Heads up! AT&T will start unlocking iPhone this Sunday, April 8

Quote from scsiguru : Didn't the 4s just come out last fall? How can it be out of contract?

yeah i was about to post the same...

Quote from TofuVic : My friend has an iPhone 3GS that he no longer needs because he got a better phone. I have an AT&T monthly plan, but do not have and do not want data plans on it. Can I use my friend's iPhone on the AT&T network without paying for a data plan? Thanks.

As a former AT&T employee I can tell you with 100% certainty this is impossible, I've seen people try countless times and AT&T will automatically add the largest data plan available to your plan once you put your sim into the iPhone

Quote from GIRay : I hope this is just a joke. Those dumb AT&T Apple fanboys should get what they deserved.

Lol, u mad?

Quote from 1stbuy : That's just money-grabbing BS they're going to tell you. We've been using one for months (about a year now) without data. I was the one to call-in and tell them that we want all data services barred for that phone. They can definitely do it.

Actually, I know it is true that AT&T will add a data plan if they notice that you are using a smart phone. I wanted to try this, so I checked out various sources (customer reps, sales employees at local stores, online forums, etc) to get a idea of this, but I wasn’t sure how they were going to do it. Around the beginning of this year, I connected my 2nd line using a generic Samsung phone with an out of contract iphone4 (converted sim card to microsim), and it worked like a charm. About 3 months later, my wife had mistakenly sent a data usage text request, and the day after AT&T had added a data plan.

I am guessing that the text request hit their SMS server, and our acct were caught, and automatically a data plan was added. I guess it is also possible that they periodically check for smartphones without data plan… I will never be sure of what happened though...

Quote from PetetheGreek : As a former AT&T employee I can tell you with 100% certainty this is impossible, I've seen people try countless times and AT&T will automatically add the largest data plan available to your plan once you put your sim into the iPhone

As a current AT&T customer, i agree with this statement.

Quote from TofuVic : My friend has an iPhone 3GS that he no longer needs because he got a better phone. I have an AT&T monthly plan, but do not have and do not want data plans on it. Can I use my friend's iPhone on the AT&T network without paying for a data plan? Thanks.

Quote from 1stbuy : That's just money-grabbing BS they're going to tell you. We've been using one for months (about a year now) without data. I was the one to call-in and tell them that we want all data services barred for that phone. They can definitely do it.

This is true to some degree. If you're currently under a contract that has a phone with non-smartphone data plan (MediaNet plan) then you might not work. You cannot cancel the data plan, and AT&T will upgrade you automatically......Then again you might be able to bar data from being sent to the phone, but you would likely still have to pay for the data of the original plan.

If you do have an old MediaNet plan, and want to keep it...do no use an iPhone or AT&T branded smart phone. Use an unlocked phone [xda-developers.com] that is quad band that isn't being carried by AT&T and you should be able to keep on using it.

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Quote from khoka : I just got iphone 3gs from my friend who upgraded his to 4s. I am using 3gs as I touch now. My question is can my friend put his sim card back into this 3gs and call to unlock . Once unlocked can he put his sim card back to his new phone and I get an unlocked phone Thanks

you should be able to call AT&T with your account to unlock the 3GS once its unlocked you can use it with whatever carrier you like.

Quote from mbdsmith : This is awesome, I was trying to unlock an old 3g for one of the kiddos the other day and just couldn't bring myself to upgrading the baseband to 6.15, now I just have to be patient and see how this unfolds.

FML, I just BB on my 3GS to 6.15....

Quote from Enerqizer : Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1295 (350 members and 945 guests)

Yeah, may be many of them are thinking what's a big deal in unlocking a phone after contract term?
iSheeps are jumping with joy like this is a magic!

Sound great news. let's wait to see the details. thanks for sharing.

Quote from scsiguru : Didn't the 4s just come out last fall? How can it be out of contract?

I got it under my number then transfered it to my wifes number months ago.

Quote from tshwashere : Lol, u mad?

You dumb fanboy?