problems activating my Iphone 5
recently acquired an iPhone 5 on amazon at & t and activate it when I asked the billing number and the last four digits of Social Security, I can do? help please
iPhone 5
That is because it is an ATT locked iPhone. Do you have a SSN? ATT will only offer service to those that have a SSN in the US, which usually means citizens and permantent residents.
I have no information the seller does not give me loquiere there another way to activate my iphone 5?
No. If you live outside the US you cannot open an ATTa account and you cannot activate. You bought the wrong phone. Ask the seller for a refund.
My brother upgrade his phone to and iphone 5, (he had to sign a 18 months contract, so he could buy it for only $199.00) but he asked the seller not to activate the iphone 5 (he gave him the phone in the box sealed) and he gave him another phone (very low price one) with the number of the phone he upgrade. then he pay for the unlock service from a third party, and then he open the box and connected to the itunes, and he got the "congratulation your iphone has been unlocked".
I live outside the US and he is planning to give the iphone 5, so I can use it with another carrier.
FYI: I check the imei and it is not activate, but I the "sim lock status" is unlocked. I hope I would be able used it outside the us even if is not activated.
There is no such thing as a legitimate 3rd party unlock. ONLY the carrier the phone is locked to can authorize unlocking it.
My brother and I are not experts, so maybe you are right, maybe he paid for a carrier unlock, but the guy he paid for the service was not at&t.
You used a 3rd party unlocking service. Such services are illegal. They typically use an insider at a carrier to illegally enter serial numbers into the database maintained by Apple of unlocked phones.
Sooner or later, they will be found out, and there is a good chance the phone will be re-locked.
hope that never happen, if it happen I will have to give it back to my brother, and he will use it with the att sim card. 😐
in which page so I can check my phone like that? what page I can see if my phone has a contract with AT & T?
There is no web site that can tell you whether your phone is under contract with AT&T. Return the phone and get your money back. Buy one from an authorized source instead of Amazon.
I have no way to return it, I am from Venezuela and possibly cheated me, well I see no way to activate it ..
You can try submitting an unlock request to AT&T (start here: https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/client/en_US/termsAndCondition )
But I'm guessing the phone was either stolen or reported lost. If you bought it through Amazon, they should have some kind of arbitration process. Report the problem to them.
Olga:
Te recomiendo que desestimes las sugerencias de salvadorean. No solo son cuestionables, son probablemente altamente ilegales. Y al final te daran mas problemas al final. Desfortunadamente tienes que aceptar el hecho que compraste el iPhone equivocado via un vendedor NO autorizado. Sugiero eleves una queja a nivel de Amazon. Hay ciertas protecciones para compradores. Obviamente el vendedor no fue completamente trasparente.
Si no resulta el apelar a Amazon, trata de vender el telefono a alguien que lo pueda usar en los EEUU. Y comprate un telefono que SI puedas usar en VZ.
Por ultimo, el metodo de desbloqueo/hackeo trae consigo dolores de cabeza. El principal es que los sitios que ofrezen "desbloqueo" son unos engaños que prometen un "codigo" de debloqueo (el cual no existe) por una modica suma de $$$. Y si usas los "programas" de hackeo estas tomando un riesgo ya que no siempre el telefono funciona como tiene que funcionar. Ademas tengo entendido que hasta ahora los hackeadores NO han logrado "liberar" el iOS 6 que es cual funciona con el iPhone 5.
Al final, como dicen los de USA: Your choice.
what itunes asks me to activate the iphone 5, and I have the full name of the owner, the address where you live, and zip code, all you need is the last 4 digits to activate it, a question? is there any way to get the last 4 digits of social security such owner? some product or some number that you can call or ask?
problems activating my Iphone 5