Refers to unlocking iPhones. Unlocking an iPhone that has been locked to a specific carrier (such as Verizon or AT&T), allows you to use it on other compatible networks.
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Is there a difference between factory unlocked and carrier unlocked?
I just successfully unlocked an old AT&T iPhone 4 and 4S using AT&T's unlock process. They are not jailbroken. As I've gone online to sell the phones, the selling phrase is "Factory Unlocked." ...
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How to unlock iPhone after completing the contract without jail breaking?
My iPhone 3G contract was completed a while ago. I have the 3GS now. I would like to give it to someone else who is not on AT&T. I called AT&T and they wouldn't do anything about it. I heard ...
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Is an unlocked phone and a jailbroken phone the same thing?
I just read that apple is now selling unlocked phones? I also read somewhere earlier (probably Wikipedia) that jailbreaking was made legal.
Is jailbreaking and unlocking the same in this context?
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How can I check via software if my iPhone is unlocked?
I have a carrier-unlockable iPhone. That means they sell it locked but will unlocked upon request.
As is generally the case with carriers, mine is a sack of incompetence. I requested the unlock and ...
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Was my AT&T-approved iPhone 4 unlock successful?
I called AT&T and asked them to unlock my iPhone 4 for international travel. They agreed. The support agent created a case, gave me the case identifier, and gave me an expected resolution date of ...
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How do I unlock my Mac without having to click my name?
In Snow Leopard, at least, I could press Cmd + L to select my name and then press Enter to get the password prompt, but I can't get that to work in Mountain Lion when I've left the computer locked for ...
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Does anyone have experience with buying an officially unlocked iPhone 4 in the US? [closed]
Does anyone has experience buying an iPhone 4 to be unlocked (oficially by Apple) in the US?
iPhones are unlocked by Apple, after you request the unlock to your carrier (once you have paid the ...
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Is there a better way to travel internationally with an iPhone (3GS/4 specifically)?
I've travelled to Europe and Asia quite a bit with iPhones with no problems (I live in the US), except for the fact that making calls anywhere outside the US is crazy expensive and of course I ...
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iPhone Jailbreaking and Unlocking [closed]
What exactly does jailbreaking and unlocking doing to an iPhone?
I'm aware that hackers are using baseband crashes for unlocking, but how are they exploiting these crashes? Even if they inject their ...
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Turning off or restarting iPhone if lock button is broken?
Now that I know how to lock the iPhone if the lock button is broken, I was wondering how I can restart the phone or turn it off.
The lock button is completely unresponsive and holding it down does ...
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Find out if my iPhone is unlocked without purchasing another SIM
Is it possible to determine if my phone is unlocked without buying another SIM card?
I don't know where it was originally purchased or what the original terms of the phone service were.
All my ...
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Are the new iPads (iPad 3) for sale in the US unlocked for the UK?
I live and work in the UK, but I am in the US for 2 weeks, and was wondering if I buy the new iPad from the Apple Store here in the States, will I be able to replace the AT&T or Verizon SIM with ...
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Is it possible to use a Verizon CDMA iPhone 4 with any other carrier or Pay-Per-Use carrier?
This is probably seems like a FAQ but I haven't seen anything definitive as of today.
I have a CDMA-Only Verizon iPhone 4 (not a 4S) that recently came off contract. I'm aware that it's CDMA only ...
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Help me unlock a German iPhone 4 iOS 5.1?
I just bought a second iPhone for my sister on the net for almost no money. When I got the iPhone today, I saw why.
It's a German iPhone on iOS 5.1. It's locked and it only accepts the SIM provided ...
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Has anyone actually gotten AT&T to unlock an iPhone?
We're going to be moving to Germany in a few weeks, so I visited AT&T today and asked them to unlock our phones. They unlocked my Android device, but told me that "Apple did not give [them] the ...
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How can I Unlock a iPhone 4S bought in London, in Denmark?
My friend purchased two iPhone 4S's in London. The salesman in London refuses to unlock the devices since you need a UK credit card, which my friend doesn't have.
Is it possible to unlock the devices ...
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Least expensive prepaid data roaming with an unlocked iPhone in the US
Will be travelling to the US a bit and trying to determine the least expensive way to get my unlocked iPhone online.
My provider (Rogers) has a standard US data roaming rate of $30/mb but also ...
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How can I get notified when a new jailbreak or unlock is released?
I got borred about all the spam created by less or more famous iOS hackers. They simply create too much hype for nothing: tweets, rss feeds, facebook pages, all of the full of nonsense messages.
I do ...
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What are the high level steps and limitations for unlocking & jailbreaking an original iPhone
My daughter has an original iPhone, aka iPhone 2G. It is currently unlocked and jailbroken, but that was all done about 2 years ago. She wants the latest iTunes now, so I am revisiting what the ...
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iphone 4 unlock
A friend of mine got a locked iPhone 4 from the US. Now she's trying to unlock it, but there's no unlock code available for iOS 4.2.1 with baseband 3.10.01. After a lot of searching I found two ...
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Mac Mini locked through Find My iPhone, can't unlock it
So my friend locked his Mac with his iPhone using Find My iPhone.
Unfortunately there seems to be no way of unlocking it.
I have provided a picture of it below:
I really hope someone here knows ...
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The cheapest and reliable way to unlock iphone 5?
What is the cheapest and reliable way to unlock iphone 5? Is there any reliable free solution?
The phone is now locked to U.S. Sprint service.
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unable to boot my Mac book after file vault 2 activation
after activation of file vault 2 I am unable to boot my computer, the apple sign turns into a prohibitory sign with a spinning circle beneath it , that spins forever. I really need the data on this ...
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iPad 2 locked by Apple?
A relative of mine got an iPad about a year ago and has not updated it until November after he asked me to help him with the update. We had updated it to the most recent ios possible at that time ...
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Restoring original baseband to iPhone 3G 4.2.1 with iPad baseband
A friend of mine bought an iPhone 3G from some T-Mobile cell phone vendor. The vendor had installed a custom 4.2.1 ipsw with the iPad baseband because iPhone 3G's wasn't unlockable at the time. That ...
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Cant fully slide to answer call IPhone 4
As the title describes, sometimes, but not too rarely, when I have an incoming call I cannot fully slide the lock to answer. It will get to like 20-30% and then jump at the start. Sometimes after many ...
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Unlocking iPhone 4
I forgot my passcode to my phone because my friend changed it. I'm not locking it, so I can still use my phone. The computer my phone is backed up on is down right now. Is there any way I can go to ...
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How to unlock an iPhone 3GS with 05.16.05?
I had a perfectly working unlocked and jailbroken iPhone 3GS, but of course I had to go ahead and try to get iOS 5 on it. I didn't know I need to preserve my baseband while updating it, so now ...
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How can I unlock an iPhone 3G that no longer has a service plan?
I have an old iPhone 3G which I purchased in Canada and it was locked for three years to Rogers, a service provider.
Last month, I stopped the service and moved to the US. I was not able to use the ...
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Can second hand SIM locked iPhone 4S be activated with a different carrier?
I have my first experience with an iPhone, so really need some guidance and advice. I have got a second hand iPhone 4S - OS 5.1.1. I was told that it is SIM locked to a certain network.
When I ...
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How to unlock iPhone 4 if original carrier doesn't provide the service?
I have two iPhone 4 locked by the original carrier. I can't get the factory unlock because this carrier don't provide this service.
I try to unlock via software but I can't, because the baseband ...
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iPhone 4S unlock and/or jailbreak?
I have seen there are several jailbreak and unlocks are available for earlier models.
Is there any trusted unlock and/or jailbreak available for iPhone 4S?
I am not sure about the iOS version as I ...
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Getting an unlocked iPhone 4/4S to work on T-Mobile
There are several aspects I'm not clear on, and I'm wondering if what I want is even possible.
1) I want an unlocked (officially; no jail-breaking) iPhone 4/iPhone 4S. The iPhone 4 unlocked is ...
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iphone jailbreak - its asking for active sim card
i'm in china and need to jailbreak/unlock my iphone to use it here with chinese sim card. I followed the instructions online about how to do this using a program called snowbreeze. It worked and i ...
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With which carriers can I use an officially-unlocked iPhone?
Recently AT&T has begun officially unlocking iPhones which are out of contract.
But I know this doesn't mean that all carriers are supported, because some carriers use different frequency bands ...
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How does H2O Wireless work with the iPhone without needing any unlock?
My friend purchased an iPhone 4 that cannot be unlocked so the store sold him a new cell phone service called H2O Wireless. You simply pop in the sim card and it works without needing any unlock or ...
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Jailbreak an officially unlocked iPhone
My iPhone 3GS was unlocked using O2's official method.
I am considering jailbreaking but am unsure if this will affect the unlock status of the handset.
The jailbreak options available seem a little ...
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Will an AT&T iPad purchased from Best Buy US work in india?
I am planning to purchase iPad Mini wifi + cellular from Best Buy. The Best Buy representatives were not sure it will work in India with different service provider or not.
They are selling iPad with ...
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How do websites offer a factory unlocking service
There are numerous websites online which offer an actual genuine factory unlocking service if you provide the iPhone's IMEI code. They advertise a service which whitelists your iPhone's IMEI code from ...
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Does iPhone's baseband change when updating iOS?
I would like to know more about basebands.
Does it change when updating iOS?
Do all iPhones have the same baseband?
If not, how do they differ?
And ... can I unlock an iPhone 4 with iOS 5.1.1?
I ...
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Unlocking iPhone 3G
I hope this doesn't go against the rules of the site. I have an iPhone 3G for which I did a restore without knowing it was unlocked as it originally came from the US (I'm in Mexico) I'd like to fix it ...
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WiFi problem after 4.3.2 jailbreak
I've just jailbroken my iPhone (3Gs, 5.13.04, iOS 4.3.2, Pwnage Tool 4.3.2).
Now I'm experiencing troubles with WiFi, so I can't do an unlock. I have an AirPort Express router, it works well with ...
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Is it possibe to upgrade and re-jailbreak (in order to unlock) a 3Gs running on 4.1?
I have a locked 3Gs running 4.1 and it's pretty annoying not be able to install anything on it anymore (most apps nowadays require at least 4.3)
I can not unlock it officially because i bought second ...
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Can I unlock an iphone and still develop apps for it?
I am being offered an iphone 4 but it is locked to orange and I want to use my O2 sim in it.
The thing is that I want the phone so I can go into app development and have heard that working with a ...
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Official Unlock after Jailbroken Unlock?
I jailbroke and unlocked my 3GS (4.1, baseband 06.15.00) a few months ago to use it in another country. However, my 2-year German contract is up and I could ask my former carrier to ask Apple for the ...
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Is my iPhone model number MC922LL/A unlocked or locked?
I have seen that there are many other model numbers of iPhone 4S's, but I have not seen any info about model number MC922ll/A
Is an iPhone 4S of this model unlocked or locked to a specific mobile ...
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How can I upgrade my jailbroken and unlocked iPhone 3GS to 4.2?
I have an iPhone 3GS running on 4.0.1 and I want to upgrade it to 4.2 with my Mac. How can I go about doing this?
Current Version: 4.0.1 (8A306)
Model: MB7...
Modem Firmware: 05.13.04
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Is it possible to unlock iOS 6.1.3 already?
For a iPhone 3GS with a IOS version 4.1(with cydia) is it possible to upgrate to 6.1.3(or something above 5) and unlock.
iTunes gives update for 6.1.3 . While evad3rs have unclocked till version ...
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System Preferences lock always unlocks itself after restart
The Mac's System Preferences panels have a universal "lock" icon which, when locked, will apply to all panes, therefore preventing the user from changing any settings until they unlock the System ...
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I tried updating my iPhone, but now it says “SIM is invalid”
I have an iPhone 3GS 32GB. I have just tried updating the phone using iTunes. The phone is second hand, and was unlocked when I bought it. I didn't know that when you try to update it, it loses ...
