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I bought this iPhone year ago and it was unlocked and there was no restriction on carrier whatsoever but I formatted my phone yesterday and status has change to sim locked. What’s going on? Anyone can help me?
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iPhone 12, iOS 16
I suspect this iPhone was originally locked, and your re-formatting has (re)exposed that lock, or an Apple update has undone some previous shenanigans and has (re)exposed the carrier lock.
You’ll need to discuss this with the carrier holding the lock. Nobody else can clear a carrier lock.
I suspect this iPhone was originally locked, and your re-formatting has (re)exposed that lock, or an Apple update has undone some previous shenanigans and has (re)exposed the carrier lock.
You’ll need to discuss this with the carrier holding the lock. Nobody else can clear a carrier lock.
If you bought this used, I might suspect it was of questionable origin, and was originally carrier locked, and the seller did something to suppress the carrier lock.
I bought it from Pakistan. And I confirm that it was unlocked cause I used physical sim for 2 months. And after that in Pakistan one have to pay registration fund for approval by govt for sim usage in Pakistan. So after it expired I removed the physical sim and yesterday I sold the phone to someone and reset the phone and now I am seeing this problem.
i don't understand this i said i bought it a year ago and updated regularly since then and nothing has happened untill that formate.😐
Moreover the carrier lock it shows from companies in pakistan never sold iphones in pakistan like this. so strange and irony is apple have no support whatsoever so ever or track back records so they could fix this. thanks apple
Where, exactly, did you buy it? And who told you it was “unlocked”?
anyone else???🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
“Carrier lock” status from “No sim restriction” to “Network provider Lock” status “sim locked”
