HT201643: Use cellular networks on your iPhone and iPad while you travel internationally
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Jun 29, 2012 1:20 PM in response to vahidanwariby Allan Eckert,Verizon iPhone only does CDMA. It doesn't have transmitter or receiver for GSM.
Allan
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Jun 29, 2012 1:31 PM in response to Allan Eckertby KiltedTim,Um... yes, it does. That's why they call it a world phone.
To the OP. Did you have them unlock it BEFORE you left the US? If not, there is no way for them to communicate with the phone to actually unlock the SIM slot (I don't believe any restore with iTunes is necessary for the Verizon 4S, but I could be wrong on that... If so, you need to plug it in to iTunes and restore it to complete the unlock).
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Jun 29, 2012 1:33 PM in response to Allan Eckertby vahidanwari,the iphone 4s has both CDMA and GSM. They said they will unlock it for international GSM use (so i when i go abroad i can use any gsm network from that country by putting a micro simcard in the slot)
It wont work with a local GSM carrier (AT&T, T-mobile)
They said when i insert the non-US sim and connect the phone to itunes i will get a message to activate the phone. i did that and i got the activate message, but by mistake i pressed the home button.
When i tried removing and inserting the sim card again it did not work.
I even tried restarting the phone.
I can call Verizon customer care, but i will again have to explain the whole thing to them (this is a company connection, and some other details that make my case a bit complicated.) i will have to be transferred to verizon customer care via a third party that handles our phone connections.
Thought i would get a quicker response over here.
Thanks
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Jun 29, 2012 1:34 PM in response to KiltedTimby vahidanwari,please read below, you posted before i replied.
I am still in the US, but they also assured me that even if i go back home (India) i can still activate it from there (they said the activation is done via itunes)
Thanks for the quick responses.
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Jun 29, 2012 3:14 PM in response to vahidanwariby iPhone_Warrior,vahidanwari wrote:
It wont work with a local GSM carrier (AT&T, T-mobile)
They said when i insert the non-US sim
There is your answer. Verizon unlocked your phone for int'l carriers. AT&T, T-mobile are US carriers.
All you can do is wait till you get home to try it.
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Jun 30, 2012 7:44 AM in response to iPhone_Warriorby Lawrence Finch,Note also that if there is a CDMA provider the phone will use it as roaming on Verizon, even though the phone is unlocked for GSM carriers. India does have some CDMA carriers.