So it's ok to buy an iPhone without AT&T subscription again?

[frosse]

I heard that you can buy an iPhone in the US without AT&T subscription again like you could with the original iPhone, is that true?

I'm not a US citizen if that matters...

And yeah, do you have to jailbreak it to unlock it?

 

[labman]

you have been able to do this all along`

3gs 16 GB $499 32 GB $599 but it's still licensed to AT&T , AT&T or Apple will not factory unlock so you must jb/un lock if you are in a area that you can buy factory unlocked I would do that! no jb/un for any firmware above 3.1.2 nobody knows when!

 

[aristobrat]

FWIW, until a few weeks ago, you still had to be an AT&T customer to buy at full-price. Although nothing with a contract was done, apple still verified that you were an AT&T customer before they could sell it you. Now anyone can buy them at full price.

 

[frosse]

3gs 16 GB $499 32 GB $599 but it's still licensed to AT&T , AT&T or Apple will not factory unlock so you must jb/un lock if you are in a area that you can buy factory unlocked I would do that! no jb/un for any firmware above 3.1.2 nobody knows when!

Is there some way you can unlock an iphone without jailbreaking it?

 

[labman]

no

Is there some way you can unlock an iphone without jailbreaking it?

Unless it's a factory Unlocked phone! this is why factory unlocked phones command more money! otherwise 1st you have to Jailbreak it then you unlock it!

 

[macfan881]

Now if i Bring my own iphone my 2G iPhone on a regular plan will they have me sign a 2 year plan ?

 

[aristobrat]

Is there some way you can unlock an iphone without jailbreaking it?

At one point, there was a device could you buy that piggybacked on your SIM card that would fool an iPhone into thinking a non-AT&T SIM was AT&T, but I don't know if that still works. That was from a few years back...

Hopefully they release a 3.1.3 jailbreak soon!