Unlocking my iPhone 4S - Does AT&T have any accountability!

[Max69 ACE - Wizard]

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dmcpuj wrote:

I was with AT&T with family plan. I bought four Iphone 4S. We all have dropped call issue. So decided to switch the carrier and moved to Verizon and return AT&T's three Iphone 4S within 30 days. I could not return the one phone as my son is in US Army. He was on a training so he was out of touch with the world.

I paid early termination fee of $315 to AT&T and cost of the Iphone4 S is$215.00 Total is almost $540.

I called AT&T to unlock it. They asked me to contact Apple support. explained them that it cost me almost $540 and I can not use it. can you unlock it. they informed me they can not only AT&T.

So I am stuck with the phone cannot use or cannot sell it.

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What's stopping you from selling the phone? All you have to do is mnake sure you state that the phone is locked to AT&T and cannot be unlocked.

[pipedelino]

Hello!
Sorry for my English :-)
I've got a situation that can allow only you (AT & T).
I am not a U.S. citizen, I am a citizen of Kazakhstan.
I bought a brand new smart phone Apple iPhone 4S (AT & T), "Without Contract" on the internet auction "EBAY".
The seller told me that the Apple iPhone 4S is unlocked, so it does not have a contract.

When I received it via Express Mail (USPS) found that even my Apple iPhone 4S is"LOCKED PRODUCT."
In this regard, I ask you to help me and explain how I can "UNLOCK" my Apple iPhone 4S?
Thank you for the help, with respect Edil

[alamu]

i got iphone from near apple store in california i breaked the at&t contract and bought to india but iam not able t o use the

phone in india i paid off still locked what can i do help me out

[wingrider01 ACE - Geek]

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alamu wrote:

i got iphone from near apple store in california i breaked the at&t contract and bought to india but iam not able t o use the

phone in india i paid off still locked what can i do help me out

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No

Nyet

Nien

Illa

Not going to happen, the att iphone purchase at a subsidized price or a off contract price will not be unlock now or in the forseeable future. Sell it on Ebay and buy one in your country

[youngjm ACE - Professor]

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alamu wrote:

i got iphone from near apple store in california i breaked the at&t contract and bought to india but iam not able t o use the

phone in india i paid off still locked what can i do help me out

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If you had read this an other threads, you would know your iPhone is forever locked to ATT.  You should have bought the your iPhone from the Apple store and paid for the unlocked version.

[dwill05]

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pipedelino wrote:

Hello!
Sorry for my English :-)
I've got a situation that can allow only you (AT & T).
I am not a U.S. citizen, I am a citizen of Kazakhstan.
I bought a brand new smart phone Apple iPhone 4S (AT & T), "Without Contract" on the internet auction "EBAY".
The seller told me that the Apple iPhone 4S is unlocked, so it does not have a contract.

When I received it via Express Mail (USPS) found that even my Apple iPhone 4S is"LOCKED PRODUCT."
In this regard, I ask you to help me and explain how I can "UNLOCK" my Apple iPhone 4S?
Thank you for the help, with respect Edil

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AT&T does not unlock locked US iPhones under any circumstances.  You need to take up the issue with the person who sold you the phone if he said it was unlocked and it wasn't.  Unfortunately, AT&T can't help you.

[youngjm ACE - Professor]

The was an article on 9 to 5 Mac about Tim Cook intervening and getting AT&T to unlock someone's 3GS who was done with their contract and now working in Canada. While portrayed as a one time exception, the general policy still stands but maybe change is in the air?

[wingrider01 ACE - Geek]

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youngjm wrote:
The was an article on 9 to 5 Mac about Tim Cook intervening and getting AT&T to unlock someone's 3GS who was done with their contract and now working in Canada. While portrayed as a one time exception, the general policy still stands but maybe change is in the air?

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now maybe tim cook will get all the letters instead of the requests being posted here, would have to see his email / snail mail box

[romanlx]

I only ask AT&T to unlock iPhones that are out of contract, but they couldn't care less, well maybe all of us should start writing to Tim Cook asking for help?

 http://9to5mac.com/2012/03/20/tim-cook-convinces-att-to-unlock-customers-iphone/

[Kerry78]

Response from Tim Cook!

Why did you pay for a Locked to the AT&T
iPhone when you live outside the USA

There are handsets we sell in our stores
That aren't tied to any network called Sim Free

Buy one of these

Sell ur locked phone on eBay titled locked Sell to USA only!

Best of Luck

[romanlx]

Your response doesn't make sense, if I paid for a phone while living in US and finished paying for my 2 years contract why can't I unlock the device and do with it as I please? Are you telling me that the $200-$400 that I paid doesn't mean anything and I could trash the phone for what AT&T cares? Maybe if the iPhone was free on contract I could accept this (it would almost be fair), but no way they aren't taking advantage if they charge big money for the phone locked on contract and they won't unlock it after the contract!

And why all other phones can be unlocked in this way except the iPhone? Finally for your information, until recently (I think last year) unlocked iPhones were not even an option in the US.

[wingrider01 ACE - Geek]

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romanlx wrote:

I only ask AT&T to unlock iPhones that are out of contract, but they couldn't care less, well maybe all of us should start writing to Tim Cook asking for help?

 http://9to5mac.com/2012/03/20/tim-cook-convinces-att-to-unlock-customers-iphone/

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go for it, probably all be file 13'd or sent to spam filter if you email him. This will be amusing

[youngjm ACE - Professor]

We are only telling you what the policy is officially. You reasoning does not matter until the policy is changed and that is not going to happen on these forums. Call AT&T directly we are all customers like you are/were.

[youngjm ACE - Professor]

Kerry78 Did you read Tim Cooks response? He actually stepped in to get the iPhone unlocked. Change may be in the air.

[wingrider01 ACE - Geek]

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youngjm wrote:
Kerry78 Did you read Tim Cooks response? He actually stepped in to get the iPhone unlocked. Change may be in the air.

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there is , instead of posting here they need to email / snail mail tom cook to have him intervene to get it unlocked.

change maybe, maybe not until it is officially announced is was a one off example. Still curious as to how many thousands of emails and tons of this person will recieve. Want to bet his email has beenc hanged already

[sandblaster]

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wingrider01 wrote:

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youngjm wrote:
Kerry78 Did you read Tim Cooks response? He actually stepped in to get the iPhone unlocked. Change may be in the air.

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there is , instead of posting here they need to email / snail mail tom cook to have him intervene to get it unlocked.

change maybe, maybe not until it is officially announced is was a one off example. Still curious as to how many thousands of emails and tons of this person will recieve. Want to bet his email has beenc hanged already

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I'm not sure I buy that story but whether it is legitimate or not, I bet Tim Cook is getting bombarded with unlock requests.

[Kerry78]

Yeah I read it that's one in millions sold tbh
I cannot see AT&T adopting this yet at the end of the day
People who bought these phones should of researched first
End off lol

I can get mine unlocked so I find this all abit amusing now
Sorry guys not rubbing any salt in

[TerraPhantm]

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Kerry78 wrote:
Yeah I read it that's one in millions sold tbh
I cannot see AT&T adopting this yet at the end of the day
People who bought these phones should of researched first
End off lol

I can get mine unlocked so I find this all abit amusing now
Sorry guys not rubbing any salt in

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It's not really about not doing research. Until very recently, most of us didn't have any choice. At least now we have access to other carriers that will unlock it (for international use anyway). I know where I'm going once the "new iPhone" is out (assuming it supports LTE anyway). 

To those defending the policy... why? I get that it's AT&T's policy, but that doesn't mean it can't be questioned or disapproved of. If AT&T did eventually decide to unlock iPhones at customer request, what you lose? 

[aliakram039]

is it possible to unlock my iphone 4 ios  5.1 and baseband 4.12 for indian network

[aristizzle]

Not possible.

[aristizzle]

I highly doubt that story is real. Anyone can make up a fake story that Tim Cook CEO of apple got an AT&T iphone unlocked, but where are the pictures of the unlocked phone, screenshots of the email, or any sort of proof but a blog post. To this day, I haven't heard of any AT&T Iphones being unlocked by AT&T, and until I have evidence showing it's happened those blog posts are nothing more then a way to get hits on their fake stories.

[vity-ok]

Hi.

I was in US for a couple of mounth in past year and bought a locked iPhone 4 from a guy, not in an At&t store or Apple store.

Im living in Ukraine all the time and i would like to know if there some exception for unlocking phones for such a situations.

Sorry for bed english)))

[dwill05]

As many, many threads here indicate,Apple or AT&T will not unlock locked iPhones. You might try writing the head of Apple. There is a rumor that he got AT&T to unlock a single iPhone. You might be number two.

[dwill05]

As many, many threads here indicate,Apple or AT&T will not unlock locked iPhones. You might try writing the head of Apple. There is a rumor that he got AT&T to unlock a single iPhone. You might be number two.

[JFizDaWiz]

Has to be fake. There is no system in place for us to unlock iPhones. And it being done through iTunes is further evidence att had nothing to do with it since we can't do that

[aliakram039]

but how could i do 

[johninsj ACE - Wizard]

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youngjm wrote:
The was an article on 9 to 5 Mac about Tim Cook intervening and getting AT&T to unlock someone's 3GS who was done with their contract and now working in Canada. While portrayed as a one time exception, the general policy still stands but maybe change is in the air?

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Wow, does that ever reek of bogusness. How exactly did this unlocking happen? Did the person have to mail his phone to AT&T to have them flash an unlocked baseband on it?

[aristizzle]

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johninsj wrote:

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youngjm wrote:
The was an article on 9 to 5 Mac about Tim Cook intervening and getting AT&T to unlock someone's 3GS who was done with their contract and now working in Canada. While portrayed as a one time exception, the general policy still stands but maybe change is in the air?

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Wow, does that ever reek of bogusness. How exactly did this unlocking happen? Did the person have to mail his phone to AT&T to have them flash an unlocked baseband on it?

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It's definitely fake. The unlocking didn't happen.

[Kerry78]

It does come in handy to have a unlocked phone being another network
Has a better deal or your travelling and wanna buy a prepay sim in another country!

It's uncertain AT&T will adopt such a thing yet of unlocking a iPhone
Apparently However they do unlock other of there handsets tied to there network so you Aren't really that stuck but outta luck for using ur iPhone it's Prob better btw
Cos Do AT&T provide international insurance plan for travelling? U loose ur phone abroad it's stolen then what?

Your crying right lol

Btw AT&T if they go ahead with this unlocking there hardly going to
Supply foreigners outside the USA the unlocking privilege !!!

the British networks only lock the iPhone after a 3 month basis and u have to be in the UK and having used the sim card
Not outside it

[Mendigoprofeta]

Sorry, but i refuse to believe that a big company like AT&T will not unlock Iphones in the end of contract.

Why such a big company need chains to unlock customers?marketing control? dont wanna competition? sorry, WE ARE IN 2012.

I'm in Brazil now working, buy my iphone in US, contract is over and my IPHONE 4 is LOCKED. Cannot do nothing with it because AT&T think that is the right thing to do: lock humans at this poor sad company. The Worst type of unsuccessful image in business is doing what you guys do. 

i work with communications and every single person that i talk in US about cellphones is to stay away from AT&T. 

shame on you, AT&T!

Congratulations, half world hates you.