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Sim card lock need help

Fahadul
2: Seeker
2: Seeker

I got an iphone from one of my Cousin , it is carrier lock . I do not know the sim card number he used in that iphone, I need to know the Sim card number for unlock this.I leave in a different county from where the iphone was bought.   What is the legal process to know that sim card number used in that iphone5. I want to use this iphone properly.

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BandOfBrothers
17: Community Champion
17: Community Champion

Hi,

 

May I ask :

 

Is the iPhone locked to the Vodafone U.K Network ?

 

The original owner typically needs to ask their network to unlock the phone to all networks. 

 

On the Vodafone Uk network a person can use a Vodafone Payg SIM card in the phone for 30 days making calls, sending texts and using data to latch its imei number to the Payg account and then request the unlock.

 

But the iPhone must be in the Uk and used on the Vodafone Uk network. 

 

As I understand your post your not currently in the Uk so it would have to be sent to someone you know in the Uk ,and they use it for the 30 days I mention and they unlock it. Or ask the original owner  your cousin to request it's unlock. 

 

Some links  is relevant to the Vodafone Uk network. 

 

https://www.vodafone.co.uk/vodafone-uk/forms/unlock-code-request/

 

 

http://forum.vodafone.co.uk/t5/Pay-monthly-products-services/Unlocking-your-phone-NUC/m-p/2421880

 

Tip...

 

An iPhone is not unlocked via inputting an unlock code but instead is unlocked via Apple and their Database. Apple can take approximately 20-30 days to complete an unlock request made by a Network. Periodically insert an active Non-Vodafone Sim Card in the iPhone and hook up to iTunes. From the iPhone 5 onwards there's not normally the need to hook up to iTunes to complete the process.

Current Phone  >

Samsung Galaxy s²³ Ultra 512gb Phantom Black.

 

 

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Fahadul
2: Seeker
2: Seeker

I got an iphone from one of my Cousin , it is carrier lock . I do not know the sim card number he used in that iphone, I need to know the Sim card number for unlock this.I leave in a different county from where the iphone was bought.   What is the legal process to know that sim card number used in that iphone5. I want to use this iphone properly.

BandOfBrothers
17: Community Champion
17: Community Champion

Hi,

 

May I ask :

 

Is the iPhone locked to the Vodafone U.K Network ?

 

The original owner typically needs to ask their network to unlock the phone to all networks. 

 

On the Vodafone Uk network a person can use a Vodafone Payg SIM card in the phone for 30 days making calls, sending texts and using data to latch its imei number to the Payg account and then request the unlock.

 

But the iPhone must be in the Uk and used on the Vodafone Uk network. 

 

As I understand your post your not currently in the Uk so it would have to be sent to someone you know in the Uk ,and they use it for the 30 days I mention and they unlock it. Or ask the original owner  your cousin to request it's unlock. 

 

Some links  is relevant to the Vodafone Uk network. 

 

https://www.vodafone.co.uk/vodafone-uk/forms/unlock-code-request/

 

 

http://forum.vodafone.co.uk/t5/Pay-monthly-products-services/Unlocking-your-phone-NUC/m-p/2421880

 

Tip...

 

An iPhone is not unlocked via inputting an unlock code but instead is unlocked via Apple and their Database. Apple can take approximately 20-30 days to complete an unlock request made by a Network. Periodically insert an active Non-Vodafone Sim Card in the iPhone and hook up to iTunes. From the iPhone 5 onwards there's not normally the need to hook up to iTunes to complete the process.

Current Phone  >

Samsung Galaxy s²³ Ultra 512gb Phantom Black.