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    Can anyone recommend the best method or company that is not too expensive . . Most places see to want 25 quid the robbing gits.. Cheers

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    Default Re: unlocking iPhone 4s

    It will cost you around £20 to get it done through the carrier and might be the only way

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    Default Re: unlocking iPhone 4s

    In future buy it direct from Apple outright.
    It is what I do, no contracts so I am free to go with whoever I want and whenever I like. Plus in the long term it works out considerably cheaper.

    Then you don't have to go through this process
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    Default Re: unlocking iPhone 4s

    £25 is pretty cheap and you should count yourself lucky, some unlocks cost over £80 if your network isn't willing. iPhones are unlocked on the Apple servers so it's not like the old days of buying a box, some cables and unlocking unlimited phones with them. You have to pay for each IMEI altered on the server.

    O2 are one of the decent networks who unlock for free though

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    Default Re: unlocking iPhone 4s

    Three charged me £15 a couple weeks ago to unlock my 4S. Think EE and Voda charge £20

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    Default Re: unlocking iPhone 4s

    Remember with these unlocks though you have to plug them into iTunes.
    Every time you restore the phone you need to repeat this.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Goldberg View Post
    Remember with these unlocks though you have to plug them into iTunes.
    Every time you restore the phone you need to repeat this.
    What getting your carrier to unlock it and you still have to do this if you restore it

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    Yes, if your carrier applies to get it unlocked then this is done by syncing to iTunes in order to do the unlock.
    If you ever need to restore your phone then it has to do this again. You do not need to contact the provider again, you just need to sync it with an iTunes account.

    I had to do this with a 3GS before, I do not think it is locked to your iTunes account it is just something iTunes looks at in a database and applies.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Goldberg View Post
    Yes, if your carrier applies to get it unlocked then this is done by syncing to iTunes in order to do the unlock.
    If you ever need to restore your phone then it has to do this again. You do not need to contact the provider again, you just need to sync it with an iTunes account.

    I had to do this with a 3GS before, I do not think it is locked to your iTunes account it is just something iTunes looks at in a database and applies.
    If you restore is it then locked back to the original network? if so the unlock isn't really removed from the phone as it needs to be unlocked with iTunes every time

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    Default Re: unlocking iPhone 4s

    This is certainly how it was when I had a 3GS yes.

    The Software updates were flakey back then and I remember twice having to restore after an update.
    It could be because I was doing it from a back up prior to the unlock I am not sure. Maybe it has changed now but it was the case certainly with the 3GS that you had to sync to iTunes for the unlock to happen with the new SIM card in too.

    Something to back up what I was saying:

    http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=965521

    More recently:

    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5162853?tstart=0

    I am certain every time you restore you have to repeat this.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ss30 View Post
    If you restore is it then locked back to the original network? if so the unlock isn't really removed from the phone as it needs to be unlocked with iTunes every time
    No, when you restore any iPhone it requires activation before it can be used, this can be activated by connecting to any source of internet (iTunes, WiFi, compatible sim) so the phone can contact the Apple servers to gets it's status (unlocked, blocked etc). AFAIK an unlocked phone when restored would accept any sim to contact the servers whereas a locked phone would only accept the sim from the network lock.

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    Fuck me Apple are awkward bastards !!

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