Unlocking would increase the value, but jailbreaking would not add any value. Your carrier should unlock the phone (provide instructions) once your phone is out of contract and upon request.
On Sep 13, 2012, at 3:24 PM, Ben Mustill-Rose <b...@benmr.com> wrote: > Hi, > > If anything, in your situation, I think jailbreaking and unlocking > would decrease the value of the phone - I know I would pay less for > it. The solution for your device would mean that the new owner would > *never* be able to do a normal restore even if they wanted to loos the > unlock & jb; it just wouldn't work. How would the owner feel if they > wern't able to upgrade to iOs 6? If you can't afford to / don't have > the option of getting it properly unlocked then don't bother trying > and just sell it locked. > > Cheers, > Ben. > > On 9/13/12, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I'm not sure jail breaking will increase the price you can get for your >> phone. Warranty may not be an issue, but jail breaking will void your >> warranty and you won't be able to get support from Apple or your >> carrier. I think it will depend on whether the person who wants to >> purchase your phone wants it to be jail broken or not. Maybe you can >> offer that option on request. >> >> On 13/09/12 13:29, Ioana Gandrabur wrote: >>> Hi, >>> I want to maximize prize when selling old phone so would like to jail >>> brake and unlock. I assume there is an unteathered jb for latest ios 5? >>> Any help is appreciated. By the way I use a Mac. >>> Best, >>> Ioana >>> >>> Typed with Fleksy <http://fleksy.com/app> >>> reply://igandra...@gmail.com >>> >>> >>> >>> Please check out my cd on www.ioanagandrabur.com >>> <http://www.ioanagandrabur.com>, on iTunes or most online stores. >>> Sent from my phone >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Christopher (CJ) >> chaltain at Gmail >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
