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Re: Verizon iPhone 4S SIM UNLOCK Tutorial
silver6055
Specialist - Level 1
‎10-18-2011 10:47 PM
RobertHerdt wrote:

Heey Im from Germany as an exchange student and Im going to stay here for about 9.5 months now. I want to buy the iPhone 4s and I wanted to ask if I buy it in a week and then be a verizon costumer and after 60 days I let it unlock, will I be able to use it after 10 month in Germany? I mean will it stay unlocked for ever? Or just for 10 months?

Phones stay unlocked.   The 10 month rule is just Verizon's way of stopping people buying lots of phones, getting them unlocked and then reselling elsewhere.

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Re: Verizon iPhone 4S SIM UNLOCK Tutorial
RobertHerdt
Newbie
‎10-18-2011 11:03 PM

Well, but I could sell it in Germany so what does this 10 month rule do?

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Re: Verizon iPhone 4S SIM UNLOCK Tutorial
RobertHerdt
Newbie
‎10-18-2011 11:07 PM

Oh okaay I got it :smileyhappy: and that works in every verizon store? Just want to make sure that i get it unlocked...

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Re: Verizon iPhone 4S SIM UNLOCK Tutorial
danib62
Newbie
‎10-19-2011 04:13 PM

I just went through the unlock procedure and the rep on the phone told me it wouldn't compelete until I insert a foriegn SIM (I don't have a foriegn micro sim handy at the moment). I haven't gotten the unlock message in itunes yet. Has anyone gotten the unlock message in iTunes without inserting a foriegn SIM?

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SGMD1
Enthusiast - Level 3
‎10-19-2011 04:58 PM
danib62 wrote:

I just went through the unlock procedure and the rep on the phone told me it wouldn't compelete until I insert a foriegn SIM (I don't have a foriegn micro sim handy at the moment). I haven't gotten the unlock message in itunes yet. Has anyone gotten the unlock message in iTunes without inserting a foriegn SIM?

That part actually turned out to be incorrect; sorry about that...error on my part. Even after a VZW unlock, you will not get the unlock confirmation in iTunes.

 

The reason for this is that Verizon has imposed an MNC/MCC restriction which prevents use of US AT&T/T-Mobile SIMs even if they unlock the phone for you. The iTunes message only appears if the phone is 100% unlocked.

 

So the rep is correct in that the only way to confirm that the unlock is successful is by testing it out with a foreign SIM.

 

I wish there was a way for me to edit the first post to fix the error but I can't :smileysad:

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Re: Verizon iPhone 4S SIM UNLOCK Tutorial
danib62
Newbie
‎10-19-2011 05:45 PM

Any word on the carrier settings page? I don't see this one either. A screenshot showing it would be nice.

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Re: Verizon iPhone 4S SIM UNLOCK Tutorial
sringa
Enthusiast - Level 2
‎10-19-2011 06:37 PM

I just called to unlock it...The whole process took less than a minute. However, the tech/rep suggested me to sync up with iTunes once I have a different SIM card to complete the process.  I cannot see anything on my device. I am planning to get a microsim and test it out, just to be sure.

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Re: Verizon iPhone 4S SIM UNLOCK Tutorial
dmoore44
Newbie
‎10-19-2011 07:25 PM

I was wondering the same thing... it's been a few hours since I called and had my phone unlocked...  I'm starting to wonder if there's any way that we can verify that our phone has been unlocked without having to travel outside the US first... It would really suck to go overseas and then discover that your phone is about as useful as a brick becuase the unlock process wasn't completed.

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rcschnoor
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‎10-19-2011 07:29 PM

If this is the case, then you can just purchase a prepaid phone for while you are there.

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Re: Verizon iPhone 4S SIM UNLOCK Tutorial
SGMD1
Enthusiast - Level 3
‎10-19-2011 08:10 PM
danib62 wrote:

Any word on the carrier settings page? I don't see this one either. A screenshot showing it would be nice.

Here's a video of the "Carrier" menu in Settings

dmoore44 wrote:

I'm starting to wonder if there's any way that we can verify that our phone has been unlocked without having to travel outside the US first...

If you have a foreign SIM you can test it while still in the US. As long as you don't get the "SIM not valid" message you're good to go.

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