I'm thinking about purchasing an unlocked iPhone 4 off craigslist. The guy I'm talking to right now said AT&T unlocked the iPhone. I've heard that if you apply a software update the unlock will be removed. I'm on T-Mobile so I need the phone to be unlocked otherwise it's worthless. Is this true? What are the easiest ways to maintain an unlocked iPhone but have it running on the newest version of iOS?
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Question About Unlocked iPhone 4's
- Thread starter Arcadia310
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Updating the firmware on your iphone 4 will not reverse the unlocking actioned via the network.
It will however reverse jailbreaking.
It will however reverse jailbreaking.
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Exactly.
The seller lied to you.
Maybe it's jb and unlocked using ultrasnow or a gevey sim.
Either way I would avoid that particular person selling it cause he's full of bs.
Your best hope is buying a used iphone that has been unlocked from the beginning by Apple, but from what I can tell, these are fairly rare in US?
Yeah. If it was updated using those methods, will the unlock be erased when I update the software?
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He may not be lying to you, he just may not be very knowledgeable actually, he may think it is a "AT&T unlocked iPhone" when it isn't in the sense AT&T didn't provide him with the unlock, but gevey, or ultra snow or something. Either way, be careful. I don't own a AT&T iPhone but I understand iOS 5 takes away the gevey option, thus, leaving no unlocking option unless it is factory unlocked.
He may not be lying to you, he just may not be very knowledgeable actually, he may think it is a "AT&T unlocked iPhone" when it isn't in the sense AT&T didn't provide him with the unlock, but gevey, or ultra snow or something. Either way, be careful. I don't own a AT&T iPhone but I understand iOS 5 takes away the gevey option, thus, leaving no unlocking option unless it is factory unlocked.
