how do i know if my iphone is unlocked

THANK YOU ericsiegel01 ! Erasing the content from the phone before connecting it to iTunes was just the ticket! For me, at least. Now...on to Europe for vacation...! :-)

Following the instructions by ns with changes by ericsiegel01 (disconnect iphone while erasing) also worked for me. Thank you!

I did not receive any message from iTunes (11.1.3). I hope my 4S (7.0.4) is unlocked. I erased and restored multiple times and followed Thingo75 and ericsiegel01's instructions.

There is another way without itunes Restore:

1- Make sure your iPhone is at latest iOS

2- Backup your iPhone (Preferred on Cloud)

3- from you iPhone go to: settings - general - reset - reset all media and settings - WILL PERMANENTLY DELETE everything from your iPhone.

4- Connect your iPhone to iTunes - it will tell you "Congratulations .. you iPhone is unlocked"

5- Setup your iPhone by restoring your backup (preferred from cloud as in #2).

it will take you time to restore your iPhone but it is easier than restoring through iTunes

How to know my iPhone is lucked or unlocked?

If you can't be bothered to read anything at all in this 5 page thread which has been dead for over 3 years, I doubt anything we could tell you is going to make any difference.