Exactly, why pay somebody for something you can do yourself for free. I assume all these services do is contact AT&T on your behalf.
-----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Woody Anna Dresner Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2015 7:10 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Unlocking Iphone 6? Hi, I didn't have to pay anything to get AT&T to unlock my old phone. Best, Anna > On Aug 30, 2015, at 6:17 PM, Alex Stone <alex.st...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It's all a big racket by the mobile providers to make us pay money for > something we ought to be able to do for free. > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain > Sent: 30 August 2015 18:35 > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Unlocking Iphone 6? > > Remember that in 2013, it became illegal, under the DMCA for someone > to unlock their smart phone through a 3rd party. It was still legal to > do this through your carrier though. In 2014 the US administration > reversed this and made it legal for individuals to unlock their own > devices. The Consumer Code for Wireless Service is a voluntary > agreement that all of the major and most other carriers in the US have > implemented on unlocking customers smart phones. I'm not sure if this > helps at all, or if it's just an interesting bit of history at this point. > > On 08/30/2015 12:25 PM, Cris Ali wrote: >> Hello Sieghard, >> I used a third party unlocking service three years ago When I needed to >> unlock my 4S. The unlocking went as smooth as drinking Water. At that time >> my carrier refused to unlock it for me. However, the service I used had a >> physical address in the mall close to where I live. In fact I went to their >> shop myself and did the transaction in person, not over the phone or email. >> >> I think such third party unlocking services would find it hard to cheat, >> because one can always go back to the store and demand refund or >> demonstration that the unlocking indeed took place. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel >> Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2015 7:25 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: RE: Unlocking Iphone 6? >> >> Hi Cris, >> >> Do not use a third-party service, there are lot of scammers out there and >> you should always unlock through your carrier. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf Of Cris Ali >> Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2015 11:36 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: RE: Unlocking Iphone 6? >> >> How did you unlock your iPhone? Did you go through AT&T or whatever carrier >> you have, or did you use a third party unlocking service? I need to unlock >> a phone before I go overseas, because I can't afford international roaming. >> I prefer to buy and use a local sim card with a local number overseas. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Cris >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf Of Steve Vandecar >> Sent: Friday, August 28, 2015 5:53 PM >> To: IPhone List List <viphone@googlegroups.com> >> Subject: Unlocking Iphone 6? >> >> Hello, >> >> I just unlocked my Iphone 6AT&T or think I did anyways. Now how do I tell >> if I really did? >> >> Thanks >> Steve >> > > -- > Christopher (CJ) > chaltain at Gmail > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. 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