Does your iPhone relock to a network?

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Does your iPhone relock to a network?

Hello.

I bought my iPhone 5 from O2. Today, I asked O2 to unlock my iPhone from their network. I want to change networks to 3 UK and keep my O2 SIM card to use when I'm traveling. Is it possible to use different SIM cards of different networks on the iPhone without it locking? I have read that the iphone locks to the network of the SIM card inserted.

iPhone 5, iOS 6.0.2

Posted on Aug 20, 2013 5:24 PM

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modular747

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Aug 20, 2013 5:33 PM in response to stewarty11

If your phone is officially unlocked by your carrier (O2 in this case), it will remain pertinently unlocked. The only phones that lock to the network when a SIM card is installed are those sold as locked to that network.

Note that iPhones which have been hacked to unlock, will re-lock to the original network (regardless of what SIM card is installed) whenever updated or restored.

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