Apple official Unlock, is it possible?

Hi, I have an iphone locked to a carrier in Uruguay. the phone is no longer in use there, is there any way to officially unlock it via Apple?

No - only carriers unlock phones, not Apple.  You need to contact the carrier it is currently locked to, find out if they unlock, and if so, how to proceed.

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  • Apple official unlock o2 UK carrier

    Hi I live in Germany but i am soon moving back to italy.
    I bought myself an iphone 3g 3.1.2 and it said that it has a carrier lock to o2 UK (iphone was bought last week from london)
    Now i have heard that apple has released an official unlock for iphone with o2 carriers as their contract or something is over.....
    Now to my question:
    I dont want an unofficial unlock of the iphone but an official one from apple so that i can use the iphone in italy (where you can use it with any carrier...)
    How do i get one? Do I even get one....? if yes, how?
    I bought it on ebay...

    Official apple unlock with o2 wrote:
    I bought myself an iphone 3g 3.1.2 and it said that it has a carrier lock to o2 UK (iphone was bought last week from london)
    If you bought it on Ebay you may be lucky, or not. If it really is an O2 phone (many are not, but are hacked US phones) then O2 can unlock it for about £25 I recall but you have to have an O2 SIM AND have at least £15 credit on it.
    If its hacked, then nobody will unlock it for you - legally that is.

  • What is the deal with "Apple official unlocked" iPhones on eBay?

    Does anyone know what this means? The eBay sellers say that you can use these phones on any network (like T-Mobile)...but what is the catch? is there some sort of hidden cost or issue with the phones? and why do they say it's officially unlocked by apple, (not jailbroken)...curious as to why/how Apple would do this? Also, does anyone know if/when Apple will make the iPhone available on any other network other than AT&T?
    thanks

    Yes, they are officially unlocked by Apple. Yes they will work on T-Mo but not completely. T-Mobile 3G WILL NOT function on the iPhone 3G due to different frequencies. If you have trouble believing this saying that there isn't one unlocked to test on T-Mo then look at the G1 Android phone from T-Mobile, it WILL NOT work on AT&T 3G, and it can be unlocked.

  • Officially unlocked 3G iphone from Abu Dhabi duty free shop

    In April 08 I had bought officially unlocked 3G iphone from Abu Dhabi duty free shop. They had told me that this is Apple officially unlocked iphone and can be upgraded later. When I upgraded my phone to 3.0 from 2.2, my phone got locked. So be aware of this ..

    Hello, I think I'm experiencing the same problem. Officially unlocked 3G, no network anymore after upgrading to 3.0. Restart/Restore didn't help. The SIM card doesn't seem to be the evildoer, it works in other phones. The iphone is not locked, it works with other SIM cards. seems somehow the combination of phone and sim causing problems. Didn't resolve that yet. You?

  • IPhone4 is officially unlocked?

    my friend bought an iPhone 4 frm  USA, last month he connected his phone in to iTune nd suddenly its said "Congratulation your iPhone has been unlocked" !
    so... i wanna know hw its happen? Apple officially unlocked iPhone or something else?
    How i can unlock my iPhone 4 (offcourse officially)
    Thank you so much.

    Apple was unlocking iPhones. Many people don't know this but Tim Cook's office was performing special unlocking requests. This stirred up some heat and now AT&T will unlock iPhones to current customers who are in good standing and are done with their obligated term of commitment (including having paid an early termination fee.) on Sunday April 8, 2012.
    If you have paid the no-commitment price, AT&T will unlock your phone too.
    AT&T's Statement:
    “Beginning Sunday, April 8, we will offer qualifying customers the ability to unlock their AT&T iPhones. The only requirements are that a customer’s account must be in good standing, their device cannot be associated with a current and active term commitment on an AT&T customer account, and they need to have fulfilled their contract term, upgraded under one of our upgrade policies or paid an early termination fee.”
    Source: http://9to5mac.com/2012/04/06/in-response-to-rising-number-of-complaints-att-is- unlocking-iphones/?utm_source=pulsenews&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Feed%3A +9To5Mac-MacAllDay+%289+to+5+Mac+-+Apple+Intelligence%29

  • Can i use some other company's locked iphone? or can i get official unlock from apple? cause i had iphone but it got water damage and don't want to pay crazy amount of money to get brand new...

    can i use some other company's locked iphone? or can i get official unlock from apple? cause i had iphone but it got water damage and don't want to pay crazy amount of money to get brand new...
    and i m getting locked phone from my family memeber for free. but he's with some other carrier. so can i get official unlock for that phone. please help me with this.
    thank you

    Only the original cellular provider can authorize unlocking. You will need to contact them to determine if they offer unlocking and if the phone qualifies.

  • IOS 7 has remove the unlock sound for the apple devices? Is it possible to set it back?

    iOS 7 has remove the unlock sound for the apple devices? Is it possible to set it back?

    ATV cannot play movies from the TC, even if it is on your home network.. ATV is a streamer.. it is not a media player.. and the TC is a dumb as a board hard disk in a router.. so it has nothing in it either.
    You cannot play movies from ATV without itunes, which streams to the ATV.
    If the iMac is running 24/7 then you should be able to connect to the iMac remotely and run from iTunes on that, which could then play movies stored on the TC.. with the following issues.. if you use wireless on the iMac forget it. The iMac has to be ethernet connected as it has to pick up the movie on the library and play it back to the TC to network to your home.
    The next issues is speed of slowest connection.
    Your download to your home maybe great.. what is the upload speed from your office like??
    If you pay for uploads and downloads you will pay for the movie 3x.. first to download it.. second to upload it.. office to net..  and third to download it again.. net to home..  Sorry but it is better to play the movie directly from online itunes store.
    If you plan to try and play non-itunes movies over the connection, it won't work.. ATV as stated is linked to itunes and cannot play movie files.
    Overall this sounds like you need to think it out a bit more.

  • Hello, did apple ever make iphone 3gs officially unlocked without contract commetment please?

    hello, did apple ever make iphone 3gs officially unlocked without contract commetment please?

    Outside of the US, some carriers sold unlocked iPhone 3GSs as per the laws of the country in which they operated. At no time has the iPhone 3GS (or any iPhone prior to the iPhone 4) been available unlocked in the US, nor will it be unlocked. You can pay full retail price or complete a contract term, but no iPhone will be unlocked by AT&T. You can buy an unlocked iPhone 4 from Apple and use it any where, but you will pay full retail price for the phone.
    Next time do a search before you post a question. There are hundreds (not an exaggeration) of threads and responses to this question.

  • Official unlock question for apple

    now that the iphone is no longer offered solely by AT&T, will they or will Apple allow owners of previous models to officially unlock their phones. I have a 3G that I want to gift to a relative that resides abroad, but they need it unlocked in order to use it. what are my options, kind folks?

    This is a user-to-user forum - Apple doesn't participate here and we (users such as yourself) are not privy to unannounced Apple decisions.
    That said, previously sold AT&T iPhones are covered by the agreements in force at the time of sale. The decision to officially unlock iPhones is solely up to AT&T, which has never unlocked any phones under any circumstances in the past. Don't hold your breath.
    BTW, the AT&T phones are incompatible with the CDMA format Verizon network, even if unlocked.

  • Official unlock for iphone

    Dear Sir/Madame,
    Is it possible to buy official unlock for iphone? I love Apple products. But I live in Russia and cannot buy official iPhone. I had to buy unlocked one. Is it possible to buy official unlock for iphone so that I could update my iphone software and buy software in AppStore?

    Iphone is carrier locked to the provider in the country in which it is purchased.
    You can get an official iphone when it is released in your country.

  • Officially unlocked iPhone on other carriers

    Hello,
    as I understand iPhones purchased in Italy are officially unlocked. As all iPhones have to be activated, is it possible to activate an unlocked iPhone with a carrier which is not listed on the Apple carrier website ( http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1937 )? Furthermore, if the phone can be activated, are the MMS and tethering functions available in the phone's menu when connected to such a carrier?
    Thanks for your help...

    Thank you for your quick replies...
    Well, I don't really care about MMS and voicemail(visual voicemail is almost certainly not supported because it's an iphone specific feature), but tethering is really crucial to me as I travel allot and need an internet connection on my laptop. My carrier supports tethering, currently I tether my e71 without any problems. The only question is will I have a menu option in settings on the iPhone to set the tethering and data connection options? I know those options are hidden if you buy a locked one, since they're already set up with the specifications for the carrier the phone is locked to.

  • Official Unlocked iPhones - Not Cracked

    I believe apple is selling official unlocked iPhones in France. Will this unlocked iphone work in other countries? For example if I purchase unlocked iPhone in France, will it work in Australia?

    There is another post on here from a person who lives in Belgium and works 10 miles away in France. The iPhone works fine with the French Network SIM card installed, but not when they change the SIM to a Belgian network SIM.
    There is another post from a person who purchased the officially unlocked iPhone in Germany to use in Holland (Netherlands). They are experiencing exactly the same problem. With a country specific SIM installed in Germany, their iPhone works flawlessly, yet when the Dutch network SIM is installed, iPhone does not function correctly.
    Ergo, my guess is the official unlocked iPhone requires a country specific network SIM for activation and use.
    This situation is no different to any other mobile phone SIM. I can't take my O2 or 3 SIM card out of my phone and install it into a phone I bought in South Africa and expect it to log into the O2 or 3 network in the U.K. The IMEI of the phone in use would have to be registered to the SIM you are proposing to use on the O2 or 3 network in the U.K. For use abroad, International Roaming would have to be activated on your account in the country of the network providing the SIM card.
    You would therefor have to contact the network in the country the SIM was issued on, register your IMEI of the new handset and activate International Roaming on your account. You would then be able to use the new mobile overseas, piggybacking onto whichever network provides International Roaming support for your originating network, whilst incurring international call rates.
    If I didn't want to incur international call rates, I would have to buy a SIM card from a network in the country I was in and use it in either the new handset or my existing SIM FREE handset.
    Buying an unlocked (are unlocked and SIM FREE the same thing? This could be argued.) handset does not guarantee use anywhere in the world. Whilst most SIM FREE mobile phones can be used with any SIM, it could be argued that releasing an official unlocked phone in one particular country, based on the laws of that specific country, is intended for use exclusively in the country whose laws stipulate unlocking of mobile phones.
    Could I get full functionality and support on say a Treo 750 on a network which doesn't support that particular device? I would say not, hence Network operators/providers run tests on any mobile device they plan to launch to check functionality. Any upgrades to their system are carried out prior to launch of that particular model, to ensure full functionality of the device. Thus some networks offer certain mobile phones, whilst other networks don't.
    This is my understanding of the situation:
    The SIM card, read the small print, is the property of the providing network. If the network you plan to use iPhone on offers iPhone or an iPhone SIM, then it will work.
    iPhone will work properly in a country it has officially been launched in with either, in the case of the locked iPhone, a dedicated network SIM pre-installed and activated with a price plan or in the case of the officially unlocked iPhone, a SIM from a network within the country the unlocked iPhone was sold in.
    In theory, I could go and buy an unlocked iPhone in France. I could use that iPhone in the U.K, however, only on O2 with a price plan (after obtaining an O2 iPhone SIM card) or I could use the iPhone with International Roaming active with any network SIM from a Mobile provider in France, but I would incur International Call Rates.
    What you are trying to do is to get round being charged International Roaming Call Rates. This is only possible if iPhone is used with a SIM card from a mobile operator in a country iPhone has been officially released in.

  • Officially unlocked iPhone locked by O2

    Hi,
    I bought iPhone 4, officially unlocked from Apple store in UK, and it was Sim-free, but after installing O2 sim card in O2 store the guy their manage to lock my phone, now my phone is locked to O2 network and I can't be used in any other carrier
    how it can be locked like this, is it possible to lock unlocked iPhones? and how to unlocked it?
    Please help

    Solarya,
    If you bought an unlocked iPhone 4 from the Apple Canada store online, not an authorized reseller then the iPhone should remain unlocked no matter which carrier (Rogers, Fido, Bell, Telus, etc) MicroSIM you use. If it is locking it to the carrier and not allowing swapping of MicrSIM for another carrier then call the number below. Please post your outcome after calling Apple. Per the Apple Canada website:
    "Your new iPhone. Direct from Apple and ready to use.
    When you purchase your iPhone from the Apple Online Store, you’ll get it commitment-free. So you can sign up for service with the carrier of your choice and change your carrier at any time. Questions? Call our iPhone experts at 1-800-MY-APPLE."

  • Can I use officially unlocked iPhone in different countries?

    I'm moving to Rome with my job for eight months, then on to Chicago for four months, then back to London. I'm trying to find out if I buy an unlocked Pay as You Go iPhone in one of the various EU countries selling manufacturer unlocked units (France, Germany, Italy, etc) , will it work in each country if I switch to that country's telecom's Sim cards.
    The blogs and iPhone dedicated websites are full of opinions but no one seems to have definitive experience doing this. Some users say it should work, others say the EU iPhones are unlocked for the specific country of purchase but will not work with another country's telecom's Sim cards. The Apple Stores will not confirm any usage outside their own country. Similar response from the relevant telecoms. The Apple Support pages do not make any reference to cross country usage beyond roaming.
    A privately unlocked iPhone is an option but I prefer an official unlock so there are no hassles. Not looking for opinions here - can find more than enough on the internet. I'm looking for actual first hand experience using these officially unlocked iPhones between countries.

    Thanks for the correction on the relevant carriers. Looking at the European options: Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, and Czech Republic should work based on details from Apple's carrier list.
    Before I buy I would like to confirm someone has actually purchased an unlocked iPhone in either Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg or Czech Republic and used it with Sim cards from another country.

  • I paid 700$ for officially unlocked phone, but it's LOCKED !!

    Hello,
    I have a problem unlocking my I phone 3GS
    I bought my I phone From Mobily Saudi Arabia for 700$ (official carrier)
    It was officially unlocked to all networks and working fine till 3G Network reception failed after few weeks, I visited Mobily center and they replaced it with a new I phone
    Now my phone is locked for Mobily sim cards only !
    I paid 700$ for a phone that is supposed to work on all networks as advertised on apple’s website and mobily sale’s center .. but IT’S LOCKED !!!!
    I went to Mobily many times they say there is a problem in entering serial numbers for replacement phones to apple server, they informed apple about it and they can’t do anything about it right now till apple solve the problem
    And my phone will get unlocked eventually after weeks or months who knows ?? (it's been 3 weeks now)
    I’m tired of the lies ! the waiting ! I hate apple and I hate mobily ! and I don’t like the I phone anymore
    I want for the I phone I paid 700$ for to work as it’s supposed to “ ON EVERY SIM CARD”

    Best speak to Mobily then as its nothing to do with Apple. This is a technical support forum and Apple do not visit these forums.
    If it was officially unlocked, and then replaced, you should have asked for an unlocked replacement.Where does it say on Apples website that all phones work on all networks ?
    Sounds like you have a problem with Mobily - rather than anyone here. Talk to them as nobody here can help you.

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