Q about unlocking second hand iphone 4 from o2

biggebruv

hey
i just bought a second hand iphone 4 thats not unlocked from o2 yet

however they said there waiting on the code for it from apple

but some other woman in customer care said the person who orginally owned the phone would have to unlock it on his itunes or else it wont work is that true

super_furry

Yep, it is.

biggebruv

super_furry wrote: »

Yep, it is.

really so am i screwed?

massy086

what firmware and baseband is the phone on

biggebruv

massy086 wrote: »

what firmware and baseband is the phone on

modem firmware=02.10.04

verison=4.1(8B117)

massy086

no your baseband is too high so no unlock yet but there is talk there might be one befor the 14th of feb so just sit tight

biggebruv

so fustrating this iphone malarky wush i didt bother now!!:D

its bad enough they have to use them f""king mirco sims

i cant even try any other networks sims in the phone to see if they work

im not sure weather its locked to o2 or 3

but i only have vodafone sim

massy086

well if ur in dublin hite me a pm ya can try my o2 sim if it helps

biggebruv

please help


this is so annoying

rang o2 again

they said its actually a 3 network phone ok

so i rang 3 and gave them the imei number they said theyve no record of this phone

then rang apple they said its definatly locked to o2

so i asked if i got a PAYG sim would that work she said yes!!

got o2 sim with vodafone number and its still not working

whiterebel

biggebruv wrote: »

hey
i just bought a second hand iphone 4 thats not unlocked from o2 yet

however they said there waiting on the code for it from apple

but some other woman in customer care said the person who orginally owned the phone would have to unlock it on his itunes or else it wont work is that true

I didn't have to get the original customer to unlock my iPhone 3G. I went to one of the O2 reps in the O2 forum, and asked them. Once there was enough credit/payment gone through against it, they unlocked it, no bother.

super_furry

Why don't you get the person you bought it from to sort it? Would seem the most obvious route to go, unless it's dodgy of course.

biggebruv

whiterebel wrote: »

I didn't have to get the original customer to unlock my iPhone 3G. I went to one of the O2 reps in the O2 forum, and asked them. Once there was enough credit/payment gone through against it, they unlocked it, no bother.

i did sytem restore on itunes with iphone conected

thought that was gonna work it did the full restore

but it still says sim aint suported

the woman at apple earlier told me a o2 sim would definaly work in it

i really dont know what else there is i can do now

nava

biggebruv wrote: »

i did sytem restore on itunes with iphone conected

thought that was gonna work it did the full restore

but it still says sim aint suported

the woman at apple earlier told me a o2 sim would definaly work in it

i really dont know what else there is i can do now

Could it be O2 UK? why don't you ask the person you got it from?

irish1967

Might want to check that link. It is the link for this thread.

irish1967

On another note. There is no unofficial unlock for an iPhone 4 yet. So the O2 route is the only way to go.
Several suggestions above to contact original owner. Can't you do that ?