Comments on: O2 UK to Allow iPhone Unlocks When Other Carriers Launch

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By: AD

AD — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:27:32 +0000

How on earth do I get it unlocked if I am not in England? I use O2 and purchased it there but currently not stationed there…website does not allow me to enter O2 shop.

By: Mephisto

Mephisto — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:53:49 +0000

If it wasn't for the fact that O2 have the worst 3G coverage in the UK I'd consider staying with them but as it is I'll probably switch to Orange.

Can't say I've ever come anywhere near 750MB of data in a month, it's a phone FFS, what do you do with it to go over that cap, download torrents?!

By: JD

JD — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:25:28 +0000

in th UK just go to o2′s website and you can do this for free by filling out a form on the web…

http://shop.o2.co.uk/update/unlockmyiphone.html

By: Me

Me — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:11:51 +0000

Maniacfive: I regular went over 500 mb over the last 5 month. I received a text message from them that I have a high usage and that I should reduce the usage else I had to pay for it or they would cancel my Internet allowance........

I'm using around 1 gigabyte a month

By: ezmac

ezmac — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:11:20 +0000

When I purchased my unlocked iPhone in Thailand. I took a peek at the technician’s monitor while they were activating my phone through iTunes. I noticed that in the final stage of the setup the screen showed – ‘Congratulations your iPhone has been unlocked.” So I think this is a software process and not a physical phone swap.

By: Maniacfive

Maniacfive — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:43:23 +0000

i’ll certainly not be moving from o2 , the orange data cap is completely ridiculous 750mb or not but exactly WHAT is exempt (no IM traffic allowed? really?) but when it comes time to upgrade to the 4g iphone next year i’ll sure be taking advantage of the unlock. i’ve got a tmobile sim for emergencies that will find a happy home in the 3g

Also, @ME, my data routinely goes over 500mb, has done every month since i got the iPhone… I’m still kicking, dont take whatever a CS agent says as gospel.

By: Me

Me — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:14:59 +0000

Just to make it clear to everyone:

O2 has a limit on 500 something megabyte. Confirmed by O2

By: RON JEREMY

RON JEREMY — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:18:06 +0000

RON JEREMY SAYS THAT ATT NEEDS, BUT WONT DO THE SAME IT WOULD GO ALPNG WAY FOR THEIR IMAGE. RON JEREMY SAYS WHO ARE PEOPLE GOING TO SWITCH TO ANYWAY HERE IN THE SATES? Tmobile ONLY ON A 2G MAYBE.

By: Dalekkiller

Dalekkiller — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:30:06 +0000

Good to hear that although I’ll also be sticking with O2 as their unlimited data is much more appealing than a 750Mb cap.

By: Icebike

Icebike — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:04:46 +0000

I seem to remember that ATT claimed that Apple had not provided them with a means to unlock the phone, (actually my ATT rep claims this to this day).

The principal reason that Jailbreaking is NOT illegal in the US is that there is a specific ruling that doing such to remove carrier locks is fair game.

ATT would actually polish up its own image if they allowed this, and since no other US carrier can handle the iPhone (without losing functionality) they probably would not lose a great number of customers.

I still think carrier locking should be illegal. It would solve a lot of industry problems.

By: Dirk

Dirk — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:02:09 +0000

In most European countries, operators must give users the option to unlock their phone for free after 1 year. By law. The process for the iPhone is simple: you call your operator, if you’re eligible they will have it unlocked within a few days. You connect to iTunes and suddenly your iPhone has an update which unlocks. Apparently something Apple can do.

By: Kris

Kris — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:59:04 +0000

For Canadians, I’m interested to see if maybe there will be a way to ask Apple to unlock your iPhone once your 3 year contract is up. Because there are now 3 carriers that sell the iPhone I don’t see why Apple would unlock it for you as long as your contract is up. Of course Apple may unlock it and then it becomes locked when you put a new SIM card in. But I really think Canadians will have some sort of option to unlock their phones when a contract expires.

By: Dyvim

Dyvim — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:38:57 +0000

That is indeed excellent news and I hope it will set a precedent for other carriers. Wish that AT&T would do the same in the U.S. (even though domestically you can only go to 2G coverage on T-Mobile).

By: Collins

Collins — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:30:18 +0000

I will stick with O2 as I’m yet to have an issue with them “touch wood” and I don’t really think dat moving to orange will benefit me bcos of their data cap of 750mb monthly

By: André

André — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:18:53 +0000

In Brazil, you can go to your carrier and ask to have your iPhone unlocked – depending on the carrier and/or your contract with them, you may have to pay a tax to achieve that. The carrier contacts Apple and set your iPhone as unlocked, then when you connect your iPhone to your computer, iTunes will download a settings update and unlock your iPhone for good – even if you do a restore, it’ll remain unlocked.

By: Rico

Rico — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:47:36 +0000

This is great news for the UK and will now ser a president for other carriers to follow o2′s example. This action my actually end up making their customers sty with them. Especially as orange are capping the Internet data @ 750.