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can your provider lock your sim free phone

bought a sim free phone about three years ago put a talktalk sim into it have changed to another provider now seems to be locked ????

iPod touch, Windows 7

Posted on Apr 22, 2018 8:17 AM

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Posted on Apr 22, 2018 8:33 AM

Sim Free is NOT the same as unlocked.


I'm assuming you are in the UK. If you bought your phone from a retailer other than Apple (e.g. carphone warehouse), the phone will lock to the first carrier used. The ONLY source for unlocked phones in the UK is directly from Apple.

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