Here's what you do activate the iPhone if you had a BlackBerry

I had luck activating my phone after a 25-hour wait!! Finally.
Doomay, thank you for posting this number.
Ok, this is what I did.
Called 1 877 800 3701
Spoke to a representative. She was very helpful. Tried everything and eventually realized that the problem lies in my existing BlackBerry data plan that stubbornly refuses to get replaced with the apple data plan. So what she did, is left everything the way it is, and activated the phone without activating the data plan. That's it. I got confirmation email in seconds while I was still on the phone with her. The Phone started working seconds later. Sure, I probably have no email functionality just yet, but this will be resolved on Monday when the customer care center opens -- 1800 331 0500. At least now the phone is "unlocked", everything works and i already got a backlog of sms messages from yesterday and today. Hooray!!
If you call that number, ask for Penny Wells.
That's all folks!

This was helpful, thanks.

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Apple needs to test the carrier if they offer LTE as expected.
If your country/carrier is not on the list then there's no LTE on your iPhone.
http://www.apple.com/iphone/LTE/
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scrapman26 wrote:
i was told it can take between 5 and 72 hours for the carrier unlock is done.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4858
http://help.apple.com/icloud/#/mmc0cd7e99
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