I want to use my $600.00 iPhone paperweight.

If the phone is locked to Xfinity, you can only use an Xfinity SIM card with the phone.

~Lyssa

What you're describing is the case for most carriers. Cell phone accounts have 1 owner, and often have multiple lines on the account. The account owner controls the phones.

You would not have had a different experience with another carrier. You can sell the phone and buy one that is unlocked or from a different carrier.

~Lyssa

If it's SIM-locked to Xfinity, you can set up your own Xfinity account.

If you are the one who has the Apple ID for the phone, maybe you could take the steps to prepare it for resale and then sell it to someone who wants an Xfinity-locked phone?!?!?

(Maybe others can indicate whether that is a possibility.)

I was not suggesting being dIshonest.

I was suggesting that IF it is possible for someone else to use the phone as an Xfinity-locked phone with their own Xfinity-locked account, you could sell it for that purpose with full pre-sales disclosure of of the restriction. I’m guessing the buyer would want a large discount in exchange for the phone being carrier-locked. So you would not be getting $600.

But maybe even that is not a possibility. If Xfinity chose not to offer service to anyone except your daughter, then the phone really would be a paperweight as a phone; it would basically be an iPod touch.

If the phone is carrier-locked, it is up to that carrier to decide whether they will release the lock.