Using a foreign sim

I’m visiting Turkey for 1 week. I’ve purchased a local sim, free local calls & texts, 8 GB data. I am unable to get the data to work

iPhone 7 Plus, iOS 12

Posted on May 17, 2019 2:30 PM

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2 replies

May 17, 2019 2:37 PM in response to suzette160

Did you have the carrier holding the lock on your iPhone at home release the lock prior to your trip?

suzette160 Author

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8 points

May 17, 2019 2:47 PM in response to Allan Eckert

As far as I was aware my phone was not locked

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