Terms and conditions state that you have to activate the iPhone with at&t in order to get the credit. Hopefully that's just for getting the SMS functionality and doesn't exclude unlocked iPhones that never went to at&t.
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Terms and conditions state that you have to activate the iPhone with at&t in order to get the credit. Hopefully that's just for getting the SMS functionality and doesn't exclude unlocked iPhones that never went to at&t.