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Q: i am in south africa, my phone is locked to orange network in the uk. how do i unlock it?

i am in south africa, my phone is locked to orange network in the uk. how do i unlock it?

iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1.1

Posted on Sep 9, 2012 10:11 AM

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Q: i am in south africa, my phone is locked to orange network in the uk. how do i unlock it?

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  • by Allan Sampson,

    Allan Sampson Allan Sampson Sep 9, 2012 11:50 AM in response to sankoei
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    Sep 9, 2012 11:50 AM in response to sankoei

    Don't need to do this with an iPhone or iPad running iOS 5 or later either.

     

    When you purchase a carrier locked phone, it must be registered and activated with the carrier.

     

    Sell both now. Don't walk, run. You will be able to sell both much faster and for more $ than some swiss cheese for security Android device.

  • by sankoei,

    sankoei sankoei Sep 9, 2012 12:22 PM in response to deggie
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    Sep 9, 2012 12:22 PM in response to deggie

    I bought the iPhone, making sure the seller was the legal owner of the phone, the contact was presented to me! I also bought an iPad brand new, before i could use it, it showed a picture of a USB cable on the screen and I could not do anything with it. I had to download iTunes, install it and connect the iPad to the computer before I could use it. Is it wrong of me to think that Apple try to control me or my iPad? If I decide to sell my cellphone, I can go to my service provider, they can unlock it themselves and I can sell it. I may be wrong, but it looks like with Apple products, I need to contact my service provider who then have to contact Apple to have the phone unlock? And I also have to pay to have it done. And by the way in the past 15 years I never had a phone which was locked to any network, and they all were and is contract phones. I do understand that there are Apple supporters who do not want to hear any negative comments about Apple. At the moment I do have a Swiss cheesecake, called Android, (not a Smasung but a Motorola), I do not have any problems with it, but i do have a minature iPad with a sim card slot which cannot make any calls!

  • by deggie,

    deggie deggie Sep 9, 2012 12:26 PM in response to sankoei
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    Sep 9, 2012 12:26 PM in response to sankoei

    Yes, the seller was the previous owner of the iPhone but he bought a subsidized model that was locked to his provider and he never bothered to get it unlocked. I have a friend with an Android phone he is trying to sell. He bought it subsidized and has not unlocked it. If you buy it and put your SIM in it you will get the same result. Has nothing to do with Apple, has everything to do with your seller and the cell provider he bought his iPhone through.

     

    And yes, you are wrong.

  • by sankoei,

    sankoei sankoei Sep 9, 2012 12:31 PM in response to deggie
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    Sep 9, 2012 12:31 PM in response to deggie

    Then I am very sorry.

  • by Allan Sampson,

    Allan Sampson Allan Sampson Sep 9, 2012 12:34 PM in response to sankoei
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    Sep 9, 2012 12:34 PM in response to sankoei

    I also bought an iPad brand new, before i could use it, it showed a picture of a USB cable on the screen and I could not do anything with it. I had to download iTunes, install it and connect the iPad to the computer before I could use it.

     

    This was prior to iOS 5. This means the iPad you purchased had iOS 4 installed. Prior to iOS 5, this was required. Not anymore with iOS 5 or later.

     

    Just because you have never had a cell phone that was locked with any network does not mean there are no cell phones sold as carrier locked.

     

    If there is a charge to unlock an iPhone or ANY cell phone sold as carrier locked, that is up to the carrier, not Apple. AT&T in the US does not charge to unlock an iPhone.

     

    The process is the carrier contacts Apple requesting the unlock for a carrier locked iPhone which is entirely up to the carrier. Your complaint is with Orange. It is up to the carrier an iPhone was sold as carrier locked with to unlock the iPhone and to charge or not charge for the unlock.

     

    You won't know you have a security problem with that swiss cheese for security garbage that is Android until after your personal info on the device is compromised. By then, it will be too late.

     

    You are nothing but a troll. Exercise your idle threat and sell both now. No reason to wait.

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