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Does anyone have the same problem as me regarding ATT customer service?

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Few months ago, I talked to one ATT customer representative on the phone to unlock my previous iPhone 3gs. After chatting ~50min, they told me I need to provide my original receipt. I bought the iPhone from att 4 years ago and lost the receipt unfortunately. So I can't unlock my phone. That's fine.

And few minutes ago, I called ATT to unlock my iPhone 4s. After speaking with a CS representative for 40min, no solution was given and my call was dropped, suddenly. Nobody called me back. I tried to call the service number and find the lady I was speaking to and there is no way...

What a s*t company and service!

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I just switched to At&t today, so I can't comment on history of service. I would recommend using their automated system so that you don't have to call back and waste your time.

https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/client/en_US/

Secondly, if that doesn't work, your 50 minutes of time is definitely worth more than $5-10. There are a lot of alternative ways to unlock your phone that you might consider. I'm not going to post any links, but I know for a fact many exist.

Good luck to you, and I'm sorry about your bad experience. Your mileage definitely varies while talking on the phone to a huge company.

Thanks. I did submit a request before calling AT&T. Below is what I got. I just wanted to try some official way to unlock my iPhone. Given that AT&T provide that service, I think that's the right of a customer.

Request number: 391xxxx

Thank you for contacting AT&T Customer Care about unlocking your AT&T Mobile device. We are unable to process your request through this channel.

To submit a request to unlock your business AT&T Mobile device, please call Business Customer Care at 800-331-0500.

To submit a request to unlock your prepaid AT&T Mobile device, please call AT&T Customer Care at 800-901-9878.

Oh man, AT&T is my worst enemy. I have only dealt with their cell phone division, but in store and on the phone the customer service is awful. The manager at an AT&T store lied to my face just to get me out the door, as did a customer service provider I talked to over the phone.

The nickel and diming they do to their customers is crazy, and its kinda sad the competition is so similar (at least from what I gather from friends). Capitalism at its finest, right?

What makes me feel worse is that I just upgraded to iPhone 5s and will stay with AT&T for another two years. I might can cancel the service but I know I don't have too many options to choose. The telecom companies are not like some e-commerce companies who can claim they're customer centric and do that.

Just paid $2-5 on ebay to unlock your iPhone. It will save your headache.

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