Question about unlocking

I have recently applied to my telco (Telstra in Australia) to have my phone unlocked to accept other company sim cards, and was told it would take up to 72 hours and that my phone would be unlocked through iTunes.
I was just wondering how the whole iTunes process works. Does iTunes automatically recognise that the phone needs to be unlocked once it goes through Telstra's system, or do I have to activate the process somewhere?
Can someone just explain the whole process for me please.

doesn't anyone know something about this?

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A Piece of advice... DON'T do it!
You don't know what you're getting. Whether it has problems, is stolen, etc. In addition, ALL U.S. phones are locked to AT&T and can not be unlocked legitimately.
IF you manage to hack it and put it on the T-mobile network, you need to know that it is NOT compatible with the T-Mobile 3G network in the U.S. You will get Edge speeds at best. Also, there are reported problems with other features, face time, visual voice mail, etc. not working on T-Mobile.
Is there some real reason why you can't just use AT&T, or starting 2/10, Verizon?
A brand new iPhone 4 with a warranty is only $199 on contract. You're going to have to buy voice and data service no matter who you get it from, so why not just bite the bullet and sign the 2 year agreement. Unless you can't get coverage from either one of those, in which case I'd question how you manage to get T-mobile coverage either...
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HT4972 Good afternoon! I addressed in the AT&T company with a question about untying of a sim card of AT&T from my iPhone, all of them made Iphone now is unlocked, I executed all points which were written: To complete the unlock, simply 1 . Open iTunes o

Good afternoon! I addressed in the AT&T company with a question about untying of a sim card of AT&T from my iPhone, all of them made Iphone now is unlocked, I executed all points which were written:
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1 . Open iTunes on your Mac or PC and verify that you have Internet connectivity.
2 . Ensure a SIM card is inserted into your iPhone.
3 . Connect your iPhone using the dock connector to USB cable that came with your iPhone.
4 . Backup and restore your iPhone using iTunes. For information on backup and restore, please visit http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414.
5 . After restoring, your iPhone will be unlocked.
Additional information on unlocking can be found at http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3198
I made everything as well as was written, but on completion of the ios 6.1.3 installation the iPhone asks to be activated through wifi or through a wire to the computer.
I connected Iphone to the computer and the text takes off: (Were sorry, we are unable to continue with your activation at this time. Please TR again later, or contact customer care! )
how to me to activate my iPhone?
I hope for your help....

Hey APPLELovestory,
We have an article that goes over troubleshooting iPhone activation issues here:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3424
Perform the following steps:
Restart the iPhone.
Try another means of reaching the activation server and attempt to activate.
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Restore the iPhone.
If you receive an alert message when you attempt to activate your iPhone, try to place the iPhone in recovery mode and perform a restore. If you're still unable to complete the setup assistant due to an activation error, contact Apple for assistance.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5624
The next time you use an Apple feature or service that uses Apple ID, you'll be asked to sign in with your new Apple ID password.
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