HT201328: How to unlock your iPhone for use with another carrier
Learn about How to unlock your iPhone for use with another carrier
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Jan 12, 2013 9:27 AM in response to XXXaaaXXXby Lawrence Finch,It wasn't a good idea to post your IMEI to a public forum where millions of people will see it, not all of them honest.
How was your iPhone unlocked? Did you purchase it from an Apple store, and the receipt says "unlocked"? Was it originally locked, and you requested that the carrier unlock it? Or did you purchase it used from someone who told you it was unlocked? Or did you hack it or jailbreak it to unlock it (or pay someone else to do so)?
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Jan 12, 2013 9:33 AM in response to Lawrence Finchby XXXaaaXXX,iPhone Activation Error, not active before unlocked
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Jan 12, 2013 9:42 AM in response to XXXaaaXXXby KiltedTim,Where exactly did you get the phone? This is almost always a symptom of a phone that was jailbroken or hacked.
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Jan 12, 2013 9:59 AM in response to KiltedTimby XXXaaaXXX,already restored to 6.0.1 but still the same error
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Jan 12, 2013 10:04 AM in response to XXXaaaXXXby KiltedTim,Answer the question.
I'll give 90%+ odds that the phone was jailbroken or hacked.
You can NOT get help with a hacked or jailbroken phone here.
Find an answer somewhere else or buy a new phone.
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Jan 13, 2013 9:31 PM in response to KiltedTimby thefreckles,my phone isnt jb or hack is original and i dont activate show a message like tha "insert correct sim" or something like that how can i do?
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Jan 14, 2013 2:55 AM in response to thefrecklesby KiltedTim,If it's telling you to insert a SIM from a supported carrier, that means the phone is carrier locked. You will either have to establish service with the carrier it is locked to, or contact that carrier to find out if they offer unlocking.
Only the carrier it is locked to can authorize unlocking it.
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Jan 11, 2015 12:49 AM in response to Lawrence Finchby Sabijoessy,I bougth it used but requested for carrier unlock through officialiphoneunlock.co.uk and the unlock process was successful since 28/08/2013 till current update to iOS 8. I did update it to 7 and it activated successfully
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Jan 11, 2015 5:02 AM in response to Sabijoessyby imobl,Your iPhone was not unlocked - it was hacked by officialiphoneunlock.co.uk.
The update to iOS 8 relocked the iPhone to the original wireless provider.
You need to contact that wireless provider to see if they offer unlocking and if
you qualify. No entity other than the wireless provider to which an iPhone is
locked can legitimately unlock the iPhone.
Be advised that whatever officialiphoneunlock.co.uk did to your iPhone may
prevent a legitimate unlock from being successful, and may result in your iPhone
becoming useless.
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Mar 13, 2015 9:33 PM in response to XXXaaaXXXby demetry6666,Technically only Apple can unlock an iPhone. No carrier has the ability to unlock an iPhone themselves, all carriers have to process a request through apple to add the devices MEID/IMEI to apples unlocked list. That is why you have to restore your device through iTunes before it can be unlocked. The only power the carrier holds over their ability to unlock a device, is to deny sending a request to Apple.
