Comments on: iPhone Unlocking Imminent?

By: Vinko

Vinko — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 05:29:45 +0000

Guys, I hear that AT&T will lockout the iPhone if it is taken out of the AT&T network after 2 months? Is this true?

I had not been in North America for some time (9 years) and are unfamiliar with locked phones and the carrier’s procedures for them.

If this lockout is true does it only apply to iPhones that had been activated in the AT&T network?

Will the potential unlock procedure be able to prevent this 2 months lockout by AT&T?

Sorry for the dumb questions if these are.

I will be in New York this September and hope to be able to bring back (to Hong Kong) an iPhone with the unlock procedure applied.

Please keep up the good work.

By: hugh c

hugh c — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 03:26:00 +0000

“core phone features (ie not visual voicemail) ”

I just noticed that you can review and replay visual voicemail messages when the iPhone is in airplane mode , ie with the radio off.

Makes me wonder if maybe the iphone just has the equivalent of an answering machine on it , and visual voicemail is not carrier dependent.

By: Just J

Just J — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 00:18:32 +0000

iPhone (European Version) was given a release date of EOY’07 - Qtr 2 of 2008

By: vinko

vinko — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 17:22:22 +0000

Guys, what do you think about the 2 months lockout by AT&T if the phone is taken out of the AT&T network? Will this potential unlock method resolve this issue

As I have moved away from Canada for 9 years and I am not familiar with locked phones and the carrier’s procedures with them. Is this 2 months lockout that I hear true? Does this only apply to iPhones that are activated in AT&T’s network?

I am currently located in Hong Kong and will be in the United States in September. I hope the unlock procedures will be finalized and tested by then.

I would love to be able to bring back a new iPhone that had been applied with the unlock procedure.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 07:54:43 +0000

Looks like it is going to take some time still, iPhone 2 will be released before they crack it! haha