Unlocking iphone 4s at&t in india? - 1

My brother bought me a new apple iphone 4s from usa. It is locked one(at&t), how can i unlock it permanently and how much it costs, i went to some store and the shopkeeper said it costs about 5k to unlock it. Is it real or little more?

It is very easy.,

you can do it yourself, watch the you tube to do it yourself '

'or you can try with any of the reputed phone shops., as most of them can do it,
5 k is too much, it might cost you around Rs, 500/- to 1000/- ( you have not mentioned your place/city)

The process was very easy and simple this time. See the steps we followed which results in unlocking our AT&T iPhone:

1. Called AT&T customer service

2. Gave our original AT&T cell phone number which we used with the iPhone more than a year ago and the IMEI number of the phone.

3.AT&T representative verified the record to make sure we had paid out all contract cancellation fees. In case you did not cancel your contract but completed your 2 year contract period, that would qualify.

4.AT&T representative updated their system and recorded our request for unlocking. They suggested us to wait for an email from Apple explaining the unlocking process.

5. Within a day, we got an email from Apple asking us to do a simple process - backup the iPhone using iTunes and then restore from the backup.

6. We went to Airtel office in India, applied for a new Micro SIM to match the iPhone. Within 2 minutes, we got the new Micro Sim and it got activated within 10 minutes.

7. We came home from Airtel, connected iPhone to the computer, opened iTunes and selected "Backup iPhone".

8. Once the backup was completed, we chose "Restore from Backup".

When the phone was restored from backup, Apple pushed the unlock code to our phone which unlocked the phone permanently!