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Carrier Possible to unlock Sprint iPhone 5S?
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Re-read post #4 VERY carefully and run your mouse cursor over the text very slowly.
If you are truly careful in diligently re-reading post #4 in this thread you may find that which you seek!
I am looking at chronicunlocks.com and they don't have the unlock for sprint. And iphoneunlockguys.com don't accept paypal for payments which I find dodgy man
Well, sorry man. I don't keep up on these and only listed them because they were mentioned by others.
chronic had a backlog, so I guess they just decided to stop.
mostly middle management and some smaller peon groups.
To answer your question OP, the hardware is capable of being properly unlocked. Sprint chooses not to do it... mostly to discourage churning to prepaid.
Since I posted that, things have taken a more dramatic turn. The transfer of Softbank's network chief to Sprint, former Google's Arora appointed to the board, Q2 results and the announcement of an additional 2000 layoffs.
Oh, and the profit warning that Softbank was forced to trigger because of Sprint's Q2 results.
I'm thinking now that if Sprint won't change, Masayoshi Son will break it and remake it. I'm of the opinion that Son didn't realize how bad the Sprint culture was until he bought Sprint. Claure confirms as much by comments he made about knowing it was bad when he was a board member, but not realizing just HOW bad until he became CEO.
The interesting thing is how little Sprint fanboys are speaking any more on the sites I visit that are dedicated to Sprint.
If you mean to imply that SoftBank will remake Sprint into a carrier who offers unlocks. just remember that SoftBank has never done iPhone unlocks, in addition, their iPads are the only iPads that I know of which are sold locked to only their carrier sims.
If you meant otherwise, ignore this tidbit
ROTFL. No, no, I meant otherwise.If you meant otherwise, ignore this tidbit
Yes, Softbank is the Sprint of Japan when it comes to unlocking. Same kind of policy.
Although now, with the new agreement, after February of 2015 Sprint is just going to have to swallow hard and eat it.
Although, I suppose it might be possible that they will still claim technological infeasibility. Which everyone knows is BS because the other three carriers can do it. And never mind that it's been Sprint all along that forced the manufacturers to make it "technologically impossible" to unlock if they wanted to sell phones to Sprint.
2015 is going to be an interesting year to watch Sprint. I anticipate a great amount of pain for it's customers beyond what they've already experienced. Thankfully, from the first part of the year I'll be able to watch from over at T-Mobile instead of going through it myself.
I worked at Sprint for many years, dating back to pre-Nextel merger. The culture was extremely friendly, laid back with virtually every employee taking accountability for their actions, since Son took over, it's Guerrilla warfare at that place, more like a startup than a telecom company. Sprint's problem isn't their employees, its their network and brand image. Another significantly major impact was the fact Sprint outsourced their customer service overseas or to minimum wage workers at partner call centers to save on that cost. Their IVR does everything it possibly can to avoid passing you along to a live rep. Their customer service ratings have plummeted since 2010-2011 when Sprint was considered #2.
Sprint's wholesale department and wireline (where I came from) isn't doing badly. They have compelling M2M products and a lingering brand recognition among the blue collar verticals.
T-Mobile's brand image was rejuvenated when Legere took over, as he became the face of T-Mobile.
Claure is just a fat 40-something who still has yet to show his face in public or make any real headlines. In this day and age of social media, the face behind the company is as important as the company itself.
Anyway, enough ranting, I wish the best of luck to Sprint/Nextel, never had issues with them as an employer.
No offense, but I think there are exceptions to the rule in every company. You are one of maybe a couple of Sprint employees who have given me a different report about the company. Most of the Sprint reps I've spoken with have confirmed the negative culture at Sprint that I percieve.
I'm not saying you are wrong and I am not arguing the validity of your experience. I am just relaying what's been told to me over the years.
Having dealt with Sprint CSRs in person and over the phone I cannot say the experience was entirely pleasant.
As to Claure, I would have to agree with you. I believe my first impression of him was probably wrong. He's there to make sure Son gets what Son wants and that does not necessarily mean it's good for Sprint employees or customers.
I didn't deal with personal wireless service, I was in wholesale/B2B. So yeah, it makes sense that you'd get a different take on the company from me.