Actually, at&t is not required to unlock a phone, even if it's off contract. I think this should be required, but currently it is not, at least not in the U.S. In many countries in Europe this is actually required, but here, the carriers are completely free to choose whether or not to do this. For a while, at&t had a policy that they would not unlock iphones at all, they probably changed this because of consumer pressure, but the law does not force them to do this. On Aug 15, 2013, at 4:33 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote:
> Hi don, > > From what \i heard on the Today in i|OS Podcast most callers said that > contacting AT&T about unlocking an older off-contract phone was easy and > straight forward. You should not have to pay to have this done and in my > opinion anybody who advertises that they can unlock your phone for whatever > amount are scammers. If the phone is off-contract AT&T is obligated to > unlock it or, I guess I should say, provide unlock instructions. If the > phone is not off-contract, well, then if you unlock it by whatever means you > are doing something illegal and I would not recommend that. > > A friend of mine just contacted Telus here in Canada to have his old iPhone > 4 unlocked and he said it was super easy as well. > > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Donald L. Roberts > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 1:38 PM > To: Viphone > Subject: 3-GS question > > My first iPhone was a 3GS which is locked to A T and T. I know of a > reputable online business which will unlock it for $24.95. I am wondering > whether its resale value will be significantly improved if I invest the > money to unlock it. As I am not the original owner of the 3GS, it seemed > like an exercise in futility to contact A T and T about the unlock, although > the phone's original owner completed all the terms of the original purchase > agreement. > > Don Roberts > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > 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. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > 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. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
