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iPhone Unlocking Question

CyberDave · 2019-10-24 08:42:40

I asked my Network provider to unlock my iPhone and they did, but reading the email they sent, there seems to be a glitch. It seems like the phone is unlocked only until a new SIM card (for another network) is inserted. Once the new network is joined, it then becomes locked to the new network. Is this common practice for…

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24-10-2019 9:42am

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CyberDave

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I asked my Network provider to unlock my iPhone and they did, but reading the email they sent, there seems to be a glitch. It seems like the phone is unlocked only until a new SIM card (for another network) is inserted. Once the new network is joined, it then becomes locked to the new network.

Is this common practice for unlocking? or can I request for it to be unlocked so it doesn't lock to a new network each time? Thanks.

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#2 24-10-2019 10:15am
DelBoy Trotter

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Once the phone is unlocked, it will not lock again. The information in the email from your provider (presuming it's Eir?) is incorrect

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#3 24-10-2019 10:31am
CyberDave

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Ok. That's good, glad to hear that.

It is eir... Thanks for your response

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