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SIM unlocking. Bleh. If you've ever looked into doing this in the past, you'll know the kind of sordid and potentially scam-filled world you're getting into.
We're generally lucky in the Android realm, since usually a developer will at some point come along with a way to do this on your Rooted device without ever having to go near one of those probably-fake paid unlocking services. Sometimes though you pick up a device before that development is done, and have little option but to look into said paid services. Since I'm in New Zealand on the Telecom network here, the latter scenario applied to me.
[For reference to anyone here in NZ looking at getting a US variant for whatever reason, be aware that the AT&T SIII will only work really well on the Telecom XT network where data is concerned. It has 3G in the 850 and 2100MHz bands only, and the upshot of that is that outside main centres it is likely to drop off 3G coverage if you're on Vodafone, and 2Degrees customers will need to purchase National 3G Data Packs to operate at all and will suffer the same poor coverage. If you're still interested, you can pick up AT&T SIIIs via Ebay for about $800NZD all up.]
So, how to unlock my AT&T SIII?
