My iPhone 4 Saga

In December 2010, I received an iPhone 4 AT&T sent over to me from a friend for Christmas. I set it up, and activated it using the AT&T sim card. I then realised I wouldn't be able to use it as a phone in the UK, but I didn't worry as I had an iPhone 3G at the time, and therefore I used it as an iPod Touch technicially. Unfortunately, I sold my iPhone 3G upon the impression you can unlock the iPhone 4, but ever since I have been using a cheap phone, quite clearly because I was unable to unlock it. In June 2011, I had upgraded to iOS 5 on my iPhone 4, and the battery started to get overheated at times and Apple exchanged my phone for a new one (probably refurbished). Now, they set it up for me there and then and I expected seeing as this is a UK Apple Store they had given me an UK iPhone 4. No, they hadn't as UK Sims wouldn't work in it and so I then again had to use it as an iPod Touch. . Seeing as they had iOS 5 on this new iPhone 4 I had no reason to update my iPhone, but recently I did so to 5.0.1 as I had to restore my iPhone 4 due to an iTunes Logo coming up in the screen "Recovery Mode?". This was a huge mistake. I can't activate my iPhone 4 at all. The AT&T sim won't activate it and I can't afford to buy a new iPhone. I really would like to be able to use it for it's intended purpose but I don't know what to do. Seeing as it is now no longer locked to AT&T, but it isnt even Unlocked, I cant activate it. Help please??
PS. I have never been able to use iMessage, FaceTime or Push Notifications

No need to double post. As told to you, your phone is locked to AT&T. You cannot get your phone unlocked and cannot use your phone in the UK.
End of story. Reposting over and over doesn't change reality.

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hast du nach dem Importieren die Bilder automatisch vom iPhone löschen lassen oder sind sie noch auf dem iPhone?
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Wenn es ausgewählt wird, sollte eine Liste von Bildern erscheinen (dauert ein bisschen).
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Hello everyone,
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Through a ridiculous saga of events, I finally had to send an email to a customer service supervisor with screenshots, outlined below to try to resolve.
Besides this, is there anything else I can to do address this situation?
I don't want any Verizon Wireless customer to EVER go through this.
Please see the detailed email below for reference.
Hi Laura,
I am also including GoWireless customer service on this email due to the incredibly TERRIBLE customer service I received from their employees.
As we discussed over the phone, I am contacting about the terrible, dishonest, and incompetent customer service I received regarding my upgrading of iPhone 6 through GoWireless Verizon Wireless Premium Retailer located at The Shoppes at Chino Hills, 13925 City Center Drive, Chino Hills. Their phone number is 909-465-5840.
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As I didn't see the credits applied today, I called customer service and spoke to you eventually about this situation.
While I appreciate your help in trying to resolve this, I would like to make a note of the following:
1. GoWireless sales representative WILL was INCOMPETENT and/or DISHONEST in applying my credits. As the text messages show, the ONLY reason my family purchased the phones were because of the $200 per phone credit.
2. GoWireless store manager AARON is INCOMPETENT and/or DISHONEST about this situation.
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3. Verizon Wireless account manager (phone number 619-756-2100) is INCOMPETENT or DISHONEST about this situation. He indicated that he would help resolve this and he did not, and, in fact, has ignored my attempts to contact him over the past few weeks. I am shocked that such a person could be given responsibility to service customer accounts.
4. As we discussed, I'm am also going to put a formal complaint detailing out this situation on Verizon Wireless forums. I don't think any customer deserves to go through this type of experience. It is completely ASININE, ABSURD, and HORRIBLE that a customer has had to keep following up on this over the past 4 months. Even arranging a conference call today with Aaron and you!
The lack of professionalism and integrity of Will, Aaron, and the Verizon Account Manager is unbelievable!
5. Is there anyway that I can pull my account from GoWireless considering the situation. I don't think Aaron and his team are capable of honestly servicing any customers.
As I indicated, I will send a follow up email with the additional screenshots for your reference to show the set that I have.
I hope we can finally resolve this situation and my family FINALLY gets the $200 per phone credits promised to us in the original transaction.
Thank you.

Holy cow... That was a marathon as opposed to a sprint.... Since the iphone has such a good resale value, I agree - next time ebay.
i Am glad you finally got the cards. They should just credit the account.
As I see the same complaint on AT&T forum, the trade in programs are flawed, universally.

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For the spotlight search facility to be of any use to humans, it needs to behave the way humans think and forget.
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It's the location of your WiFi access point that is causing the wrong location. Presumably, when you moved you took your WiFi router with you?
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I need to unlock the phone because our "Carrier" {ORANGE} do not work if the iPhone not sim free.
I called AT&T "1-800-3310-500" few times follow this article: "http://www.noeman.org/gsm/mobile-phone-talk/48308-why-pay-t-unlock-code.html" for a "non-customers" section .
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Please help what can i do?
Sagi.
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Can any one send me Apple email support that i can write them?
The iPhone 4 I mentioned above was bought from eBay I have problems that the iPhone is locked to AT&T carrier although the previous customer graduated his payments to the company.
In the last few days I called (1-800-3310-500) and Corresponded ([email protected]) with AT&T number of times and ask from the represent to open the phone to Sim free because I live in Israel and my Carrier is “ORANGE” and when I remove AT&T Sim and insert my local Sim, the phone not working. I told them that I can send them the PayPal transaction confirmation on the Acquisition and the IMEI on the phone.
They say that only AT&T customers can ask to open the phone and I'm not a customer thats why they cannot begin the apply request to Apple.
I love Apple products and I use them every day and very happy.
When someone say to me change to Android products I tell him it's like to compare between BMW and Subaru cars, ofcource the BMW represend the Apple IOS system.
I think what AT&T doing is Bullying!!!

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I cannot say for sure if this is a new problem as when I first purchased the iPhone 3GS 32GB (iOS 4) in June, running iTunes 9.2.0.61 on XP (all current updates applied), I got all notes from Outlook onto the iPhone. I updated some notes yesterday in Outlook, and noticed they weren't sync'd with the iPhone. This applies to both updated or new notes on Outlook. The same applies in reverse, in that any notes updated/created on the iPhone does not sync with Outlook.
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You are right, of course. There are so many threads on this subject, too many to count, and they go no where definitive. This is a symptom of a problem that is being experienced by iPhone users who use Windows & Outlook.
I am NOT a Windows user, and have been using various species of Linux for years, and am currently using Ubuntu on my desktop and notebook. I have been using Evolution, which is a linux version of Outlook. I now have setup a separate box to run XP and Outlook. I have tried using VMware running a virtual Windows XP on my Ubuntu box, which I have been using off and on for years with success. But, installing iTunes on the virtual Windows, and trying to sync causes the virtual Windows to hang - most unusual. Never got it figured out, hence, the Windows box.
Like I said before, iTunes is a cluge. And to it, they added the sync which ***** at best. Apple should re-think their strategy, and focused on iTunes as being a damned good multi-media application, which will sync with Mac/Windows/Linux. Then, they should have another application, something called "iSync" or "iFiles" which specializes in syncing up anything other than multi-media, such as contacts, calendars, notes/memos, tasks. This would be a nice tight piece of code, allowing to sync with Mac/Windows/Linux.
Wish I could've been more help.
PS. For whatever reason, notes are being sync'd across to the iPhone. I noticed this a "few" syncs ago. I don't know why it decided to sync notes, whereby, it didn't a week or more ago. It's at the point now, where I don't expect anything consistent when the sync happens. If it goes across, fine, if it doesn't maybe in a few days. Not the best approach if you are relying on this device for a profession/business!

Anyone else getting the runaround on iPhone 6 delivery dates?

Based on the other responses in this forum, I see that I'm not the only one with this issue. I normally love Verizon and encourage others to become Verizon customers, but not anymore. I called Verizon and pre-ordered my iPhone 6 on 9/16, after confirming - twice - that it would ship on 9/19. I went to the website 9/22 to find tracking information, and I could not find anything about the order online. I opened a chat session and called the toll-free number at the same time. Both the chat representative and the person on the phone told me that I had been given the wrong information and that my phone wouldn't ship until 10/3. After expressing my displeasure at that, the phone rep told me that she would upgrade my shipping to Fed Ex overnight at no extra charge. I thought that was a nice gesture. She gave me a Fed Ex "tracking number". I went back into the website 10/6 because I was surprised that I had not received my phone, and the order status appeared online. It confirmed the 10/3 shipping date, and showed that my order was "in process". I once again called and opened a chat session at the same time to find out more about the status. At that point, the chat representative told me that she couldn't help me at all unless I provided her a piece of information that I did not have (I hadn't had that info the previous time that the chat representative HAD been able to help me). The phone representative then told me that the 10/3 date was wrong - despite what I was told and what showed online - and that the phone would ship 10/7. She told me that the number I was given as a tracking number was not anything, and it was not even the correct number of characters to be a tracking number. She also told me that I would receive an email on 10/7 letting me know that the phone had shipped. Which brings us to today.
When I looked online for the order status, it was once again completely gone. I captured a screen shot of the order screen yesterday, and I sent that and today's screen shot in to a representative who had given me his email address. He did not respond. I called in to find out the order status, and the representative I talked to said that his information also showed that the phone was supposed to have shipped on 10/3, but he couldn't find the status of my order anywhere in the system. He told me that he would keep checking to see what he could find, but he did not know what had happened. I asked him to contact me as soon as possible in the morning once he had more information.
At this point, I don't even know what to think. If Verizon had set my expectations properly at the outset, all of this could have been avoided. This post isn't actually a question, but I definitely feel better now.
Good luck out there to anyone else facing this horrible first-world problem!
Jollymonica

I guess if the wires were hanging loose and sagging for some reason they would be a hazard and need to be fixed. Not saying to do anything, and be extremely careful if power lines are near by or involved.
If they are in front of a window they could be hazardous during a fire rescue attempt. Have them moved. If they refuse, contact the local fire department and explain your concern.

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