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Apple Bizarrely Helps a Customer Unlock His iPhone
Posted in Jailbreak iPhone 4s, Unlock iPhone 4s by Admin
File this news under ‘things we didn’t expect to hear.’ While Apple is fighting an all-out legal war against jailbreakers and the horrible deeds they perform in the name of operating system hacking, Apple chief executive Tim Cook is helping internationalist iPhone users to unlock their phones to enjoy inexpensive international coverage.
After being offered a job in Canada and accepting the position, an iPhone 3GS user was expecting to get their phone unlocked fairly easily from their carrier, in this case AT&T. But when a customer service representative from the telecoms giant turned the user away, insisting that only Apple could help them unlock their phone, things got a little out of hand.
What started as one department avoiding a customer’s requests turned into multiple AT&T service departments offloading the problem. The customer, understandably frustrated by this point, took a chance and got in touch with Apple CEO Tim Cook, explaining the problem and voicing frustration at the lengthy process that was effectively going nowhere.
Cook’s advice wasn’t to buy a new iPhone, as one might expect, but to hold tight. An assistant to the new Apple chief executive reportedly got in touch with the customer and unlocked their iPhone – an extremely surprising move considering Apple’s general avoidance of the unlocking topic. The user’s now free to choose any carrier they like while in Canada – something many iPhone users can’t do.
It’s a fairly bizarre situation, but it’s also an explainable one. With Apple on the warpath against the iPhone jailbreaking community, presenting manageable alternatives to jailbreaking the iPhone isn’t as unusual as it may seem. Apple desperately wants to control the operating system on their phones, and by offering to unlock old phones easily instead of forcing users to jailbreak them, it can keep its own software running instead of a hacked operating system.
That makes this whole event much less of an act of kindness, and much more of an example of how Apple seems genuinely concerned about the difficulty users face when trying to unlock old phones, and how that difficulty could affect their business. At this point, the only real way to unlock current-generation iPhones effectively is to use a guide, like the ones that we offer for iPhone 4S users.
If Apple were to make the unlocking process easier, not only would they prevent jailbreaking and all kinds of user hacks, they’d improve the experience massively for their customers. While it’s an interesting thing to see Apple do this for a customer, we don’t expect it’ll be the norm – most of the emails sent to Tim Cook go unanswered, and most customers rarely get their phones unlocked.
A much better option, and a much more convenient option, is to use one of our simple unlocking guides for your iPhone 4 or 4S. This way, you’ll save the hassle of having to call AT&T, who can only unlock older iPhone models in the first place. Then, going overseas or switching carriers is a simple, painless procedure, and not a strange journey through Apple executives’ inboxes.
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Should you Unlock Your iPhone?
Posted in Info, Jailbreak iPhone 4s, Unlock iPhone 4s by Admin
If you came kicking and screaming to purchase yet another upgrade to your iPhone, something
probably happened to you afterwards. You had a conversion. By now you are proud you made
the change to iPhone4S. The camera feature alone is a hot ticket item with 8 megapixels, more
than double the megapixels on the iPhone4 and an f/2.4 aperture that lets in more light. Whether
you are a photography enthusiast or need the camera for business, the image signal processor is
faster, clearer. Another upgrade is face detection. It can measure exposure and automatically
adjust and give you a perfect picture. More than one face in the photo, it can balance exposure
up to 10 faces.
More camera features include editing, enhancing, and cropping photos. With Photo Stream in
iCloud, all new photos are automatically sent to all your devices. Whether you want the photos
for bragging rights or need them for business, they are literally at your fingertips. You can keep
them on your Mac or PC, on your iPhone, and even Twitter.As in most conversions, all is not
immediately clear. After the first photographic use, it will be. When iCloud sends the photos to
all your devices immediately, you may just get another aha moment.
You can create a document and save it in iCloud. Even better, you can update it in iCloud. A
really neat feature is the Keynote application which allows you to create, edit, and present.
Imagine creating your presentation on the run in your iPhone with every application a convenient
tap away. No more stuck in traffic or late planes excuses. Send your presentation via iCloud.
That one “Hail, Mary” use would not only convert me, but it might even turn me into a saint.
The importance of this one hand held device is enormous.
That takes me back to the unlocking option. Once you are unlocked, you have freedom. Since
iPhone began with it smorgasbord of applications for business and entertainment, the last leap to
first place in the field has become the unlocked option. Versatility in the server market becomes
as important as the streamlining of your business tools including the photography apps. The new
mantra is have SIM card, will travel.
There are just a couple notes you need to heed beforeunlocking your phone. First, it is best
to unlock your phone using a reputable unlocking site. Second, it is not worth ruining your
applications trying to save twenty dollars by not heeding first note. The days of cutting your
SIM card are as gone as last year’s snow.
Once relieved of the restrictions of one carrier, you have more versatility with your phone.
Interchanging SIM cards on a long business trip to faraway places is the first reason behind the
systems evolution.
With the document access in iCloud on your device, you cannot afford to lose that access by
not being able to connect with a server when you are travelling in Europe or Asia. Server
access becomes the key to successful communication. In this contemporary fast paced, highly
competitive business atmosphere, it is a leg up. If it’s pleasure travel, you may just want to
share with those at home. Whether you are travelling for pleasure or business, unlocking your
iPhone4S is the paramount option.
