HT4623 iPhone 3GS, 3 years old. Unlock?

Hello. I have an iPhone 3GS, 3 years old. I have purchased it in USA, but have used it in Europe, and with a Danish carrier. Is it locked to any carrier after 3 years or can I update it to IOS 6. Or can you provide an official EMEI unlock?
Regards from Denmark.
Peter Willkan

In order to use it outside the US without having it legitimately unlocked by AT&T, it had to be hacked.
Hacked/jailbroken phones can not be discussed here per the terms of use.
ONLY AT&T can legally authorize unlocking it. Contact them. Be warned that the 'hack' used to unlock it for use outside the US originally may render it unable to process a legitimate unlock even if AT&T agrees to unlock it for you. You may be left with a brick.

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Hello. I have an iphone 3gs 8gb factory unlocked. Currently its running on ios 5.0.1 and I am trying to update it ios 5.1.1 but its not updating. The itunes downloads the ios 5.1.1and gives back unknown error(3194). Please help.

Unable to contact the iOS software update server gs.apple.com
Error 1004, 1013, 1638, 3194: These errors may be the result of the connection to gs.apple.com being redirected or blocked. Follow these steps to resolve these errors:
Install the latest version of iTunes.
Check security software. Ensure that communication to gs.apple.com is allowed. Follow this article for assistance with security software. iTunes for Windows: Troubleshooting security software issues.
Check the hosts file. The restore will fail if there is an active entry to redirect gs.apple.com. FollowiTunes: Advanced iTunes Store troubleshooting to edit the hosts file or revert to a default hosts file. See section "Blocked by configuration: (Mac OS X/Windows) > Rebuild network information".
Try to restore from another known-good computer and network.
If the errors persist on another computer, the device may need service.

I have an iphone 3gs 16g, old bootrom. it is stuck at dfu mod.

I have an iphone 3gs 16g, old bootrom. it is stuck at dfu mode, and has a black screen. IOS is 5.1.1 and was jailbroken. the battery was messed up so i got a new one and put it in my self it worked but it keep shuting off by its self. how can i fix it? It started out with a white screen, i watched a youtube video to fix it. it worked. Then it started shuting off by its self. i tryed to restore it with itunes it keep giving me error codes. I dont know what to do. I need help. plzz help me.

http://theiphonewiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=ITunes_Errors
I agree with John, if you are going through more than 2 error codes that are ALL different (say for example 1604 and 21, they should be back and forth depending on what you do to correct it), you're having serious hardware failure.

I have an iphone 3gs the old battery was useless so i replaced it with a new battery but it wont hold a charge now it used to charge to old battery but would just turned off if disconnected to its not the dock connecter any advice

i have an iphone 3gs the old battery was useless so i replaced it with a new battery but it wont hold a charge now it used to charge to old battery but would just turned off if disconnected to its not the dock connecter any advice

Advice:
1. Learn to use punctuation and sentence structure - your post makes little sense.
2. I'm getting the idea you now want to use your old "useless" battery. Why, if it's useless?

HT4623 how to know an iphone 3gs is factory unlocked or not ?

dear apple
i came to buy an iphone 3gs from a friends ,
but there is a problem , i want to know if it is factory unlocked or not . how can u help me plz

Apple are not here.
Ask your friend, try different SIMs in it, or call AppleCare and ask.

Dead iPhone 3GS after ATT Unlock

After I upgraded to a 4S, I kept my 3GS in hopes of someday unlocking it for my wife to use on t-Mobile. I was pleased to hear that ATT and Apple would provide an Unlock for out of contract iPhones. I got the unlock and everything went well for about week. Then one morning the 3GS was completely dead. I tried every reset and plugging it in to every type of charger. Still dead. I even took into the Apple Store and they said they couldn't do anything and would replace the 3GS for $150. This phone worked fine until the unlock, it may be coincidence but phone has never been dropped, or wet and is grreat condition. $150 is not an excessive amount if I can unlock it, which Apple says I can. I thought about replacing the battery for about $25 but Apple says that if I open it up the $150 is off the table. I would like to keep this phone since it is already unlocked and if I replace the battery could Apple really tell.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.

When ATT unlocked my iphone 3gs, it also turned into a brick. Completely died. I was traveling in Europe at the time, and wanted to switch out the sim card. When it died, boarding passes, reservations, directions, contacts, camera, etc, all gone. Totally aggravating. I had replaced a few parts over the years. It was old, but it still worked great, before the unlock.
Anyway, when I got home, I took out the battery and tested it, and sure enough it still had 3.5v. (I had replaced the battery maybe a year before.) And just for my own edification, I replaced the dock connector, thinking maybe that was the cause. Nope. Still wouldn't even be recognized on USB...let alone itunes.
When I went into Apple store, they confirmed that the phone was probably too old to support the software/change. Fair enough. But apparently, ATT unlocking phones has been problematic. Here's an recent example:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303559504579195881629809394
If it happens to you, I suggest demanding a credit from the carrier. ATT gave me $170. I bought a used, factory-unlocked GSM iphone 5s. swappa.com worked great. And going non-contract cut my mobile phone bill by two-thirds.

HT4623 Iphone 3gs tech issues.

I have an Iphone 3gs and I am having messaging issues. I can't picture text at all. Cant send or recieve. Can't print from my phone. My daughter has a Ipad and she can print from her Ipad. Also I can't send multiple people when sending one message.
To start from the begining I bought this phone and am using Straigt Talk service but it is an AT&T phone. I have an at&t compatible sim card. When I got this from someone they said that if I have the phone unlocked my phone will be able to use the text messaging. I have done this and it still doesn't work. Also this information was the same when I asked Apple at my local store.

StraightTalk is not a supported GSM carrier. Contact them for help setting things up for MMS messaging. (group text messages go out as MMS messages, not SMS messages).

If i restore and update my iphone 3gs would the unlock go away

i am not sure if my unlock on the iphone 3gs 4.3.3 will go away cause it is not factory restored but i want to restore without updating because it has some springboard problems

If by "not factory unlocked" you mean hacked, then it will most certainly remove the unlock, and no one on these forums can help you.

How to check iphone 3gs is factory unlock

how to check iphone 3gs is factory unlock

Put a SIM from another carrier in it...
Where did you get it from? If you're in the U.S. There is no such thing as a factory unlocked iPhone 3Gs.

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Thanks,
PRANAJ

Depends wher you obtained the iPhone from and it's original supplier
If the iPhone is an authorised unlock ( approved by the carrier) or was
purchased from Apple as an unlocked iPhone updating the iOS
will have no effect on the iPhone and it's lock status
HOWEVER if the software has been tampered with to remove the lock,
updating the iOs will lock the iPhone back to the original carrier who holds the lock
To find out the status of your iPhone you could call Apple support
and they may tell you if the iPhone is locked or not and if it is which carrier

How to identify iphone 3gs if factory unlocked

how do i identify my iphone 3gs is factory unlocked

put another SIM card and see if it connects then it is factory unlock if it writes no service then it is locked

HT4623 iphone 3gs update

I have a iphone 3gs and i am unable to update it over the air because i am not getting software update option in general menu and when i download it via itunes it stops in between and says that an error has occured. please help

That's because you have a 3G, NOT a 3GS.
4.2.1 is the end of the line for that old bird.

Iphone 3gs airtel official unlock

Dear Friend ,
i got e-mail from airtel that they had unlocked my iphone 3gs , when i connected it with i tunes and restored
it shows a message that insert a sim card , the mobile number which i gave airtel people is my other airtel number which was not the one purchased with airtel Iphone 3gs package , because the phone was gifted to me
so plz tell me how can i activate it , which sim is hould insert during actiavtion procedure ? airtel or any othe carrier ?

There are four possible causes of the activation error:
The activation server is unavailable. Rare, but it happens. Usually fixed within minutes.
Your antivirus or firewall (or your router's firewall) is blocking access to the domain gs.apple.com on ports 80 and 443.
Your phone is jailbroken.
Your phone isn't jailbroken, but the computer you are connected to during the restore or update was used to hack or jailbreak some other iOS device, and its network database was corrupted in the process.
Perhaps this will provide you some clues as to how to proceed. If your iPhone has not been jailbroken, Apple has some troubleshooting suggestions here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3424?viewlocale=en_US
If your iPhone has been jailbroken, you're on your own. We can provide no assistance for jailbroken devices in these forums.
Regards.
(part of the above information quoted with gratitude from Lawrence Finch)

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