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iPhone 4

  • 25-09-2011 7:00pm
    #1
    enaeknala1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 129 ✭✭


    Hey guys,

    So I baught an iPhone 4 off a private seller on donedeal a couple of months back and now I want to get it unlocked. If I just ring up my provider (vodafone) will they unlock it for me or do I hve to get all the original owners details etc..?
    Cheers,
    Alan


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  • #2
    naasrd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,408 ✭✭✭naasrd


    enaeknala1 wrote: »
    Hey guys,

    So I baught an iPhone 4 off a private seller on donedeal a couple of months back and now I want to get it unlocked. If I just ring up my provider (vodafone) will they unlock it for me or do I hve to get all the original owners details etc..?
    Cheers,
    Alan

    No to both. Just get it done yourself via a shop or with a gevey sim.


  • #3
    Aishae
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,800 ✭✭✭Aishae


    if its registered to you now, you can unlock it with vodafone


  • #4
    Ms. Chanandler Bong
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 724 ✭✭✭Ms. Chanandler Bong


    Aishae wrote: »
    if its registered to you now, you can unlock it with vodafone

    I bought mine from a Vodafone shop back in March & the T&Cs stated that they would not unlock my phone for (I think) 6 months. It might have been 12, I'm nowhere near my paperwork file right now :cool:


  • #5
    Johnmb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,150 ✭✭✭Johnmb


    enaeknala1 wrote: »
    Hey guys,

    So I baught an iPhone 4 off a private seller on donedeal a couple of months back and now I want to get it unlocked. If I just ring up my provider (vodafone) will they unlock it for me or do I hve to get all the original owners details etc..?
    Cheers,
    Alan
    Ring them up and ask what details you'll need to give them to get it unlocked. If you do it the official way, rather than using the unofficial methods mentioned above, you won't have to worry about what effects future updates will have.


  • #6
    CathalDublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,147 ✭✭✭CathalDublin


    I think the registered owner(person you bought it from) needs to request the unlock code, or at least you need the phone number the phone was originally bought from.

    Someone said above bring it to a shop to unlock, official unlocks can only be requested by the phones provider.
    Of course a Gevey sim will work but they are far from reliable

    edit: just to clear up, I'm saying don't take it to a phone repair shop to unlock aswell, try get it done officially


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  • #7
    Johnmb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,150 ✭✭✭Johnmb


    CathalDublin wrote: »
    I think the registered owner(person you bought it from) needs to request the unlock code, or at least you need the phone number the phone was originally bought from.

    Someone said above bring it to a shop to unlock, official unlocks can only be requested by the phones provider.
    Of course a Gevey sim will work but they are far from reliable
    Don't ever bring it to a shop to unlock. They can only unlock it the same way you could do it yourself via a google search! And any unofficial unlock should just be done as a last resort, if it can't be done officially. Go the official route first, if it gets done that way, it's permanent. If you do it the unofficial way, you'll constantly have to be watching out for updates and will have to avoid them until a new jailbreak/unlock is released for the new iOS version. I've also read that the Gevey sim won't work with iOS 5, so you'll lose out on quite a lot of benefits if you can't get it officially unlocked. If you can't, save your money by doing the unlock yourself rather than paying a shop to do the exact same thing you'd be doing yourself.


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