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Unlocking Business iPhone

  • 09-04-2013 8:44pm
    #1
    cuterob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,156 ✭✭✭


    Hey, I'm sure you are probably all sick to death of these threads but I bought an iPhone 4s from a guy who got it as a business phone in the place he works.. it was brand new etc but it is locked to Three.

    He said if you try to unlock it it will brick.. is this true?

    I rang Three and they said I'd need to be someone within the company before they would unlock it.

    Would jailbreaking it do the job or is there no way other than being in the company?

    thanks for any help


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  • #2
    Prodigious
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭Prodigious


    You can pay online to have it IMEI unlocked. Otherwise you need somebody within the company to ring on your behalf.
    The bricking part is nonsense.


  • #3
    cuterob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,156 ✭✭✭cuterob


    Prodigious wrote: »
    You can pay online to have it IMEI unlocked. Otherwise you need somebody within the company to ring on your behalf.
    The bricking part is nonsense.

    any links to where you can pay online to have it done?

    would jailbreaking work ?


  • #4
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,325 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    cuterob wrote: »

    I rang Three and they said I'd need to be someone within the company before they would unlock it.

    If you bought it from someone in the company ask them to call 3 business support on your behalf and request the unlock. You have no other way to unlock that phone, don't waste your money on any online websites they will not work.
    Moving to 3 is also an option, the unlimited data is worth considering, you can put a pre pay sim in it, it does not have to be a contract one.


  • #5
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,325 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    cuterob wrote: »
    any links to where you can pay online to have it done?

    Don't waste your time or money you will be just scammed online. You can not unlock the phone.


  • #6
    cuterob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,156 ✭✭✭cuterob


    drunkmonkey wrote: »
    If you bought it from someone in the company ask them to call 3 business support on your behalf and request the unlock. You have no other way to unlock that phone, don't waste your money on any online websites they will not work.
    Moving to 3 is also an option, the unlimited data is worth considering, you can put a pre pay sim in it, it does not have to be a contract one.

    I'm on three at the moment.. I'm moving off to Canada and would like to have the phone unlocked so I can put any sim in you know.. I bought the phone last summer so have no way of contacting the guy I got it from.


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  • #7
    cuterob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,156 ✭✭✭cuterob


    drunkmonkey wrote: »
    Don't waste your time or money you will be just scammed online. You can not unlock the phone.

    Jailbreaking it work no?


  • #8
    Prodigious
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭Prodigious


    Unlocking via Jailbreak - Depends on version

    Buy IMEI Unlock (Permanent)


  • #9
    cuterob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,156 ✭✭✭cuterob


    Prodigious wrote: »
    Unlocking via Jailbreak - Depends on version

    Buy IMEI Unlock (Permanent)

    Don't think there is a jailbreak for the latest version of the software which I have on it.

    No Three Ireland on that list.. unless I use the U.K three?

    May aswell sell it here and buy something over there I'd say


  • #10
    Prodigious
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭Prodigious


    Best bet probably then is to sell it on Adverts. I wouldn't limit myself to iPhone though, S3's are seriously good value on Adverts/Done deal ATM


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