Unlock iPhone 4

[Eric1987]

I currently have an iPhone 4 in my possesion that is for ATT. I want to unlock it for T-Mobile. Baseband 04.12.01 and it is on update 5.1.1 (9B206). iClarified said its not possible but those paid companies said it is. Which is it?

 

[Eug]

I believe it can be done but it will probably be expensive, and the iPhone 4 is ancient. You sure you want to stick with that phone?

 

[Eric1987]

It's not for me its for a coworker. Why would it be any more expensive then back in the day? It's got old software.

 

[ImDonly1]

If you have an ATT account you can just ask them to unlock it for free. There a form on their website to fill out.

Yes it can be unlocked (any phone can). The pay companies are getting the code from att somehow. Iclarified was probably talking about a software unlock.

The unlocks for iPhones are more expensive not because att closed some of the loopholes for getting codes. So on eBay they cost $50-80? They used to cost $5-10.

 

[Eric1987]

Wow iOS sucks if this old of a version doesn't have a software unlock. I'll have to ask the coworker if she can do it that way. She got it from her mom.

 

[ImDonly1]

The iPhone 4 costs probably $100-150 used. Paying $50 for the unlock is kind of meh because the value is the phone is low. Tmobile is offering $200 trade in credit for old iphones that might be more worth it.

This is the only thing I could find in my quick search http://www.ijailbreak.com/how-to/unlock-iphone-4-3gs-ios-5-1-1-ultrasn0w-1-2-7/

 

[Eric1987]

Terrible shows how much better an open platform is.

 

[ImDonly1]

https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/client/en_US/

That's the unlock form

 

[kaerflog]

If you have an ATT account you can just ask them to unlock it for free. There a form on their website to fill out.

Yes it can be unlocked (any phone can). The pay companies are getting the code from att somehow. Iclarified was probably talking about a software unlock.

The unlocks for iPhones are more expensive not because att closed some of the loopholes for getting codes. So on eBay they cost $50-80? They used to cost $5-10.

I've been away from the iPhones for a while but they used to use iTunes to unlock it for you for like $2-3 back in the days.
Is it that expensive now ??