In Germany and France you simply contact the carrier at the end of the contract period, confirm the serial number and IMEI, they then enter the IMEI into a database that Apple is monitoring. After normally less then 2 business days the iPhone is then permanently unlocked (iTunes will detect that the phone no longer requires activation using the original carrier SIM). Works fine, we have officially unlocked over 100 1st gen iPhones from T-Mobile Germany and Orange in France.
If I remember correctly, some 1st gen users received some assistance in at least making the iPhone work as an iPod touch after upgrading to a newer model; no idea if this was a "special" or a permanent policy though.
ATT has historically gouged its customers to the point that droves left the landlines and went to other carriers. ATT then ended up tying to buy them back with $20, $E50 and finally $100 checks to no avail. You would think that they have learned.
This is no different. Sure there are some ridiculous roaming charges in Europe but the governing body recently put significant pressure on the carriers.
If one is foolish to support this stupidity then one deserves ATT.
Both Verizon and Sprint are losing landline customers as fast as AT&T is.
ATT will unlock nothing. I went there with my 1st generation iPhone and they told me they can not do it and recommended me to jailbreak it.
This is all too bad. I had asked, and was told they would do it. If that person was wrong, as it seems they likely were, then I'll have to decide something else for the phones.
Regularly after passing the border after 10-20km you have to sign in to one of the local providers. But EC has made a regulation that any active call within the EC is not allowed to cost more than ? 0.58, any passive call ? 0.29 (0.28?). Roaming with data costs ~ ? 100 for 200MB pre paid. Valid for Austria.
Orange offers a package for ? 49/month with 300min free voice within Europe, 1,000 min free voice in Austria (minutes are just accounted when you call someone), 1,000 free SMS in Austria, 1GB data free in Austria
Orange offers a iPhone Plus Pakage: ? 2/month for tethering and ? 0.2/MB when exceeding the data cab
Is there a difference in the price if you call from ATT to a Verizon phone? In Austria it can make a big difference if you call a different provider although located in Austria.
No, the charges are the same no matter who you call.
I wonder if there is any way to cancel the iPad international plan. I purchased it for my iPad when I was in the USA to use it in Germany, but it looks like it was not activated and does not work. I am in Europe now and cannot find any information on the AT&T website or on the internet how to activate it or cancel it.
The only information I found is that the iPad international plan should be activated via iTunes while you are in the USA, but I am in Europe now.
Comments
It seems that these procedures vary.
In Germany and France you simply contact the carrier at the end of the contract period, confirm the serial number and IMEI, they then enter the IMEI into a database that Apple is monitoring. After normally less then 2 business days the iPhone is then permanently unlocked (iTunes will detect that the phone no longer requires activation using the original carrier SIM). Works fine, we have officially unlocked over 100 1st gen iPhones from T-Mobile Germany and Orange in France.
I am not sure about the US situation, but the official statement from AT&T still is (it seems) http://www.wireless.att.com/answer-c...&t=solutionTab
If I remember correctly, some 1st gen users received some assistance in at least making the iPhone work as an iPod touch after upgrading to a newer model; no idea if this was a "special" or a permanent policy though.
This is new to me.
ATT has historically gouged its customers to the point that droves left the landlines and went to other carriers. ATT then ended up tying to buy them back with $20, $E50 and finally $100 checks to no avail. You would think that they have learned.
This is no different. Sure there are some ridiculous roaming charges in Europe but the governing body recently put significant pressure on the carriers.
If one is foolish to support this stupidity then one deserves ATT.
Both Verizon and Sprint are losing landline customers as fast as AT&T is.
ATT will unlock nothing. I went there with my 1st generation iPhone and they told me they can not do it and recommended me to jailbreak it.
This is all too bad. I had asked, and was told they would do it. If that person was wrong, as it seems they likely were, then I'll have to decide something else for the phones.
Regularly after passing the border after 10-20km you have to sign in to one of the local providers. But EC has made a regulation that any active call within the EC is not allowed to cost more than ? 0.58, any passive call ? 0.29 (0.28?). Roaming with data costs ~ ? 100 for 200MB pre paid. Valid for Austria.
Orange offers a package for ? 49/month with 300min free voice within Europe, 1,000 min free voice in Austria (minutes are just accounted when you call someone), 1,000 free SMS in Austria, 1GB data free in Austria
Orange offers a iPhone Plus Pakage: ? 2/month for tethering and ? 0.2/MB when exceeding the data cab
Is there a difference in the price if you call from ATT to a Verizon phone? In Austria it can make a big difference if you call a different provider although located in Austria.
No, the charges are the same no matter who you call.
The only information I found is that the iPad international plan should be activated via iTunes while you are in the USA, but I am in Europe now.
Thank you
P.S. BTW, I have the domestic plan.