Hi arlene, Thanks for your message. It's great that simply swapping the sim card is enough, once the phone is unlocked, and you don't actually have to restore from a backup.
All the best, Anna > On Aug 5, 2018, at 11:42 PM, Arlene <[email protected]> wrote: > > Anna, and everyone, We successfully unlocked our se phones tonight, and here > are the instructions for anyone that would like to unlock their phone or > phones. here's the instructions, and if you need help, don't hessitate to ask: > instructions for unlocking an iphone with sim card method > Note, these instructions are for unlocking iphones. > Before you follow these instructions, you need to contact your carrier to ask > them to unlock your phone. > If they say yes, and your phone is an iphone then the carrier will contact > apple, and we believe the next email you receive is from apple, in which you > will receive unlock information, > including codes that you might need. Actually in our emails that we received, > it gave instructions of 2 ways to unlock the phone. As a rule they > want you to wait at least 72 hours after receiving the emails with the unlock > information before unlocking your phone. this is in order to make sure the > apple servers have got the right information on them. > Step 1 > Pop the sim card out of the phone that you want to unlock, > The sim card will be located on the right edge of the phone if it is a iphone > se. > It might be on the right edge on other iphones, but not having another model > I don't have thaat information. This is how you'll know when you find the sim > card, > There will be a tiny hole, so small > that you'll need a paper clip or even something smaller to put > in the hole. Make sure the phone is sturdy in your hand or on it's edge on > something sturdy, > Unfold the paper clip a little so it will insert into the hole. > push down on the paper clip. Don't worry, it will take a little pressure, > but you'll hear a tiny pop, that's the sim card tray that is holding the sim > card, releasing. > Next, very carefully slide it out, it wil come all the way out. > The sim card and the tray is so tiny, it would be best to do this on > something in case you accidentally drop the tray or sim card. > This way if you do this over a table for example if you accidentally dropped > the sim card or tray, you would be able to easily find it on the table. > The sim card and tray only works one way, so make sure you have the tray and > the sim card correct before inserting it back into the phone. > If you pay attention to what you're doing, you won't make a mistake > because it's all keyed to work a certain way. If you do have problems you > could always call for help. > Now for step 2 > Take the sim card out of the other iphone that's on a different cell carrier > network, > step3 > insert this sim card into the phone you want to unlock. > the phone will say, activation required. you might need to use your finger to > read that, if it doesn't say it right away. > Then find the dismiss button, double tap the dismiss button > As soon as you double tap on the dismiss button, if all is successful the > phone will say > set up, update completed. your iphone was updated successfuly, > there's just a few more steps to do and you'll be done. > then you'll have a continue button, and tap on continue, > then you might here the phone say back button, and the phone will continue to > say, that it might take a few minutes to update your iphone. In our > experience it took less than a minute to get done. > Then it's all done and everything goes to your main screen, and you'll find > that you're on the network of the other carrier, and that way you'll know > your phone is unlocked. > now You can pop either cards in your phone and if everything went well, > either card in your phone would work on either carrier. > Since at this time we don't have itunes installed anywhere this was really > quick and easy, but the guy that did it, my Wayne, he's a good hardwhere > man. Me, Arlene, I would have been hessitant to do this operation. > If you decide to do this, if you need help, don't hessitate to ask. > > > > Arlene > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anna Dresner" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2018 9:59 AM > Subject: Re: going through the process of unlocking a phone > > > Hi all, > > Is there a way to find out whether a phone is unlocked or not? I bought mine > from Apple last fall, specifying AT&T as the carrier. It's an iPhone X. I > seem to remember hearing that these phones came unlocked, but I'm not sure. > I'd rather not have to do the restore from backup if it's not necessary. > > Best, > Anna > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Aug 5, 2018, at 12:54 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> T > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. 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