Is my iPhone unlocked?

cartwheel_ · 03-06-2012 12:29AM #1

Hey,
I have a second hand iPhone from O2 on bill pay...just wondering if anyone knows if it'd be unlocked or not? I'm not bothered unlocking it if it isn't, but am just waiting for a code to unlock an older phone to use abroad and am worried I won't get the code in time. I put the new sim in and it just said no service but I don't know if that was cos the sim is a US one and just had no signal? I read somewhere that billpay phones aren't locked sometimes?

bryaner · 03-06-2012 12:33AM

Your phone is locked, ring o2 for an unlock and it will be done via i tunes when you plug your phone in..

Edit: Sorry just noticed it's secondhand you would have to ask the original owner to request the unlock

coylemj · 03-06-2012 12:44PM

To be 100% certain I'd borrow a SIM from another Irish network (i.e. anyone but O2) from a friend and see if you can get a signal but as far as I remember the phone will refuse to even search for a service if it is locked and you put another SIM into it.

If it was locked and you put a US SIM into it, a message saying the phone was blocked would have come up first thing. If it just said no service it's probably unlocked.

cartwheel_ · 03-06-2012 02:50PM

coylemj wrote: »

If it was locked and you put a US SIM into it, a message saying the phone was blocked would have come up first thing. If it just said no service it's probably unlocked.

Yeah that's what I was thinking...thanks a mill I'll try that!

Is my iPhone unlocked?

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