I was leaving the US on a business trip and called AT&T on the off chance that they would unlock my on-contract iPhone 4S. They said no because I was on contract.
OK No biggie, I hadn't expected them to do it but I figured it couldn't hurt to try. When I updated my phone to iOS 6. Alcatel Mtk Phone Unlock Tool more. 1.2 I did it as a new phone to clear everything off and planned on doing a restore to get my apps and content back on. When I finished my update I received the Contratulations Your Phone is Unlocked message. I also don't have access to a non-AT&T sim card so I gave them a call to confirm if I was unlocked or not. Turns out that at some point someone at AT&T sent my name to Apple and when I did the update the phone was also unlocked. AT&T confirmed the unlock and basically said, congratulations and have a nice day. How Unlock Iphone 6 Verizon.