultrasn0w you're supposed to because the different 3G bands confuse the phone, perhaps the same thing applies to official unlocks.
Also, does the carrier menu appear?
just realized your in NYC too... we shouldve gone halfsies on the sim cutter and stuff and saved some coin!
lol
**** I hate to see the bad news... Oh well hopefully it will work out eventually. I'm still waiting on the e-mail, we'll see.
Also, is it possible that this would work overseas but not in the US? I'm hopefully going to use this when I'm in London in the fall... We'll see.
Also, is it possible that this would work overseas but not in the US? I'm hopefully going to use this when I'm in London in the fall... We'll see.
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I just received email #2:
"We have submitted request for NUC (Number Unlocking Code) & reference number for the same is xxxxxx. The turn around time for the same is 48 hours."
Sounds like this isn't working, but I don't see why it wouldn't. I'm still hopeful!
I just received email #2:
"We have submitted request for NUC (Number Unlocking Code) & reference number for the same is xxxxxx. The turn around time for the same is 48 hours."
Sounds like this isn't working, but I don't see why it wouldn't. I'm still hopeful!
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I'm planning on doing the upgrade to 4.3.3 this weekend, buy I'll wait until I get the confirmation email that the process is complete.
I'm an optimist. This will work!
I'm planning on doing the upgrade to 4.3.3 this weekend, buy I'll wait until I get the confirmation email that the process is complete.
I'm an optimist. This will work!
Just sent the form... and recieved Email 5 minutes later..
Thank you for your mail regarding your Network Unlocking Code. We will endeavour to respond to you within our 48hr Service Level.
Escalations regarding previous queries will always be given a higher priority and resolved at the earliest opportunity.
Kind Regards
NUC Resolutions Team
Customer Service Support at Stoke
E-mail: NUCResolutions@vodafone.co.uk
Vodafone Limited
Registered Office: Vodafone House, The Connection, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 2FN Registered in England no. 1471587
Im thinking of sending it a couple more times... Try my luck out and see whatz up..... Im in india and im really tired of this ultrasn0w stuff because not many people have WiFi good enough to download everything again...
Thank you for your mail regarding your Network Unlocking Code. We will endeavour to respond to you within our 48hr Service Level.
Escalations regarding previous queries will always be given a higher priority and resolved at the earliest opportunity.
Kind Regards
NUC Resolutions Team
Customer Service Support at Stoke
E-mail: NUCResolutions@vodafone.co.uk
Vodafone Limited
Registered Office: Vodafone House, The Connection, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 2FN Registered in England no. 1471587
Im thinking of sending it a couple more times... Try my luck out and see whatz up..... Im in india and im really tired of this ultrasn0w stuff because not many people have WiFi good enough to download everything again...
Ok, So i got this
Dear Mr Vyas,
We have submitted request for NUC & reference number for the same is ******. The turn around time is 48 hours.
Kind regards,
Hillary Fernandes
NUC Resolutions
--Original Message--
From: *********@*****.com
Date: 5/7/2011 11:05:37 AM
To: nucresolutions@help.vodafone.co.uk
Subject: Unlock Code Request Form
Personal Details
Title: Mr
Name: Krunizzle
Email: *********@*****.com
Phone Details
Mobile number: 07*********
Phone Make: Apple
Model: iPhone 4
IMEI Number: ***************
Hopefully something happens? I sent 4 requests and the 2nd request i had sent got me this email.... Letz see what happens....
Dear Mr Vyas,
We have submitted request for NUC & reference number for the same is ******. The turn around time is 48 hours.
Kind regards,
Hillary Fernandes
NUC Resolutions
--Original Message--
From: *********@*****.com
Date: 5/7/2011 11:05:37 AM
To: nucresolutions@help.vodafone.co.uk
Subject: Unlock Code Request Form
Personal Details
Title: Mr
Name: Krunizzle
Email: *********@*****.com
Phone Details
Mobile number: 07*********
Phone Make: Apple
Model: iPhone 4
IMEI Number: ***************
Hopefully something happens? I sent 4 requests and the 2nd request i had sent got me this email.... Letz see what happens....
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Hopefully we'll see some success from this group. Would love this to be active with my next restore!!
I know on another forums, someone had done a way of unlocking their AT&T iphone via O2. free. you would go on the site, and a chat rep would message you, you would sweet talk your way into unlocking the iphone without giving the o2 number etc. and if you were lucky your AT&T iphone would get unlocked. it dont work anymore....
Wait, why did you reactivate with your AT&T sim card when it says specifically to use a sim card that's never been used before (and preferably a t-mobile one)?