To add to that I have heard it put out there that VZW will not be locking their IPhone 5. I have heard you can even put an AT&T sim in it, although you will not get AT&T LTE though. Just 3G or what they call 4G.
On 10/3/12, Grant Hardy <grantha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I was perusing a forum the other day and came across some strange > reports from people who own unlocked iPhones on iOS 6. The reports > claim that users are being presented with the activation screen upon > swapping in a SIM, and are requested to connect to the internet to > activate. Of course, this never used to be the case: once a phone is > unlocked, you are meant to be able to swap SIMS at your leisure > without ever having to reactivate. It wouldn't be ideal to have to > reactivate every new SIM, because you'd obviously have to have a data > connection to do the activation. When traveling this could be tricky. > The reports claim that this is a new measure in iOS 6 to curb > unauthorized unlocks. > > The bizarre thing is that I've read an equal number of reports > claiming that this absolutely isn't the case and that users are not > being presented with the activation screen. I've also read theories > that this might differ between iPhones sold unlocked directly through > Apple, and carrier-unlocked phones; though I don't really see why this > should be the case. > > Personally, I don't own an unlocked iPhone at the moment but am sure > that my upcoming iPhone 5 will be unlocked. I would therefore like to > ask what people's experiences are with unlocked iPhones, swapping SIMS > in iOS 6. > > Grant > > -- > 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.
