AT&T won't unlock my iPhone
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If you purchase a new phone before your approval went through, it will be refused. I had this issue with one of my two iPhone 4's when I purchased 2 new iPhone 5's. I requested one unlock before ordering and the other after. The one that went through after I had to call and get it cleared manually by talking to customer service. But they did do it once they saw the problem.
If your contract is off and you have no debt (clean balance, no unpaid bills etc) you can really ask AT&T to unlock your device. If you have a contract you can login on AT&T official site making use of your AT&T account and click on “Chat Now”
Complete the AT&T chart form with real info. Next within the chart form just type “I wish to unlock my iPhone” and click on start chat. In the end you need to explain why you need to unlock your phone and provide towards the representative your IMEI number. This is required to see if your phone is suitable for unlock.
If things are right the representative will request you for email to offer you further unlock particulars. So type your email properly.
But this is too much for you, you can always try att-iphone-unlock.com and unlock your device quick and cheap.
I just emailed them :
I have a spare AT&T iPhone 4S and I'm currently using it on T-Mobile with a Gevey card. Since it's not on AT&T right now can it still be unlocked with your service?
As soon as they answer I'll post it here but since you posted back in November, have you found the answer you can share with us?
I have a spare AT&T iPhone 4S and I'm currently using it on T-Mobile with a Gevey card. Since it's not on AT&T right now can it still be unlocked with your service?
As soon as they answer I'll post it here but since you posted back in November, have you found the answer you can share with us?
Confirmed. I paid them and exactly 59 minutes later I got the message. I removed the gevey sim interposer and installed my T-Mobile sim alone and plugged it into iTunes. It gave me the message that my 4S needed to be activated. I clicked ok and that was all. It didn't even go through the entire activation process and T-Mobile showed up on the upper corner. All for $4.99 !
I could have gone through AT&T but I would have had to deal WITH AT&T ! $4.99 is well worth not having to talk to their "customer support" and it took less than an hour and with AT&T it would have been days and a couple of calls.
I could have gone through AT&T but I would have had to deal WITH AT&T ! $4.99 is well worth not having to talk to their "customer support" and it took less than an hour and with AT&T it would have been days and a couple of calls.
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Just did my neighbor's 3GS. She was on 5.0.1 using Ultrasn0w and in no hurry to upgrade so I figured I'd buy the 24 hour unlock for $2.50 from unlock_fusion on ebay. Exactly 2 hours later I got the email. Just like my 4S the 3GS told me it needed activation and I said yes and that was all. It's now working with T-mobile after I uninstalled Ultrasn0w and now I'm going to upgrade to 6.1 and JB.
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upon reading this thread, I looked up unlockfusion on google. Found a link to their ebay store and it was 1.99 to unlock. For that price, I was willing to give it a shot, although I was skeptical.
It worked, but because I don't have a different SIM to use at the moment, I had to restore, which meant going from 6.1.2 to 6.1.3, so no jailbreak for me, but my phone is unlocked!
It worked, but because I don't have a different SIM to use at the moment, I had to restore, which meant going from 6.1.2 to 6.1.3, so no jailbreak for me, but my phone is unlocked!
Ahh! You should have asked here first. You don't have to restore to apply an IMEI unlock if your phone is jailbroken. You can bypass the restore by deactivating with SAM in Cydia. The phone will activate when you connect to iTunes and you'll get the iTunes "Congratulations, your phone has been unlocked" pop up. It's much faster than restoring and you maintain jailbreakability. Here's the thread I started on bypassing the restore when jailbroken.
Just an FYI: An unofficial SIM wouldn't have applied your unlock if you had had acess to one. This type of unlock can only be applied with a deactivation and reactivation, and the only way that can be done stock is with a restore.
Congrats on the unlock though. It's permanent, very cheap, will save you a lot of money if you travel outside the US, and it will increase the phone's resale value a little.
Just an FYI: An unofficial SIM wouldn't have applied your unlock if you had had acess to one. This type of unlock can only be applied with a deactivation and reactivation, and the only way that can be done stock is with a restore.
Congrats on the unlock though. It's permanent, very cheap, will save you a lot of money if you travel outside the US, and it will increase the phone's resale value a little.
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