So something that we missed during our iPhone in India coverage all along was the official unlocking offered by Airtel. While we are yet to confirm this with Airtel, the Apple site lists Airtel India as one of those carriers which supports authorized unlocking (ofcource with an additional fee).
Its very surprising that in so many interactions over the past 1 year with Airtel locally I didn’t notice this. Either Airtel guyz have been instructed to keep this option locked to themselves or there is a mistake on the Apple site. Either ways, we will dig out the details soon!
Via Apple (Thx Mohitji)
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Airtel has unlocked my Iphone 3G, following the end of the one year contract. free of charge!they asked me to wait 20 days and at the end of the wait, confirmed to me the unlocked status.Hurrah!Proof of unlocked status can be seen atÂ
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AQkA-kgsSHPhZGdmOGc1YnhfMGc3NmQ1bnRx&hl=en
you can write to me at my mail address for details.
Hi, I got my iPhone unlocked OFFICIALLY, which I had got from Airtel 13 months ago. It was painful though. For 1 week, I wrote mails to NodalOfficer.KK@airtel.in & 121@airtelindia.com, but it did not help.
Then my friend visited the Airtel Showroom where I had bought the iPhone. And those guys finally got it unlocked. I had send them email at kk.brandshop1@airtel.in.
Total time taken : 2 weeks
Actual unlocking : 1 day (rest of the time went in just emails & visiting Airtel)
The Airtel interface that worked: Airtel showroom where I had bought the iPhone.
Earlier, on request, Airtel unlocked iPhone after 12 months. Though currently it seems that Airtel no longer officially unlocks it http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1937.
Now I am successfully using my iPhone in Finalnd with a local operator.
Hi Nalin
thx for sharing