Some phones purchased outside of the U.S. (prices usually around $1000 U.S. equivalent) may be unlocked from the factory, and not require jailbreaking. The OP, however, said they live in the U.S., so I assumed they'd be purchasing an ATT GSM iPhone.
On Mar 11, 2011, at 9:39 AM, LuKreme wrote: > On 10-Mar-2011, at 20:29, Jim Warthman wrote: >> >> On Mar 10, 2011, at 7:39 PM, Aron S. Spencer wrote: >> >>> Unfortunately, unlocking requires jailbreaking. >> >> Is that true? I was under the impression that these are two different >> things, and one can unlock the iPhone without having to jailbreak it. > > They are two different things. You can jailbreak and not unlock. You cannot > unlock without jailbreaking. You can also jailbreak, unlock, and unjailbreak. > > > -- > The quality of our thoughts and ideas can only be as good as the quality > of our language. > > > _______________________________________________ > iPhone-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/iphone-talk Aron S. Spencer Novosibirsk, Russia Арон С. Спенсер Новосибирск, Россий [email protected] _______________________________________________ iPhone-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/iphone-talk
