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NEWS: 4.1 Users Wanting To Unlock Are $CREWED

maturola

maturola

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Nothing really new there, every time there is a baseband update, you can't unlock it right away, and there is always the chance that it will never get unlock. (it is a lot harder to find holes and exploits on the baseband than on iOS).
 
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Trat

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I personally don't see any reason for unlocking anyway. I mean, you did get a 2 year contract with your iPhone, right? What are you going to do once you unlock your phone and are still in your 2 year contract term?
 
maturola

maturola

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Trat said:
I personally don't see any reason for unlocking anyway. I mean, you did get a 2 year contract with your iPhone, right? What are you going to do once you unlock your phone and are still in your 2 year contract term?
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there are many ways to get a iPhone without 2 Year contract, including an official one from AT&T. Most common reason to need to unlock your phone is if you are traveling overseas and you want/need to use your phone.
 
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Trat said:
I personally don't see any reason for unlocking anyway. I mean, you did get a 2 year contract with your iPhone, right? What are you going to do once you unlock your phone and are still in your 2 year contract term?
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I guess you also assume that no one is ever going to go out of the U.S.
 
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ichiban06

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I thought you can preserve your old baseband when updating to 4.1 using TinyUmbrella?
 
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TJone

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maturola said:
there are many ways to get a iPhone without 2 Year contract, including an official one from AT&T. Most common reason to need to unlock your phone is if you are traveling overseas and you want/need to use your phone.
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Yep. After my AT&T bill for $750 from a week long trip in Europe it makes more sense then ever to me. I should have been more careful with international data roaming, etc. Next time I will rent a local SIM.
 
MikePA

MikePA

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NEWSFLASH: If you upgrade your baseband you will have to wait to unlock and may not be able to.

NEWSFLASH: Colonies win the Revolutionary War.
 
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anitrajw

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Trat said:
I personally don't see any reason for unlocking anyway. I mean, you did get a 2 year contract with your iPhone, right? What are you going to do once you unlock your phone and are still in your 2 year contract term?
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What if one has to leave the country? The ability to unlock the iPhone raises the resale value also, keep that in mind ;)
 
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Trat

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anitrajw said:
What if one has to leave the country?
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I take my iPhone with me: how else are people gonna keep in touch with me?

The ability to unlock the iPhone raises the resale value also, keep that in mind ;)
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Resale for what? I'm not gonna sell my iPhone: I'm on a contract. After the contract the unlock is free by the carrier.
 
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TJone

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maturola said:
in the US is NOT avaliable, AT&T doesn't unlock phones after contrat is up. (They actually have done it in some cases, but it is unofficial)
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Is this a restriction that Apple made AT&T put in their contract with them? When I had my crappy BB Bold AT&T sent me an unlock code after the contract email with a passcode to unlock the BB.
 
maturola

maturola

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TJone said:
Is this a restriction that Apple made AT&T put in their contract with them? When I had my crappy BB Bold AT&T sent me an unlock code after the contract email with a passcode to unlock the BB.
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I don't think so, they just don't do it, I think the real reason is that in the US, the only carrier that can fully support the iPhone is AT&T, (T-mobile can't support 3G on the iPhone). also the upgrade cycle is been 1 year so many people just upgrade so the demand haven't been so big. Now this is just my guess. I don;t think is part of the contract, AT&T just doesn't do it.
 
Bdubb

Bdubb

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Trat said:
I take my iPhone with me: how else are people gonna keep in touch with me?


Resale for what? I'm not gonna sell my iPhone: I'm on a contract. After the contract the unlock is free by the carrier.
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Ok Trat now you're just being a troll, if you still fail to see the appeal and convenience of an Unlocked iphone than you're just being a ....douche.

What if I want to gift it to my cousin who lives in Kuzbekistan after my 2 year contract is up?
What if Apple doesn't sell iphones in Kuzbekistan, and I want my cousin to be the coolest kid in school with an iPhone?

Ok now I'm being a troll :p
 
treyjustice

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Trat said:
Resale for what? I'm not gonna sell my iPhone: I'm on a contract. After the contract the unlock is free by the carrier.
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Most people sell their iPhone after a year so they can buy the new one. It is also when most people are eligible for a new upgrade....
 
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