2/04/2012

[apple-iphone] Digest Number 2890

Messages In This Digest (6 Messages)

1a.
Unlocked iPhones From: Milt
1b.
Re: Unlocked iPhones From: Archie C Grapa
1c.
Re: Unlocked iPhones From: Mark Holland
1d.
Re: Unlocked iPhones From: Milt
1e.
Re: Unlocked iPhones From: N.A. Nada
2a.
Re: How do I backup iPhone 3g From: Rene Stadin

Messages

1a.

Unlocked iPhones

Posted by: "Milt" miltbaker@mindspring.com   gb421028

Fri Feb 3, 2012 6:40 am (PST)



I just upgraded to a new iPhone at AT&T and asked to unlock my old iPhone 2g which is long out of contract. Nope, they said, we don't do that. They suggested googling for further information on unlocking. I did that but was presented with a bewildering array of choices, many of which seem suspect.

Has anyone found a good, easy (for a non-techie like me), and reliable way to unlock an iPhone so it can be used in other countries? Failing that, a good source for new unlocked iPhones?

Many thanks,

--Milt Baker, Fort Lauderdale, FL

1b.

Re: Unlocked iPhones

Posted by: "Archie C Grapa" archiegrapa@yahoo.com   archiegrapa

Fri Feb 3, 2012 7:18 am (PST)



By 2g, you mean the first iPhone, right?
Jailbreaking and unlocking (via Snowbreeze, if I'm not mistaken) is the easiest way.

You can easily search about that online.

Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld

-----Original Message-----
From: "Milt" <miltbaker@mindspring.com>
Sender: apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:08:22
To: <apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com>
Reply-To: apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [apple-iphone] Unlocked iPhones

I just upgraded to a new iPhone at AT&T and asked to unlock my old iPhone 2g which is long out of contract. Nope, they said, we don't do that. They suggested googling for further information on unlocking. I did that but was presented with a bewildering array of choices, many of which seem suspect.

Has anyone found a good, easy (for a non-techie like me), and reliable way to unlock an iPhone so it can be used in other countries? Failing that, a good source for new unlocked iPhones?

Many thanks,

--Milt Baker, Fort Lauderdale, FL



[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

1c.

Re: Unlocked iPhones

Posted by: "Mark Holland" mbholland96@yahoo.com   mbholland96

Fri Feb 3, 2012 12:23 pm (PST)



That is not true. They just do not want to do it. They do it after you have a contract with them for about 1 year and then make an official request. That what I was recently told in my local ATT store. But then if you go to 10 different stores you will get 10 different answers.

Mark B. Holland

--- On Fri, 2/3/12, Milt <miltbaker@mindspring.com> wrote:

From: Milt <miltbaker@mindspring.com>
Subject: [apple-iphone] Unlocked iPhones
To: apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, February 3, 2012, 6:08 AM

 

I just upgraded to a new iPhone at AT&T and asked to unlock my old iPhone 2g which is long out of contract. Nope, they said, we don't do that. They suggested googling for further information on unlocking. I did that but was presented with a bewildering array of choices, many of which seem suspect.

Has anyone found a good, easy (for a non-techie like me), and reliable way to unlock an iPhone so it can be used in other countries? Failing that, a good source for new unlocked iPhones?

Many thanks,

--Milt Baker, Fort Lauderdale, FL

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

1d.

Re: Unlocked iPhones

Posted by: "Milt" miltbaker@mindspring.com   gb421028

Fri Feb 3, 2012 4:19 pm (PST)



I hope you're right, Mark, about AT&T being willing to unlock phones out of contract, but I doubt it.

So let me pose another question: Has any member here been successful in getting AT&T to unlock an iPhone which is no longer under AT&T contract? If so, can you please provide book, chapter and verse on when, where and what you did to make that happen? If you do, you'll make a lot of us happy. ;-)

Thanks,

--Milt Baker, Fort Lauderdale, FL

--- In apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com, Mark Holland <mbholland96@...> wrote:
>
> That is not true. They just do not want to do it. They do it after you have a contract with them for about 1 year and then make an official request. That what I was recently told in my local ATT store. But then if you go to 10 different stores you will get 10 different answers.
>
> Mark B. Holland
>

1e.

Re: Unlocked iPhones

Posted by: "N.A. Nada" whodo678@comcast.net

Fri Feb 3, 2012 7:07 pm (PST)




On Feb 3, 2012, at 4:14 PM, Milt wrote:

> I hope you're right, Mark, about AT&T being willing to unlock phones out of contract, but I doubt it.
>
> So let me pose another question: Has any member here been successful in getting AT&T to unlock an iPhone which is no longer under AT&T contract? If so, can you please provide book, chapter and verse on when, where and what you did to make that happen? If you do, you'll make a lot of us happy. ;-)

To improve your chances, make sure you go into a company store and not a franchise store.

2a.

Re: How do I backup iPhone 3g

Posted by: "Rene Stadin" rstadin@scicable.com   rstadin

Fri Feb 3, 2012 9:47 am (PST)



I know what you are talking about. I went to an apple store and they
managed to save my contacts but I am ripping all my CDs over again. A
big pain!
Rene

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