HT201328: How to unlock your iPhone for use with another carrier
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Dec 28, 2014 3:22 PM in response to mdoppsby Allan Eckert,Then ask Apple.
Apple is not here.
This is user to user forum.
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Dec 28, 2014 3:23 PM in response to mdoppsby roaminggnome,Your carrier should let you know when the unlock is complete. This is not Apple responsibility.
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Dec 28, 2014 4:04 PM in response to roaminggnomeby mdopps,- The carrier is where the unlock was requested...
- The carrier replied with "two days to make a decision"...
- That decision was reached after 2 days and confirmed, saying the information was sent to Apple over 24 hours ago...
- Yet Apple is still not allowing the unlock yet
(yes it is controlled by iTunes sync, by Apple's database)...
- If you know of a SIM status link that is free using a serial/imei, please share...
Apple responds to these posts, especially when there is a good discussion on it, or maybe you haven't seen those yet, in any case...
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Dec 28, 2014 4:15 PM in response to mdoppsby roaminggnome,When Apple has completed their end, then your carrier will let you know and send you instructions on how to complete the unlock process.
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Dec 28, 2014 4:41 PM in response to roaminggnomeby mdopps,Again Carrier says its been completed, and the carrier, AT&T, tech support says Apple's database is not updated yet, is the only explanation, in addition Apple phone Support says typical SLA once we get the request from the carrier is 1-3 days.... very vague
If your carrier has sent the request to apple, then provides you with a confirmation, and then you walk into T-mobile and slap in a new SIM card, and Apple hasnt processed that 1-3 days yet, your screwed without service
stick back in the AT&T SIM and run restore from inside itunes and itunes finds out from Apple's database that the device is ok to proceed as unlocked and does it for you. Or you can pay $50 per device for an online company to speed up the process, but we have 5 iphones on our plan... not cheap, best to validate FIRST
So again hopeing someone on here, somewhere has additional way to find out current SIM status like a status link like this one http :// iphoneimei. info but one that is free and actually queries Apple's database directly for current database activation status... I need all my phones validated unlocked before I walk into my next carrier and sign up without fear that we wont be without phones for the next 2-3 days.