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iTunes now blocking non-AT&T SIMs?

neiltc13

neiltc13

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I docked my iPhone tonight, as I have done many times with an Orange SIM inserted (but no, I haven't run the iPhoneSimFree software yet, they're yet to add me to the list) and I was greeted with this:

It's been working fine, letting me sync and generally do everything except the phone functions while I await being added to the unlock list.



Is this new? Is there a way round it? I've tried undocking/restarting/restarting iTunes but every time I dock my iPhone now this message appears.

Hope this isn't a sign of bad times to come :(
 
Damn Neil, thats not a good sign.
is that the latest Itunes version you got installed?
 
iTunes version 7.1.4.2 running on Windows Vista Home Premium.
 
Wow I have never seen that before. I have been syncing just fine with my T-Mobile sim card installed, but I am using a Hyper-card dual sim adapter which emulates an AT&T sim.
 
You probably just need to put the AT&T sim card back in and activate again.

Don't worry. Apple has stated that they aren't going to retaliate against hacking.
 
petite said:
You probably just need to put the AT&T sim card back in and activate again.

Don't worry. Apple has stated that they aren't going to retaliate against hacking.
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This is news to me. Did they really say that?
 
Not here

Friends unlocked this AM and are using tmobile and are not having a issue. They tested by putting in my att card docked and put the tmob card back in and no issues.
 
petite said:
You probably just need to put the AT&T sim card back in and activate again.

Don't worry. Apple has stated that they aren't going to retaliate against hacking.
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Well they said they would not intentionally break anything that would make hacked apps stop running.

This is a different issue. Whether the iPhone is unlocked or not is an integral part of the legal agreement they have with AT&T.

Letting you install a (hacked) native Nintendo emulator app is a different thing from letting you use an external server and program to circumvent a legal agreement.
 
Just remember Apple gets a slice of your monthly AT&T phone bill! So its in their best interest to keep the phone locked. They said they will not block 3rd party applicaitons- unlocking the phone is not a applicaiton.
 
Virgil-TB2 said:
Well they said they would not intentionally break anything that would make hacked apps stop running.

This is a different issue. Whether the iPhone is unlocked or not is an integral part of the legal agreement they have with AT&T.

Letting you install a (hacked) native Nintendo emulator app is a different thing from letting you use an external server and program to circumvent a legal agreement.
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Well, this isn't so simple. Many people have bought the iPhone without actually making a legal agreement with AT&T (which you make when you connect to iTunes and go through the regular activation). And I don't know about you guys in the US but in Europe you are free to do whatever with your purchased goods. Remember you are buying the phone full price - not leasing.

But let's see. Apple is only gaining customers with the hacks. AT&T on the other hand is losing.
 
TXCraig said:
Just remember Apple gets a slice of your monthly AT&T phone bill! So its in their best interest to keep the phone locked. They said they will not block 3rd party applicaitons- unlocking the phone is not a applicaiton.
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In a way it is and in a way it is not.. But this, in my opinion, gives us the sense of Apple's relaxed approach to people hacking the iPhone.
 
petite said:
Well, this isn't so simple. Many people have bought the iPhone without actually making a legal agreement with AT&T (which you make when you connect to iTunes and go through the regular activation). And I don't know about you guys in the US but in Europe you are free to do whatever with your purchased goods. Remember you are buying the phone full price - not leasing.

But let's see. Apple is only gaining customers with the hacks. AT&T on the other hand is losing.
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Yes, but if it's a defined clause of Apple's contract with AT&T that they fill any holes which lead to customers being able to use the phone outside of AT&T's network then they will have to stop people from doing it.
 
neiltc13 said:
Yes, but if it's a defined clause of Apple's contract with AT&T that they fill any holes which lead to customers being able to use the phone outside of AT&T's network then they will have to stop people from doing it.
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Now that's the first I hear about that... If so - then I stand corrected ;)
 
TXCraig said:
Just remember Apple gets a slice of your monthly AT&T phone bill! So its in their best interest to keep the phone locked. They said they will not block 3rd party applicaitons- unlocking the phone is not a applicaiton.
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Yet selling the hardware to people who would not switch to AT&T wouldn't be a negative :D

Win/Win either way Apple looks at it.
 
Apple may not care, but AT&T might have something to say about it, and since they are sleeping together, if you don't listen to your significant other, they will raise hell.
 
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