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iPhone unlocking questions and discussion

New Reality — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:13:55 GMT

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Since they have already unlocked one of my off contract iPhones, there's no reason not to believe this article.

No more whining about people posting unlock questions.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/06/atandt-to-begin-unlocking-iphone-sunday-april-8/

Can I unlocked my iphone

osama11 — Mon, 10 May 2010 21:00:19 GMT

Hi all

I bought iphone from eBay from some one in USA its locked to AT&T

I have it from more than a year

can I unlocked it officially

please if any one know help me

Re: Can I unlocked my iphone

satchev — Mon, 10 May 2010 21:58:09 GMT

A simple search of the forums using the work "unlock" reveals over 2000 posts. http://forums.wireless.att.com/t5/forums/searchpage/tab/message?location=Board%3Aapple&q=unlock#message-list

All of which state that AT&T will not under any circumstance unlock an iPhone.

This is not news, it is widely known and has been since the iPhone was introduced.

Re: AT&T to begin unlocking off-contract iPhones this Sunday, April 8th

wingrider01 — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:03:34 GMT

New Reality wrote:

Since they have already unlocked one of my off contract iPhones, there's no reason not to believe this article.

No more whining about people posting unlock questions.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/06/atandt-to-begin-unlocking-iphone-sunday-april-8/

again not going to benefit the majority of people looking for a unlock

"Beginning Sunday, April 8, we will offer qualifying customers the ability to unlock their AT&T iPhones. The only requirements are that a customer's account must be in good standing, their device cannot be associated with a current and active term commitment on an AT&T customer account, and they need to have fulfilled their contract term, upgraded under one of our upgrade policies or paid an early termination fee."

Not going to help those that purchase the phone off of fleabay or craiglist

Re: AT&T to begin unlocking off-contract iPhones this Sunday, April 8th

21stNow — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:48:03 GMT

My question, for those familiar with iTunes unlocking, do you have to have a foreign SIM card in the iPhone to initiate the unlock process?

Re: AT&T to begin unlocking off-contract iPhones this Sunday, April 8th

New Reality — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 21:08:39 GMT

wingrider01 wrote:
New Reality wrote:
Since they have already unlocked one of my off contract iPhones, there's no reason not to believe this article.

No more whining about people posting unlock questions.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/06/atandt-to-begin-unlocking-iphone-sunday-april-8/

again not going to benefit the majority of people looking for a unlock

Not going to help those that purchase the phone off of fleabay or craiglist

How do you know this? Do you have some secret insight to the number of ebay vs. AT&T sourced phones owned by people asking for an unlock?

Of course, there are a lot of AT&T phones out there that were sold on e-bay after contract expiration, however for the iPhone 4 unless the owner paid the ETF, none of them are off contract yet.

What will be interesting is how AT&T defines a contract in "good standing". What if there was a missed payment, what if the person suspended service for xx months, what if, what if.

I will submit my still on contract phones for unlocking the moment they qualify.

Re: AT&T to begin unlocking off-contract iPhones this Sunday, April 8th

coolrhyme — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 21:15:58 GMT

Majority of the iphones that can be unlock are iphone 3gs and a few iphone 4.

Re: AT&T to begin unlocking off-contract iPhones this Sunday, April 8th

New Reality — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 21:17:26 GMT

21stNow wrote:
My question, for those familiar with iTunes unlocking, do you have to have a foreign SIM card in the iPhone to initiate the unlock process?

That's a great question. I ulocked a 3G through AT&T last week under this new program. Some people on this forum didn't believe me whan I posted that experience :smileyhappy:

I did have an active foreign sim in the phone. When the iTunes update finished up popped a message in ITunes that the phone was unlocked and it found AT&T, the foreign carrier's roaming partner. It also found T-mobile and switched to T-Mob when the AT&T signal was weak.

Don't know what would have happened if I didn't have the foreign sim installed. I'm assuming" the unlock would have worked anyway as an AT&T sim would have activated the phone.

Re: AT&T to begin unlocking off-contract iPhones this Sunday, April 8th

21stNow — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 21:18:57 GMT

One of the reasons that wingrider says that it won't help most of the (one-time) posters on this board is that most of them are not AT&T customers. One of the requirements is an account in good standing.

There are plenty of iPhones 4 that will qualify. I have already upgraded to a different device. For the early adopters of iPhones 4, the 20-month upgrade time has already come and gone.

Re: AT&T to begin unlocking off-contract iPhones this Sunday, April 8th

New Reality — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 21:22:35 GMT

coolrhyme wrote:
Majority of the iphones that can be unlock are iphone 3gs and a few iphone 4.

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Between about July 1st and Dec 31st millions on iPhone 4 handsets will drop off the 2 year contract.

AT&T risked losing those customers with an unlock issue to the competition.

Even AT&T was not foolish enough to risk watching customers jump ship for an unlock friendly competitor..

It didn't happen with the iPhone 3 and 3GS because AT&T still had the exclusive.

As soon as Sprint and Verizon got the iPhone AT&T's unlock policy had to change.

Re: AT&T to begin unlocking off-contract iPhones this Sunday, April 8th

johninsj — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 22:05:28 GMT

Thank goodness, now we don't have to keep repeating the "you can't" thing over and over.

Of course, that's gonna cut about 50% of the traffic out of the forum. If they switch back to unlimited data, that will cut the other 50% of traffic. I can dream ;)

Re: AT&T to begin unlocking off-contract iPhones this Sunday, April 8th

johninsj — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 22:07:58 GMT

wingrider01 wrote:

New Reality wrote:

Since they have already unlocked one of my off contract iPhones, there's no reason not to believe this article.

No more whining about people posting unlock questions.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/06/atandt-to-begin-unlocking-iphone-sunday-april-8/

again not going to benefit the majority of people looking for a unlock

"Beginning Sunday, April 8, we will offer qualifying customers the ability to unlock their AT&T iPhones. The only requirements are that a customer's account must be in good standing, their device cannot be associated with a current and active term commitment on an AT&T customer account, and they need to have fulfilled their contract term, upgraded under one of our upgrade policies or paid an early termination fee."

Not going to help those that purchase the phone off of fleabay or craiglist

Oh man... that's not great news. So we will still have endless unlock questions with no answer possible, still.

Ah well, at least current customers will be able to unlock devices at the end of their term, or when they upgrade to the next one.

Re: AT&T to begin unlocking off-contract iPhones this Sunday, April 8th

guppi_b — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 22:16:41 GMT

hi i have brought a iphone from ebay as i live in uk with a AT&T mobile . how would i be able to get it unlocked ?

somone please help me ?

Re: AT&T to begin unlocking off-contract iPhones this Sunday, April 8th

dwill05 — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 22:42:32 GMT

Wow, first one. You phone won't be unlocked, even under the new rules

Re: AT&T to begin unlocking off-contract iPhones this Sunday, April 8th

chuckd83 — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 22:48:48 GMT

New Reality wrote:
21stNow wrote:
My question, for those familiar with iTunes unlocking, do you have to have a foreign SIM card in the iPhone to initiate the unlock process?
That's a great question. I ulocked a 3G through AT&T last week under this new program. Some people on this forum didn't believe me whan I posted that experience :smileyhappy:

I did have an active foreign sim in the phone. When the iTunes update finished up popped a message in ITunes that the phone was unlocked and it found AT&T, the foreign carrier's roaming partner. It also found T-mobile and switched to T-Mob when the AT&T signal was weak.

Don't know what would have happened if I didn't have the foreign sim installed. I'm assuming" the unlock would have worked anyway as an AT&T sim would have activated the phone.

care to share who you called and what you said? CSR still don't know about this...I just called.

Re: AT&T to begin unlocking off-contract iPhones this Sunday, April 8th

coolrhyme — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 22:46:56 GMT

AT&T account in good standing with no past due balances?

The device unlock code cannot be released if there is a past due balance on an active account or an unpaid balance/ETF on a cancelled account.

Bring the account current so that you can proceed

Customer makes a payment that brings the account current then ATT can proceed w/ the request.

Re: AT&T to begin unlocking off-contract iPhones this Sunday, April 8th

guppi_b — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 23:00:50 GMT

so even if i will offer to pay from uk i can not get my iphone unlocked ?

Re: AT&T to begin unlocking off-contract iPhones this Sunday, April 8th

dwill05 — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 23:16:16 GMT

guppi_b wrote:
so even if i will offer to pay from uk i can not get my iphone unlocked ?

If I read it right, it's just for people who are US AT&T customers and have an account in good standing. Not just anyone who wants an iPhone that they bought second hand to be unlocked.

Re: AT&T to begin unlocking off-contract iPhones this Sunday, April 8th

coolrhyme — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 23:18:56 GMT

dwill05 wrote:
guppi_b wrote:
so even if i will offer to pay from uk i can not get my iphone unlocked ?
If I read it right, it's just for people who are US AT&T customers and have an account in good standing. Not just anyone who wants an iPhone that they bought second hand to be unlocked.

I think we need to wait for the exact date as per ATT information is not gonna be updated until the 8th. So that we can check if phone bought from craiglist or ebay can be unlock.

Unlock iPhone 4S in UK

jipple — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 01:30:28 GMT

As I understand it, from the 8th of april iphones can be unlocked which are out of contract with AT&T. I bought a AT&T phone on ebay which was still in the box and plastic. However, I am in the UK. Is there anyway I can get this unlocked?

Jon =]