Last Friday, AT&T announced that they would start officially unlocking out-of-contract iPhones. Yesterday marked the first day that AT&T began offering the unlock, which appears to be an extremely simple process done online through AT&T’s website.
TheNextWeb reports:
First, you can do this in-store, but you can also do it in an online chat at AT&T’s website.
The process is painless and only takes a few minutes in the chat. The only piece of information required by AT&T is the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number, which can be found under Settings>General>About on your device.
Once you’ve completed the procedure, Apple pushes the unlock code during the next 72 hours to your email address, so the code comes from the mothership, not from AT&T. Once Apple completes the unlock request, a customer has to back-up and restore and tether the device to iTunes to complete the unlock process.
The entire process is also explained in an Apple support document that AT&T has been directing customers to when they make their unlock request. iDownloadBlog has also put together a fantastic video tutorial (seen above) showing how the unlock is done on a step-by-step basis.
