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Q: How can I tell if my iphone is unlocked?

Well I just did an iphone 4(my old one) unlock with an AT&T person over chat and I want to find out if its truely unlocked but don't have no other sims. It downloaded and updated my phone on itunes even though same IOS version and I accidently restore again to see if it would do that again so I want to check if its unlocked or not because my 2nd restore.

iPhone 4, iOS 6

Posted on Oct 31, 2012 11:49 AM

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  • by GTR_Lover,

    GTR_Lover GTR_Lover Oct 31, 2012 1:42 PM in response to wjosten
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    Oct 31, 2012 1:42 PM in response to wjosten

    I did Erase my whole iphone

  • by GTR_Lover,

    GTR_Lover GTR_Lover Oct 31, 2012 1:43 PM in response to Lawrence Finch
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    Oct 31, 2012 1:43 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

    Okay I will try again tommorrow and see if it works.

  • by vtonehundred,

    vtonehundred vtonehundred Nov 20, 2012 6:33 AM in response to GTR_Lover
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    Nov 20, 2012 6:33 AM in response to GTR_Lover

    I called AT&T on 11/19 to ask to have my old iPhone 3Gs (out of contract for 1.5 years, and have not been AT&T customer for 1 year) to be unlocked.  They asked for the IMEI number, and then told me all I had to do was back up and restore, which I did a few hours later and the phone is unlocked.  I waited at most 8 hours.

     

    Good luck.

  • by GTR_Lover,

    GTR_Lover GTR_Lover Nov 20, 2012 6:54 AM in response to vtonehundred
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    Nov 20, 2012 6:54 AM in response to vtonehundred

    AT&T says my iphone is unlocked but I never got a message oh well.

  • by Lawrence Finch,

    Lawrence Finch Lawrence Finch Nov 20, 2012 7:07 AM in response to GTR_Lover
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    Nov 20, 2012 7:07 AM in response to GTR_Lover

    You must connect the phone to iTunes and click the Restore button on the iPhone summary screen (NOT Restore from Backup). At the end of the restore process if the unlock has been successful you will get a message that says "Congratulations, your phone is unlocked".

     

    If you don't get this message either AT&T did not enter the unlock order or your phone was previously jailbroken, in which case you cannot get it unlocked legitimately.

  • by vtonehundred,

    vtonehundred vtonehundred Nov 20, 2012 7:51 AM in response to GTR_Lover
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    Nov 20, 2012 7:51 AM in response to GTR_Lover

    Was your iPhone sold by AT&T?  The operator specifically asked if phone was an AT&T phone before she sent the request over to Apple which properly limits unlock requests to phones sold by that vendor.  My phone was previously jailbroken and unlocked, and I restored to a custom 5.1 firmware by Option-Clicking on the Restore button in iTunes.  I played the cat & mouse game of jailbreaking/unlocking for years and would probably be classified as a rogue phone if Apple had such a definition, so if my phone can be unlocked using the official means, I bet any phone can. 

  • by GTR_Lover,

    GTR_Lover GTR_Lover Nov 25, 2012 9:35 PM in response to Lawrence Finch
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    Nov 25, 2012 9:35 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

    The AT&T lady said the IPhone was unlocked and no jailbreak since ios 6.0.1 doesn't even have a jailbreak. Also apple said they don't do unlocks and they get calls from people asking the same question or almost as me to them and they said they do it so I am guessing my iphone was unlocked already but no message in itunes still. Also I already sold my iphone 4 as unlocked in advertisement since AT&T told me it was unlocked.

  • by MadParty,

    MadParty MadParty Dec 1, 2012 5:39 PM in response to Lawrence Finch
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    Dec 1, 2012 5:39 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

    So to get this straight, if I had jailbroken my old iPhone 4, but then restored it to iOS 6 (which is no longer jailbroken), I still can't carrier unlock?  I got an approval from ATT but no congrats message when restoring a few days after...

  • by KiltedTim,

    KiltedTim KiltedTim Dec 1, 2012 6:00 PM in response to MadParty
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    Dec 1, 2012 6:00 PM in response to MadParty

    It is not always possible to undo the damage done by jailbreaking. You can't get help here MadParty. Discussing jailbroken devices is forbidden by the terms of service.

     

    Jailbreaking voids any warranty or AppleCare agreement and forfeits all rights to support here and from Apple.

     

    Try google. maybe you'll have some luck there.

  • by MadParty,

    MadParty MadParty Dec 1, 2012 6:16 PM in response to KiltedTim
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    Dec 1, 2012 6:16 PM in response to KiltedTim

    Yeah it's an old device that was jailbroken in the past. It's not my primary iPhone and is no longer jailbroken.  I just want it to be on iOS 6 and carrier unlocked by ATT so I can use it with a local sim overseas.

     

    Thanks.

  • by KiltedTim,

    KiltedTim KiltedTim Dec 1, 2012 6:25 PM in response to MadParty
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    Dec 1, 2012 6:25 PM in response to MadParty

    As I said. It is NOT always possible to un-jailbreak it.

  • by Mike-S-,

    Mike-S- Mike-S- Dec 7, 2012 6:27 AM in response to GTR_Lover
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    Dec 7, 2012 6:27 AM in response to GTR_Lover

    This is what you need to do:

    1. Go to website "imei.info" (without quotation marks of course)

    2. You will enter your phone' IMEI which you can locate by clicking on settings, general, about. It is a 13 digits number, starting with 99

    3. Click "check"

    4. The check will give you the information about the phone

    5. Scroll down where you will see three options: Report an error, Check network and sim lock , Free sim lock and warranty status check.

    6. In your case, you need to know if your iPhone is unlocked or not, so you can use the last option

     

     

    I hope this helps. Note: you may need to purchase points if you need to recheck the information.

  • by MadParty,

    MadParty MadParty Dec 7, 2012 8:21 AM in response to Mike-S-
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    Dec 7, 2012 8:21 AM in response to Mike-S-

    Thanks!  Will check it out.

  • by Lawrence Finch,

    Lawrence Finch Lawrence Finch Dec 7, 2012 12:18 PM in response to Mike-S-
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    Dec 7, 2012 12:18 PM in response to Mike-S-

    That site is a hoax. There is no way to know if your phone is unlocked from the IMEI, except by asking Apple directly. Unless, of course, that site has hacked Apple's activation server.

  • by MadParty,

    MadParty MadParty Dec 7, 2012 1:48 PM in response to Lawrence Finch
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    Dec 7, 2012 1:48 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

    Maybe I'll just try the obvious solution and get a T Mobile sim and see if it works..

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