Repairing an AUS iphone in USA without lock

I have an Iphone 3GS 32gb that is from Australia (Optus) but I use it in the U.S with t-mobile. I need to get it repaired because the silent button stopped working (minor but annoying) and the battery lasts for 6 hours. The apple store employees, optus and att tell me different things. The main problem is I might get an att replacement and that is unacceptable to me. I already paid $2000 or so to Optus to get an unlocked iphone and plan usage.
Any clues on how I can get my replacement iphone without it being locked to ATT ?
I am not going to use ATT under any circumstances, it is too pricy for a notorioiusly bad service.

They don't sell unlocked 3Gs iPhones. They sell the iPhone 4 unlocked online and eventually at Apple Stores. You can order one online for $649/$749. Then you can pay for your 3G data plan on T-Mobile and get EDGE speeds.
They will not be able to replace your unlocked 3Gs with an unlocked one in this country. You could send it to someone in Australia and have them do an out-of-warranty replacement or take it to a 3rd party repair site and have them fix it. Either find one locally or you can try http://www.iresq.com or http://www.drcellphone.com or use Google to find many others.

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my brother bought an iphone 3G in a shop in Uzbekistan and as he was there for business he put a local SIM inside.
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I just completed a 20 minutes (paid ;-( support phone call (of which ten minutes waiting), where an Apple guy told me that a possible cause was different itunes languages/sim between the one used for activation and the latest one.
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- activate
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