PS. I realised I posted the message about iphone bell unlocking on another forum titled: ‘telus-will-now-unlock-your-iphone-for-50-starts-june-1st’
It’s a scam. someone got this phone for me as a moving to NL b/day present & now I’m stuck (I had no idea about the monopolistic parasites that are your mobile companies!) I miss my tmobile!
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There are just asses. now as I am living in africa I cant use my phone because of the locking s**t. I am off contract but still cant use the phone
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Bell unlocked my phone for free when I threatened to jump ship to Telus with my 3 phones and turbo stick
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Love it! Money talks, BS walks!
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I left them even before the contract expired. Paid a big fine. And I am left with an Iphone 4 (for which I paid more than 750) that is nothing more than an Ipod now. They have not started unlocking yet. Even if they start, I will have to join them again (to have an active account for more than 60 days) and pay another 75 dollars. I don’t know why Canadian people, politicians, regulators, policymakers and activists are silent about this loot that the big telcos are carrying on???
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75 dollars?? Thats basically a month bill if you own the phone. Good think I do this myself for free or just go to Pacific Mall to unlock your iphone for 10 bucks.
This is such a joke.
What is Bell’s Credit & Prevention number?
EDIT: I called their support number and they are telling me the only way they will unlock it is if we still have a current account with Bell, which makes no sense at all to me.
EDIT 2: I called back and demanded. They still refused. Not only do you need a current account in good standing, you have to have had it for 90 days minimum! So, after you pay them for a $35 activation fee, pay for at least 90 days service, then you are allowed to pay them $75 to get the phone unlocked. What a crock! Go elsewhere. Bell is the worst.
EDIT 3: After 12 phone calls to Bell with a request to unlock, 6 times being told I need an active account, and once slipping through that part and the request going through to the team (who is suppose to call me within 24-48 hours), followed by 6 phone calls after the times expired, each requesting the team to call me, They finally called me but only send a message (no actual phonecall). I called them back at 1-800-509-9904 right away. They took my IMEI, took my credit card info, took my email address, put me on hold for 5 minutes, came back and said to follow the instructions on the email they sent (which I made sure came through while I was on the phone), said thank you and hung up. GOOD GOD! It only took two weeks.
By the way, you don’t have to restore your phone or delete anything once you get your IMEI unlocked. For example, if you are Jailbroken or just don’t want to go through the hassle.
1. Load iTunes and plug your phone in.
2. Back up your phone (just in case).
3. With the phone still plugged in, remove your old sim card and replace the old sim card with your ‘new’ one.
4. Wait for the activation required to show on the phone.
5. Turn the phone off
6. Tun the phone on. Let the activation required show up.
7. Unplug the phone from the cable to your computer.
8. Plug the phone back in. You will likely get an error. It’s OK.
9. Unplug and plug in the phone again. You should see the Congratulations message in iTunes.
Good luck to all. Know it’s possible but next time you want to get an iPhone, go next door to the Apple store and buy one for the same price that is already unlocked.
Hi bro(Josh),
Can you plz share ur experience in detail, like what and all info you had to provide to Bell credit & prevention cell ??
about your phone offcourse
i’m with virgin but i have a bell iphone 4s which i bought on craigslist. i would like my phone unlocked too. so i’m assuming that i would have to go through the same hassle as you right? how do i prove that i didn’t steal my phone from the original owner?
thx.
Hey guys thanks for this, I have been battling this issue for a long time and all I did to get it resolved was to call the above number (1-800-509-9904) and request it be unlocked. They seemed bewildered that I got their number but when asked if I got a request, I said yes. Presumably there is a vetting process I curtailed by calling them directly.
Needless to say it ended up resulting in an email in 48 hours as they promised followed by a phone call back and getting it unlocked permanently WITHOUT having to re-subscribe and cancel.
Good luck!
i have the same problem and the same answer with them i paid them $650 to get out of contract but will not unlock the phone
Hey guys, so I posted a couple weeks ago about Bell unlocking phones for $75…what a joke right?
Well browsing through the comments you probably got the same message I did when I called. Again. Today.
You have to pay 400 to get out of your contract (I am moving to the USA) and don’t need Bell. So, I said f it. I’ll pay your blood money, get out of my contract & can I unlock my phone? [cont'd]
hmm hope to give this a try… I’m on contract tho… but I’ll see… can’t wait to call customer retention in a couple of weeks (after the new iPhone comes out… just incase I can actually negotiate a good deal)
THANK YOU JOSH!!!! From your story and the number you’ve provided I don’t have to deal with Bell’s bull****
Thank you again!
hey sir i have iphone 4 canada bell ..so how to unlock in pakistan ..7.0.2 virson modem firmware 04.05.12 ..so any solution to unlock or sim is working plzz tell me any one plxx help
someone should sue for the right for our phones to be unlocked free. Cause technically we own the physical device and we shouldn’t be restricted by where we can use it.
Hahaha, they lock it then charge you to unlock it. Imagine if they would do that with cars so you could only service it at one dealership. I don’t understand why people put up with this capitalist crap.
Nexus all the way! Way to go Google!! 🙂
It’s good that they require a contract. It prevents people from wasting sales reps time and losing out on commission.
75 dollars?? Thats basically a month bill if you own the phone. Good think I do this myself for free or just go to Pacific Mall to unlock your iphone for 10 bucks.
This is such a joke.
Bell will not unlock my iphone even though my contact is paid off. They say I must first be on a 30-day pre-paid term, and then after 30 days they will ‘allow’ me to pay and unlock.
Trouble is I am now in Germany and cannot activate a new SIM card from here… !#@$. Calling Apple to see what they can do.