From Argentina, need to unlock
Hi, a friend just come from USA and give me as gift his iphone 4 16gb black from verizon. I need to unlock it for using with argeninian carrier.
How u can help me?
Thanks so much, Gaston
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Verizon will not unlock an iPhone 4S for use on a foreign carrier UNLESS it is currently active on a Verizon account.
I assume your friend is a Verizon customer who gave you his iPhone 4S? You should send the phone back to him/her, they can activate it on their account and get it unlocked. He/she can then re-activate their phone back on their account and send the iPhone back to you. You would then be able to use the device on a carrier in your country.
If you are unwilling/unable to do this, your best bet would be to sell the device(on ebay for example) to someone who would be able to use it.
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