>From memory the last few years iPhone releasesare both CDMA and gsm Hence Verizon can use a or could use iPhones without sim cards
-----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of kitty hevener Sent: Thursday, 27 February 2020 6:50 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: unlocking a locked Iphone Richard, per your suggestion, I contacted apple accessibility and have learned that the phone is at&t. The apple person led me to believe I could use a Gsm onCDMA. Hmm, wonder if an apple store could do whatever needs to be done to make it work on cdma, if at&t unlocks it. -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2020 12:06 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: unlocking a locked Iphone I'm not Mark, but GSM phones cannot be used with Verizon or Sprint who use CDMA. Richard "There's a nap for that." -- an anonymous cat Sent from my iPhone SE > On Feb 26, 2020, at 8:47 PM, kitty hevener <kheve...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > Mark, hope I am not making an issue more complicated that it needs to be. > If I understand right, at&t uses gsm technology. So, if u get your at&t > phone unlocked, will you then only be able to use it with other carriers that > use gsm? You would not be able to use that unlocked at&t phone with gsm > technology on Verizon or another carrier who used CDEMA, right? > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of M. Taylor > Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 9:02 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: unlocking a locked Iphone > > Hello Carolyn, > > You will need to submit an unlock request to A T & T at the end of your > contract as they will not automatically unlock the device. > > Speaking from personal experience, A T & T is absolutely wonderful when it > comes to unlocking devices. I have unlocked many, many A T & T phones over > the years and, in most cases, the unlock code is provided within 10 to 30 > minutes of submitting the unlock request. > > When you are ready to unlock you’re a T & T device, you may submit the unlock > request using the form located at the following URL: > > https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/#/. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Carolyn > Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 4:48 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: unlocking a locked Iphone > > Question about locked phones. I bought a phone and am on a 30-month AT&T > contract. I know, a lot of people don't like those contracts, but this seemed > like a good deal. I can be patient, know it won't last forever. So my > question is, will my phone be locked with AT&T in 31 months, when I might > want to return to Consumer Cellular? Or I eventually might want to sell my > phone? > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Cristóbal Muñoz > Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 1:06 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: unlocking a locked Iphone > > No kidding. If you can, return the phone and get your money back. > I've bought iPhones on buy/sell mailing lists and eBay and have always had > good luck. I always make sure that the description states that it's unlocked > or have the seller provide me with the IMEI so I can check > compatibility/status on my carrier. If eBay, I can usually tell by the > feedback and what else the seller has posted if it's an individual seller or > it's someone who flips phones. A professional flipper is not going to burn > themselves over one sale, so I'm less concerned about that. > Small consolation now I know, but just something to keep in mind for the > future. > > > Cristóbal > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 8:45 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: unlocking a locked Iphone > > Carriers to my knowledge are legally obligated to unlock a phone if it is no > longer under contract and you should be able to find out which carrier has to > do it. > Here in Canada carriers can no longer sell phones locked to them, all phones > have to be unlocked I think since December 1, 2018. This means of course you > still find locked phones which people sell and which were locked before, but > since then all new phones have to be unlocked. > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > Carolyn > Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 8:29 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: unlocking a locked Iphone > > And, if Verizon can't make it work, I would have doubts that anyone could. At > our Verizon store, the guys down there seem to live to do stuff with phones > to get them going just right. > > When I had Verizon, they had a division of Customer Service for special > problems, and the guy there helped me and Jim with a phone some years back. > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 7:17 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: unlocking a locked Iphone > > The seller obviously lied, I would never buy a used iPhone online and unseen > unless maybe on a list like this where I sort of know the person who is > selling it has been around and even then I have heard stories where people > sell stuff which is not at all as advertised or disappear with the money. > Caveat emptor is very much in order here. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > Richard Turner > Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 9:25 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: unlocking a locked Iphone > > I'd call Apple and see if they can tell from the the serial number, which > they can get if they do a screen share with you. > Otherwise you will have to find out what the carrier was, and possibly get > the seller to give their permission to have it unlocked. > Sadly, it could be that the seller simply lied. > But, call Apple Accessibility: 877-204-3930 and see what they can sort out. > > Richard > "There's a nap for that." -- an anonymous cat > > Sent from my iPhone SE > >> On Feb 25, 2020, at 9:11 PM, kitty hevener <kheve...@earthlink.net> wrote: >> >> I purchased an Iphone that was advertised as unlocked. Seller >> assured me it would work with my carrier, Verizon. Sadly, Verizon >> informed me that the phone was locked and they said it could only be >> unlocked by carrier was using. >> Does anyone know of any workaround for getting it unlocked? Thanks. >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >> mk...@ucla.edu. 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