On Mar 10, 2011, at 11:55 PM, Mark Smith wrote: > > Here in Germany a carrier is required to offer an unlocking service for > subsidized phones. The option usually becomes available for your phone once > the initial contract period is up (2 Years) and costs 20 - 50 Euro. Dontcha > have that over there ?
Hey Mark. Long time no speak. Anyway, I don't think their is a statutory responsibility, but, for most phones (I don't know about the iPhone) the carriers will tell you the unlock code after a while. Maybe not even before the initial contract period. I have had several phones unlocked by asking the carrier myself and never had an issue. I have not asked about the iPhone. My iPhone is always too new anyway if they do want you to wait until the end of the contract (when you get a new iPhone, you agree to renew but since it is a new phone that could be considered a new contract). > > > > On 11.03.2011, at 04:39, LuKreme <[email protected]> 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. > > _______________________________________________ > iPhone-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/iphone-talk _______________________________________________ iPhone-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/iphone-talk
