Like most iPhone OS updates, version 2.0.1 will trigger an update to carrier settings. However, under iPhone OS 2.0.1, when iTunes attempts to perform the carrier ...

Major cellular carriers — Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and others — typically lock their networks to the iPhone you buy from their stores or pay for via an installment plan. What does that really ...

Most people know by now that the iPhone is essentially a brick without a contract and activation. But a lot of the phone’s features don’t require phone service at all, like WiFi and music playback.

An increasing number of iPhone users are experiencing an Activation Lock issue in which the device is linked to an Apple ID email address that does not belong to them, according to crowdsourced ...

We’ve just received word from the iPhoneSIMFree team: they claim that their iPhone SIM unlock solution (which we documented on video here) doesn’t send your iPhone with 1.1.1 Firmware into Activation ...

Due to an eBay deal gone bad I've ended up with an iPhone 4 locked to a carrier I'm not with. Before I go through the rigmarole of trying to get my money back I want to find out if it's possible to ...

Prospective iPhone 3G buyers are waiting on Apple and its wireless partners to provide more clarity on the required activation procedures for the new handset given official but confusing statements on ...

Efforts to unlock Apple Inc.’s iPhone continued on Monday, with hackers claiming “very significant progress.” The locked iPhone works only with AT&T Inc.’s EDGE network, and cannot be used with ...

Efforts to unlock Apple’s iPhone continued on Monday, with hackers claiming “very significant progress.” The locked iPhone only works with AT&T’s EDGE network, and cannot be used with cellular service ...

Monday we reported that all new iPhones would have to be purchased and activated either at AT&T or Apple retail locations, eschewing the current iTunes activation strategy pioneered for the first ...

If you’ve acquired your iPhone through a contractual agreement with a mobile carrier, there’s a likelihood that the device is locked to that specific service provider. In order to switch to a ...