Well, I have tried this thing of use another sim card, and in my phone, it
didn't work. I talked to t-mobile 3 weeks ago, and I asked them to unlock my
phone. I received the email with the steps, and in my case, iTunes never
gave me the message saying that congratulations, my iPhone has been
unlocked. I talked to t-mobile again, and they told me the same thing again
and again and again, but the last time they told me that in some cases, the
sim cards doesn't work well, and tthat I have to try another sim cards. I
don't know why, I felt that it wasn't true, and I thought that will be
better ask here in the list. What about it is true?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vicky Collins" <v-coll...@sbcglobal.net>
To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 7:14 PM
Subject: RE: Confirming that an iPhone is unlocked
As I had mentioned going to try and do so a while back, I finally got
around to getting my AT&T 4S unlocked today. And, once I did the restore
back to factory defaults, I did indeed get a message on my PC telling me
that the iPhone was unlocked. I first got a message on the PC telling me
that the restore had completed and to leave my iPhone connected and it
would show up in iTunes once the phone had rebooted. And, sure enough, a
few seconds after the phone had vibrated from the reboot, a message came
up in iTunes telling me congratulations that my phone was unlocked, and I
could then press continue to either restore the unit from a backup or
setup as a new device.
I was quite sure I would have to figure out a way to fax information to
AT&T regarding the purchase of my phone. But, surprisingly, after going
online to their form to request the unlock and entering my phone number
and IMEI and first and last name and last four digits of my SSN and
pressing the submit button, I right away got two emails, one telling me
they had received my request to unlock the phone, and the next one telling
me my phone could be unlocked and giving me the necessary instructions.
True, grin, that message with the instructions also said to allow 24 hours
for the unlock to take place, but I of course didn't wait that long, which
is likely why I had to do the restore a second time.
As a side note, iTunes had me go to my iPhone and turn off the find my
iPhone feature before I could do the factory restore. And, in fact, Apple
even sent me an email informing me that find my iPhone had been turned
off, and thus couldn't be tracked or wiped. Of course, I turned that
feature back on right away after I had restored from my saved backup.
To refresh from my prior message of sometime back, I purchased my 4S over
two years ago now, paying full price on the first day one could order the
phone, as I wanted it but wasn't eligible for an upgrade at the time. I'm
now out of contract and just paying my same rates on a month to month
basis.
Oh, finally, not noticing the congratulations message the first time I did
the restore, I did look around a bit online to see if there was a way to
tell if a phone was unlocked, and I found the below article, among others.
And, for better or worse, I did go to the site mentioned in the article
and enter my IMEI and I was then able to sign in with my google account,
and thus didn't have to create a facebook account as mentioned in the
article. I was then told my phone was unlocked. So, for those who are
still reading and care, here is the link to the article in question, which
one may read or follow its instructions at their own risk:
osxdaily.com/2013/06/17/check-iphone-unlocked/
----- Original Message -----
From: Grant Hardy <grantha...@outlook.com
To: <viphone@googlegroups.com
Date sent: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:07:24 -0700
Subject: RE: Confirming that an iPhone is unlocked
I hope someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe your
unlock
status is posted anywhere officially. The best thing to do would be to
simply try a SIM card from a different carrier and see if it activates.
Alternatively you could try to contact Apple, but given the age of the
phone
they might charge for a support incident.
Grant
-----Original Message-----
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Donald L. Roberts
Sent: October 28, 2013 11:50 AM
To: Viphone
Subject: Confirming that an iPhone is unlocked
This is an embarrassingly stupid question to which I really need an
answer.
A couple of years ago, I bought a 3-GS from a fellow who had upgraded. I
used the 3-GS exclusively on WIFI, no phone service. Now that I have a
4-S,
I decided to attempt to get the 3-GS unlocked as it would increase its
already minimal resale value. This was an extremely frustrating process
because I am no longer an A T and T customer, nor is the phone's original
owner.
I ultimately got an A T and T service rep who listened, and understood and
completed the request and stated that because it is an iPhone, all I had
to
do was to back up the 3-GS, wipe it, and then restore from the back up. I
have backed it up but have not yet wiped and restored. So the question is
simply this. After completing the restoration, what is the best way to
confirm that the 3-GS is no longer locked to A T and T?
Thanks for any help.
Don Roberts
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