How can I unlock my iphone when I'm not an original owner of my iphone?

My Iphone is locked to 3.ie network I contacted their customer service several times about my iPhone unlock. However every time they reply saying that only original owner of my iPhone can unlock it by contacting them. I'm not original owner of my iPhone and I have no idea who is :-( I'm hopeless please help.

iPhone 4, iOS 6.1.3

Posted on Sep 11, 2013 4:52 PM

8 replies

Sep 11, 2013 4:57 PM in response to Community User

To legitimately unlock an iPhone you do it by contacting the carrier it is locked to and ask if thy can unlock as you did. In your case you aren't able to do this as explained so you will need to use a 3 sim unless you were to find out who the original owner is and get them to contact 3 for you.


Any other method of unlocking is classed as hacking and is not supported by Apple or these forums sorry.

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How can I unlock my iphone when I'm not an original owner of my iphone?

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