Non-Contract AT&T iPhone 5s Unlockable Through iTunes

[glacius7]

Ohhhh i see!!

[D0D]

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[armyjoe98]

I'm sending My Sprint iPhone 5 back and getting me an At&t one the only thing I want to ask can iphone 5 be use on prepaid if I'm gonna have to wait on Tmobile to fix the speed problem they have to make iphone compatible they said before the end of the year I'm crossing my fingers...

I called Sprint told them me and my wife travel often to Mexico. within 10 minutes all our iphones were unlocked all we had to do was restore via iTunes.

[back2thebeatof84]

I actually just got my 4s unlocked that was technically still under contract. If the imei isnt attached to the account in contract it can be unlocked. Regular customer care wanted me to do the online form. I told them i wanted tech support, tech support looked at it and the phone was released from at&t in less than 5 minutes. Restored in itunes and Bam unlocked 4s with 18 months left in contract. Paid for my new 5. So basically what I took from this is at&t has a system that itunes connects to to determine whether or not the phone is still attached to at&t, once released and a restore is done its unlocked. Find a stupid tech support person and you can prolly get your 5 unlocked..

I recently tried to unlock my 4S with AT&T, but they said it was still under contract. What you're saying is that, say I have my mother put her SIM card in, it would be able to be unlocked via a Tech Support associate, merely because it shows her account and not mine?

If so, I'm about to sell my 4S, so I might give that a try.

[uri8472]

Something I don't understand is, should not a non-contract phone be unlocked already out of the box?

[szr]

You can use the same phone on AT&T if you get it unlocked, but you would only be able to get 3G/HSPA+.

From what I have read, the handsets available from AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon, all have identical hardware and capabilities. Therefore I see no reason why an iPhone 5 from Sprint or Verizon wouldn't be able to utilize LTE where available on AT&T, or vice-versa.

[jabij1]

So if I'm understanding correctly, I can walk into any apple store (given they have them in stock) and purchase an ATT iphone for full price with no contract/tie down whatsoever and I'll be able to unlock it right away? Will it essentially become a factory unlocked iphone?

[jdm.accord]

I sell phones (95% iPhones) on eBay for a living and get all mine unlocked from the same guy who unlocks my blackberry and Android phones. $8 per iPhone and it doesn't matter if its lost/stolen or tied to a contract. Takes 1-5 hours, even on the iPhone 5 (done 4 of those already). Spent $3K on iPhone unlocks from him since April. So much easier than dealing with AT&T.

I do not sell these unlocks, nor will I tell you my eBay user ID so this is not an advertisement. Just saying look around a little and you can get any iPhone unlocked for quite cheap.

[mydarkblueshirt]

From what I have read, the handsets available from AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon, all have identical hardware and capabilities. Therefore I see no reason why an iPhone 5 from Sprint or Verizon wouldn't be able to utilize LTE where available on AT&T, or vice-versa.

No. The LTE bands are different between the CDMA and GSM iPhone 5s.

A1428 is the GSM model and uses LTE bands 4 and 17. LTE won't work with Sprint's or Verizon's service on this model.

A1429 is the CDMA model and uses LTE bands 1, 3, 5, 13, and 25. LTE won't work with AT&T's service on this model.

[subywrex]

So when you unlock an AT&T iPhone 4S couldn't you then use it on a CDMA carrier?

[mlee19841]

Pretty soon every iPhone on the market will be unlocked.... I don't like it much, value of the iPhone are gonna go down if eBay or Craigslist get flooded with unlocked iPhone's. now I miss Steve jobs more.

True

So when you unlock an AT&T iPhone 4S couldn't you then use it on a CDMA carrier?

Different bands

[uri8472]

No. The LTE bands are different between the CDMA and GSM iPhone 5s.

A1428 is the GSM model and uses LTE bands 4 and 17. LTE won't work with Sprint's or Verizon's service on this model.

A1429 is the CDMA model and uses LTE bands 1, 3, 5, 13, and 25. LTE won't work with AT&T's service on this model.

Starting with the iPhone 4S, there is just one set, which has support for both GSM and CDMA. That is, whether you get it from Apple, Verizon or Sprint, it is the same device. Which parts of the device that are used is what differs. I am assuming the same applies to to the iPhone 5, else they'd be taking a step backwards.

[subywrex]

Starting with the iPhone 4S, there is just one set, which has support for both GSM and CDMA. That is, whether you get it from Apple, Verizon or Sprint, it is the same device. Which parts of the device that are used is what differs. I am assuming the same applies to to the iPhone 5, else they'd be taking a step backwards.

That's what's was asking. If you unlock a 4s because it is the same hardware for all carriers shouldn't it work for CDMA too?

[realism]

Pretty soon every iPhone on the market will be unlocked.... I don't like it much, value of the iPhone are gonna go down if eBay or Craigslist get flooded with unlocked iPhone's. now I miss Steve jobs more.

Cry me a river Justin.

[RiotNrrrd]

"The process reportedly works with iPhone 5s purchased at full price from AT&T."

Given your recent story - and pimping - of unlock services here on ModMyI, why would anyone ever buy "at full price" when they can get their subsidized phone for much cheaper and use one of the 3 services I've seen advertised in the story on this site?

(I have no idea how those services are legal, since technically you're not supposed to be allowed to ask for an unlock if you are still on contract. Maybe those sites - iUnloc.kr, NegriElectronics.com, unlockstation.com - are "legit", but I don't see how anyone with an AT&T iPhone can use them unless we're talking off-contract eBay etc. purchased phones.)

[docmagoo2]

Starting with the iPhone 4S, there is just one set, which has support for both GSM and CDMA. That is, whether you get it from Apple, Verizon or Sprint, it is the same device. Which parts of the device that are used is what differs. I am assuming the same applies to to the iPhone 5, else they'd be taking a step backwards.

As someone else said there are different models, AFAIK there are three
A1428 - US /Canada GSM
A1429 - CDMA
A1429 - GSM - international

That's from the specs on apples website. There's nothing to say they're all combined like the 4S

[szr]

As someone else said there are different models, AFAIK there are three
A1428 - US /Canada GSM
A1429 - CDMA
A1429 - GSM - international

That's from the specs on apples website. There's nothing to say they're all combined like the 4S

It appears the CDMA and International GSM are actaully the same device, as they both have the same model number (A1429), and having spoken to both Verizon and Sprint employees, the CDMA iPhone 5 that they are vending is capable of GSM for customers that travel abroad (and can technically work on domestic GSM carriers for 3G and below, but not with LTE.) So there are in fact two models, not three; Apple just happened to list the same model twice.

[cypherstream]

The iPhone 5S ? Is that like what the iPhone4S did to the 4?

:-)

[Chula]

Damit it getting really hard for me to get an AT&T iPhone 5 without contract I've called and even went to astore with no luck they told me the only way to do it was with a plan that they don't sell cellphones like that to contact Apple n of course they r not available yet any suggestions anyone???I'm so mad I return my Sprint iPhone for now to be stuck with nothing

[Chula]

I just want my unlock iPhone 5 64 gb back