Unlocking means you can then stick a sim in the phone from another carrier and it will take it. I had an ATT tilt that they gave me the unlock code for, put my tmobile sim in and everything worked.
Jailbreaking allows you to run unofficial code on the iphone and using third party app installers like cydia you can install apps that aren't approved by the app store. Jailbreaking lets you do a little more customization to the home screen than Apple allows like putting more icons on the home screen, customizing the background etc. On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 8:25 PM, db <db...@att.net> wrote: > What's the difference between unlocking and jailbreak? > > And how could they have done that to the phones that are advertised as such > but still in their boxes shrink wrapped? > > db > > mike wrote: > >> There is software out there that unlocks and others that jailbreak. >> >> On Nov 7, 2009 7:57 PM, "db" <db...@att.net> wrote: >> >> Yes... I googled around and see that people are selling 3G models ... some >> new in the box ... and supposedly unlocked for $300-$400. >> >> How are people unlocking them? Especially the ones that say they are new >> shrink wrapped in the box. >> >> db >> >> Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: > > No you buy a used Iphone that no longer >> has >> a contract on it. > >... >> >> >> ************************************************************************* >> ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >> ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >> ************************************************************************* >> >> >> > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
