11-18-2013, 12:18 AM
Never mind. It "just worked".
I opened iTunes (already had a T-Mobile sim card in the new phone). Connected the phone and it showed me the "Congratulations. Your phone is unlocked" message. Then I picked my old backup from the pull-down list and it did its thing. My only stumbling block now is that I was unable to activate my new sim on the T-Mobile website. I called customer service, who confirmed what the website said - that the new sim was invalid. She was very apologetic and said I could go to any T-Mobile store and they'd give me a new one and activate it immediately.
Hell, after all the hoop-jumping we've been through with AT&T, this will be a piece-of-cake.
I opened iTunes (already had a T-Mobile sim card in the new phone). Connected the phone and it showed me the "Congratulations. Your phone is unlocked" message. Then I picked my old backup from the pull-down list and it did its thing. My only stumbling block now is that I was unable to activate my new sim on the T-Mobile website. I called customer service, who confirmed what the website said - that the new sim was invalid. She was very apologetic and said I could go to any T-Mobile store and they'd give me a new one and activate it immediately.
Hell, after all the hoop-jumping we've been through with AT&T, this will be a piece-of-cake.