http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Unlocking-My-iPhone-27947908 en Mon, 20 May 2013 23:05:54 EDT Mon, 20 May 2013 23:05:54 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Unlocking-My-iPhone-27948130
I'd have to do more research to provide better instructions, but this is what I've picked up from skimming macforums or whatever it's called.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Unlocking-My-iPhone-27948130 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:08:07 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Unlocking-My-iPhone-27947908
About two weeks ago I started the unlock process with AT&T. I navigated to their on-line web site and completed the request form. Within a day or two I received an e-mail asking me to wait another 24 hours before following the unlock procedure.

OK -- thank you AT&T! I didn't even have to talk to anyone. Yeah! Now...on to that unlock procedure...

Connect your phone to iTunes and restore it. Say what? Of course I can use iTunes to do a full backup, restore the iPhone and then recover with the backup. Which I did and my phone is now unlocked but who the heck thought of this as an unlock procedure? What a PITA!

IMO -- this is a completely ridiculous process. Does anyone know WHY I had to go through this ridiculous, lengthy process just to enable the phone to work with another network's SIM card? Is this unique to the iPhone?

In closing, although I like my iPhone and to a far lesser extent, Apple, iTunes leaves a lot to be desired. Despite telling me I was doing a full backup, it lost all of my music. No harm done, all of my music is ripped from CDs I own so I can quickly restore it but Apple -- you don't know what the definition of FULL BACKUP means. What a load of bull.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Unlocking-My-iPhone-27947908 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:44:25 EDT