Hi, I have an iphone 4 factory unlocked running iOS 6.1.3, if I update it to iOS 7, will I have to pay to get it unlocked again or will it still be unlocked for use afterwards?
iPhone 4, iOS 6.1.3, Factory Unlocked
There's a difference between a factory unlocked device and one that was not initially locked (I forget the technical name for this type). For the latter, once you put in a sim card, the device becomes locked to that carrier.
MRaza91 wrote:
okay, but just to be safe, how can we be sure that our phone is fatory unlocked? because my cousin apparently had a factory unlocked iphone 3g and updated it iOS 6.1.3 and it got locked
Your cousins phone was therefore not, in fact, factory unlocked. An iPhone sold directly by Apple as unlocked will never lock because of an iOS update.
An iPhone unlocked by going through proper procedures and channels with the carrier to whom it was originally locked will never lock again because of an iOS update.
An iPhone hacked to unlock it (which is unlocked by ANY other means then the first two) will lock again whenever iOS is updated.
If I had to guess, I would say 90% of privately sold iPhones sold as "unlocked" are in fact merely hacked to unlock them, and WILL relock when updated.
Some iPhones sold in Europe are also sold as "SIM free" and contract free, but do in fact lock to the carrier of the first SIM inserted in them. No contract, or "SIM free" does not mean unlocked.
Where did you buy the Phone?
Only Apple stores sell truly factory unlocked iPhones.
If it is factory unlocked then it can't relock because there's nothing for it to re-lock to. That is, has no carrier associated with it to lock to.
If you bought it off some other site then its possible its not really factory unlocked.
the term, i suppose, that you're looking for is Jail broken or Jail Break Unlocked...
As for the other responses, thanks for the help everyone 🙂 And I went on and tried the update and phew! it's a factory unlocked cell phone, I got it from my cousin in Australia.
Can any of you just confirm if an iPad gets locked after update? the 4th Generation (Non Sim one), or will it keep on working?
If its a Wifi only model then again there's nothing to lock it to. Because Wifi only models have no cellular chip to lock to.
If its a cellular Model the GSM chip tray is unlocked and cannot get locked.
No. If the phone is unlocked then updating to iOS 7 will not cause it to lock again.
okay, but just to be safe, how can we be sure that our phone is fatory unlocked? because my cousin apparently had a factory unlocked iphone 3g and updated it iOS 6.1.3 and it got locked
For some reason mine got locked again... 😟
Could any one help me regarding restricted network of GSM on my iphone 4SFU (factory unlocked). I am stucked by this problem.
If I update my factory unlocked iphone 4 to iOS 7, will it have to be unlocked again?
