Re: unlocking a locked Iphone

Christopher Chaltain Thu, 27 Feb 2020 16:44:24 -0800

I'm not speaking from personal experience, but this is true for the SE,except for SE's from Sprint. You also need to pay attention to the bandssupported by your phone. Here's everything you ever wanted to know aboutmoving your SE from carrier to carrierhttps://www.whistleout.com/CellPhones/Guides/Will-my-iPhone-SE-work-on-another-carrier




On 2/27/20 8:32 AM, Richard Turner wrote:

Well, I did not know this about newer phones, but I am doubtful the SE is in 
that category.
If you call Verizon and ask them if you get AT&T to unlock the phone; can you 
use it on their network, then you'll know for sure.



Richard

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-----Original Message-----
From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of kitty 
hevener
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2020 6:26 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: unlocking a locked Iphone

Is that true for the Iphone SE?

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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Christopher Chaltain
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2020 5:50 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com; Simon A Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com>
Subject: Re: unlocking a locked Iphone

since the US carriers have moved to 4G LTE and are now moving to 5G, there is 
no need to choose between GSM and CDMA.
https://www.androidauthority.com/gsm-vs-cdma-689328/


On 2/27/20 2:54 AM, Simon A Fogarty wrote:

  From memory the last few years iPhone releasesare both CDMA and gsm

Hence Verizon can use a or could use iPhones without sim cards

-----Original Message-----
From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of
kitty hevener
Sent: Thursday, 27 February 2020 6:50 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: unlocking a locked Iphone

Richard, per your suggestion, I contacted apple accessibility and have learned that the 
phone is at&t.  The apple person led me to believe I could use a Gsm onCDMA.  Hmm, 
wonder if an apple store could do whatever needs to be done to make it work on cdma, if 
at&t unlocks it.

-----Original Message-----
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On
Behalf Of Richard Turner
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2020 12:06 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: unlocking a locked Iphone

I'm not Mark, but GSM phones cannot be used with Verizon or Sprint who use CDMA.

Richard
"There's a nap for that." -- an anonymous cat

Sent from my iPhone SE

On Feb 26, 2020, at 8:47 PM, kitty hevener <kheve...@earthlink.net> wrote:

Mark, hope I am not making an issue more complicated that it needs to be.  If I understand 
right, at&t uses gsm technology.  So, if u get your at&t phone unlocked, will you 
then only be able to use it with other carriers that use gsm?  You would not be able to use 
that unlocked at&t phone with gsm technology on Verizon or another carrier who used 
CDEMA, right?

-----Original Message-----
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On
Behalf Of M. Taylor
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 9:02 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: unlocking a locked Iphone

Hello Carolyn,

You will need to submit an unlock request to A T & T at the end of your 
contract as they will not automatically unlock the device.

Speaking from personal experience, A T & T is absolutely wonderful when it comes to 
unlocking devices.  I have unlocked many, many A T & T phones over the years and, 
in most cases, the unlock code is provided within 10 to 30 minutes of submitting the 
unlock request.

When you are ready to unlock you’re a T & T device, you may submit the unlock 
request using the form located at the following URL:

https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/#/.

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On
Behalf Of Carolyn
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 4:48 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: unlocking a locked Iphone

Question about locked phones. I bought a phone and am on a 30-month AT&T contract. 
I know, a lot of people don't like those contracts, but this seemed like a good deal. I 
can be patient, know it won't last forever. So my question is, will my phone be locked 
with AT&T in 31 months, when I might want to return to Consumer Cellular? Or I 
eventually might want to sell my phone?

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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On
Behalf Of Cristóbal Muñoz
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 1:06 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: unlocking a locked Iphone

No kidding. If you can, return the phone and get your money back.
I've bought iPhones on buy/sell mailing lists and eBay and have always had good 
luck. I always make sure that the description states that it's unlocked or have 
the seller provide me with the IMEI so I can check compatibility/status on my 
carrier. If eBay, I can usually tell by the feedback and what else the seller 
has posted if it's an individual seller or it's someone who flips phones. A 
professional flipper is not going to burn themselves over one sale, so I'm less 
concerned about that.
Small consolation now I know, but just something to keep in mind for the future.


Cristóbal

-----Original Message-----
From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf
Of Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 8:45 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: unlocking a locked Iphone

Carriers to my knowledge are legally obligated to unlock a phone if it is no 
longer under contract and you should be able to find out which carrier has to 
do it.
Here in Canada carriers can no longer sell phones locked to them, all phones 
have to be unlocked I think since December 1, 2018. This means of course you 
still find locked phones which people sell and which were locked before, but 
since then all new phones have to be unlocked.

-----Original Message-----
From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf
Of Carolyn
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 8:29 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: unlocking a locked Iphone

And, if Verizon can't make it work, I would have doubts that anyone could. At 
our Verizon store, the guys down there seem to live to do stuff with phones to 
get them going just right.

When I had Verizon, they had a division of Customer Service for special 
problems, and the guy there helped me and Jim with a phone some years back.

-----Original Message-----
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On
Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 7:17 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: unlocking a locked Iphone

The seller obviously lied, I would never buy a used iPhone online and unseen 
unless maybe on a list like this where I sort of know the person who is selling 
it has been around and even then I have heard stories where people sell stuff 
which is not at all as advertised or disappear with the money. Caveat emptor is 
very much in order here.


-----Original Message-----
From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf
Of Richard Turner
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 9:25 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: unlocking a locked Iphone

I'd call Apple and see if they can tell from the the serial number, which they 
can get if they do a screen share with you.
Otherwise you will have to find out what the carrier was, and possibly get the 
seller to give their permission to have it unlocked.
Sadly, it could be that the seller simply lied.
But, call Apple Accessibility: 877-204-3930 and see what they can sort out.

Richard
"There's a nap for that." -- an anonymous cat

Sent from my iPhone SE

On Feb 25, 2020, at 9:11 PM, kitty hevener <kheve...@earthlink.net> wrote:

I purchased an Iphone that was advertised as unlocked.  Seller
assured me it would work with my carrier, Verizon.  Sadly, Verizon
informed me that the phone was locked and they said it could only be
unlocked by carrier was using.
Does anyone know of any workaround for getting it unlocked?  Thanks.

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