Goodbye iPhone 4s
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Besides, you jumped into a thread with questions that had nothing to do with THIS thread.
iMarilina
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prozarka said:
Cant unlock 4s , and especially AT&T
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thanhdouble
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iPhone 4S (GSM AT&T) can be bought unlocked at USA Apple stores since Nov 2011. My friend and myself bought 3 during Black Friday.
You can also order them online I believe
You can also order them online I believe
iMarilina
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powerseller said:
Exactly.
enlightened
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Prozarka, please watch your tone. It is common courtesy- and forums rules- not to hijack a thread by starting a new topic of conversation.
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Everybody stay on topic, or we'll be forced to close this thread.
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Well I'm back to report on my experience returning an iPhone 4 S to AT&T
I received the 4S on 1-9 returned it on 1-10 after I didn't get an adequate signal. Called AT&T to cancel subscription. They said since I had already mailed it back, postal stamp would be confirmation. 1-13 Received e-mail from AT&T that they had received 4S and would get it processed withing a week.
After numerous calls to them, I got another e-mail. It was an ALERT about my bill being overdue.
More calls, but always with very friendly CS reps who investigated the problem.
During my final call with an AT&T rep I was asked to fax a copy of my Visa statement showing the AT&T charge for the 4S. Since I have paperless billing I just d/l the page with the info, blackened out all other charges and since the page only showed the last 4 digits of my card, I added the whole string put all info about the phone and dates of return etc. sent the fax and hoped for the best. 2 days later my Visa acct showed the credit.
Well, to make a long story short, it took about 6 weeks to get the full refund minus a $35 restocking fee and the return postage since I used their prepaid return label.
My advice, keep records of your calls and what was said and know the return policy so that you won't be stuck with Activation fees, etc. for service you didn't use.
Overall, I must give AT&T at least a B grade for their friendly CS reps who did speak English I could understand and were willing to look into the matter. AT&T must have thousands of calls every day. I never waited more than a few minutes to get a live person on the phone.
So now I'm going to buy an iPad 3 and then wait for the iPhone 5 to find a provider with a strong enough signal at home or install a repeater for a few hundred bucks (least likely choice)
I received the 4S on 1-9 returned it on 1-10 after I didn't get an adequate signal. Called AT&T to cancel subscription. They said since I had already mailed it back, postal stamp would be confirmation. 1-13 Received e-mail from AT&T that they had received 4S and would get it processed withing a week.
After numerous calls to them, I got another e-mail. It was an ALERT about my bill being overdue.
More calls, but always with very friendly CS reps who investigated the problem.
During my final call with an AT&T rep I was asked to fax a copy of my Visa statement showing the AT&T charge for the 4S. Since I have paperless billing I just d/l the page with the info, blackened out all other charges and since the page only showed the last 4 digits of my card, I added the whole string put all info about the phone and dates of return etc. sent the fax and hoped for the best. 2 days later my Visa acct showed the credit.
Well, to make a long story short, it took about 6 weeks to get the full refund minus a $35 restocking fee and the return postage since I used their prepaid return label.
My advice, keep records of your calls and what was said and know the return policy so that you won't be stuck with Activation fees, etc. for service you didn't use.
Overall, I must give AT&T at least a B grade for their friendly CS reps who did speak English I could understand and were willing to look into the matter. AT&T must have thousands of calls every day. I never waited more than a few minutes to get a live person on the phone.
So now I'm going to buy an iPad 3 and then wait for the iPhone 5 to find a provider with a strong enough signal at home or install a repeater for a few hundred bucks (least likely choice)
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If you want to test Verizon in your area, you could buy a prepaid Straight Talk phone that runs on Verizon's network. You can buy an LG 100C from Wal-Mart for $19.88 and activate it for one month for $30.
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You know I did something similar before going with AT&T I bought a Go-phone and had it for a month. I had always at least 3 bars and yet the iPhone 4s showed NO Service or 1 bar.
I probably try Verizon with a prepaid phone as you suggest when the iPhone 5 comes out. But based on my experience with AT&T a prepaid working is no guaranty that an iPhone will.
Maybe it's more a problem with the iPhone antenna than the signal itself?
I probably try Verizon with a prepaid phone as you suggest when the iPhone 5 comes out. But based on my experience with AT&T a prepaid working is no guaranty that an iPhone will.
Maybe it's more a problem with the iPhone antenna than the signal itself?
Happens the same in Australia. Because it is so vast and only 90% of the population lives in 10% of the country. My in laws live 1 hour out of Sydney and I get no phone coverage at all..
Hopefully there will be a way to get coverage to everyone at a later date.....
Hopefully there will be a way to get coverage to everyone at a later date.....
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Wildfire said:
Is I wrote before in other forums. I purchased a Sprint iPhone 4s. I only can use on WIFI because of an known issue with the ESN.
Anyway if I did have Sprint my signal would be like the first bar being ok and the others being like barely visible.
Sent from my 64gb iPad 1
