Relocation ATT termination. Will my iPhone turn into brick?
I've moved to non-service area and ATT terminated my iPhone contract with no early termination fee. All functions still work except the phone function, which shows no service. Will my iPhone turn into "brick" if I try to update and sync photo and music libraries through iTunes? Will I lose wifi capability that I now have? Will I be able to buy new web apps through iTunes next week after developer's conference? My iPhone is now "legally unlocked" and is functioning as an iTouch. Will it be "bricked" if I connect to iTunes now?
Piercey wrote:
Why do we allow the manufactures and cell phone providers to lock OUR PHONES. We are the client to both of them. There 3 year contract or so is good enough to lock us in as clients.
So we can pay $400 for them instead of $1200 (the cost of an unlocked phone in France).
You can buy almost any phone unlocked; you just pay a LOT more for it than for a locked phone (the iPhone in the US is the exception).
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