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

remmilremmil
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in iPhone edited January 2014
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?

Thanks

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  • Reply 1 of 3
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member
    Unlock it. And hope Peru uses the right wavelengths.
  • Reply 2 of 3
    remmilremmil Posts: 2member
    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?)

    Thanks
  • Reply 3 of 3
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member
    Quote:
    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.



    Quote:

    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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