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Taking US iPhone 3GS on ios 5 to use in Peru

post #1 of 4
10/24/11 at 2:08pm
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I have an AT&T iPhone 3GS that I upgraded to ios 5 immediately upon release (because I'm the impatient sort). Now I have my 4S and don't need the 3GS anymore, and a friend wants to take it to use permanently in Peru with her SIM card from down there, is this possible at this point? She's even less technologically inclined than I am, so the other part of the question would have to be how difficult it would be to keep it working once there?
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post #2 of 4
10/24/11 at 2:13pm
Unlock it. And hope Peru uses the right wavelengths.
PhilBoogie
That's Google alright. For a stupid company they sure do dumb things.
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post #3 of 4
10/24/11 at 2:21pm
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I guess part of the issue is that I don't fully understand everything about unlocking, does it have to be jailbroken to unlock, or is there a way to unlock without jailbreaking? If it has to be jailbroken, how much is involved in doing a tethered reboot (I could probably figure out how to do it, but the user likely wouldn't, so I'm more wondering how much of a hassle she would have?)
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post #4 of 4
10/24/11 at 2:34pm
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Originally Posted by RemmiL View Post

I guess part of the issue is that I don't fully understand everything about unlocking, does it have to be jailbroken to unlock, or is there a way to unlock without jailbreaking?

The former.

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If it has to be jailbroken, how much is involved in doing a tethered reboot (I could probably figure out how to do it, but the user likely wouldn't, so I'm more wondering how much of a hassle she would have?)

Couple button presses in the right application.
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