AT&T unlocked my iPhone 4

[Fuerza]

So, I was reading online 2 days ago about how ATT will unlock your iPhone if met the following criteria. You completed your current 2 year contract and your billing is in good status. I have been an AT&T customer for years and have always been in good standing. However I'm not still under my 2 year contract. I did some more digging and found out that if you are military stationed overseas AT&T will unlock your iPhone. I'm deployed to Afghanistan so I gave them call this morning and they approved my unlocked! I'm in the process of doing the reset and my plan is do buy a local SIM card and put it in my iPhone for calling back to the states. Just wanted to pass on the information if anyone else is in the same boat.

 

[Fuerza]

Well my phone is now a brick.

During the restore to factory setting on my phone I got an error message. Basically something went wrong either during the download of the restore update or something else, I don't know. Now my phone has the connect to iTunes display on the screen and is frozen. iTunes no longer recognizes it, and I tried using a buddy of mines iTunes to restore it, but that doesn't work either. Tried doing the hold home button and connecting to iTunes and that didn't work. I tried doing a hard restart and that didn't work either.

 

[KingBlack]

ouch. Looks like they Zimmerman'ed your phone

 

[KB_GT]

One time my iphone 3Gs bricked, and then I fixed it. I cant remember how I did it.
Good luck.

 

[S7OCK_03]

One time my iphone 3Gs bricked, and then I fixed it. I cant remember how I did it.
Good luck.

There's hope!

 

[Fuerza]

Apparently it was a device driver issue that was causing my computer to recognize my iPhone as a device.

Searching YouTube for help I found this video and it fixed the device driver issue.

How To Fix iPhone, iPod, iPad/Laptop Won't Recognize for Windows 7 - YouTube

My iPhone is going through restore now. :rockon:

 

[Fuerza]

It works beautifully!

 

[motoman991]

I unlocked my Iphone 3G sometime ago to use on Tmobile. It was easy.

 

[Mr. Mach-ete]

Not to sound stupid, does this mean you can switch carriers, and still keep the same mobile number, now that the phone is unlocked?

 

[Fuerza]

Not to sound stupid, does this mean you can switch carriers, and still keep the same mobile number, now that the phone is unlocked?

I can switch to any carrier in the world, hence the Afghan signal on my display. I still have my ATT number, but it is under suspension until I get home. When I get back stateside I can call ATT and put my ATT sim card back and be back in business. I was actually looking online for better deals than ATT encase I want to switch. The only real benefit to this is if you travel abroad and want to pick up a cheap prepaid sim card for calling while you travel. My iPhone is still 100% Apple locked, meaning no jail break features that I can tell from.