About Carrier SIM lock in Canada

Hi, I want to buy an iPhone 4 with 3 years contract in Canada , my question is , is the iPhone 4 locked with the carrier SIM , or it is an unlocked version?

Not all of the carriers in Canada offer official unlocking, however you can purchase an officially unlocked iPhone from any Apple store or directly from Apple online. If you want an unlocked iPhone, that's your best choice.

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Is the contract-free iphone6 lock to the T-Mobile sim card or will i be able to use any other carrier sim card in the phone?

The phone is NOT locked.

Why do unlocked iPhones get locked to the first carrier SIM?

I wanted to buy an unlocked iPhone 5s in the UK. I was told at Phone4U that it will get locked to the first carrier SIM which I put in!!! And I will not be able to switch!!
I am an international student and travel a lot to my home country, isn't there any way I could buy an unlocked iPhone which remains unlocked, providing me flexibility to switch carriers ??

That has been an ongoing issue with "unlocked" iPhones from CarPhones and the place you mention...the iPhones are not unlocked in the true sense. They are setup to lock to the first sim inserted for activation. There really isn't away around this, either. Only the Apple store sells truly unlocked iPhones.
For a retail store: http://www.apple.com/retail/storelist/

USA iphone 4s sim locked?

The iphone 4s will be sell in USA which is sim locked in ATT?
But the iphone 4s from USA can be used in other countries with any carriers?
I wonder the iphone 4s will be sell in Canada, can it be used on tmobile in USA?

Rrrrrright, that is so true. I unlocked my 1st Gen iPhone and switched to Tmobile in 2009 since I don't use a cellphone much and needed to save money, and hated AT&T and, and , and....
But of course I wanted to continue to be seen with iPhone, that was my true priority. The fact that I liked all the other features, which continued to work over wifi... totally negligible.
I would love to upgrade to the 4s. Mainly because I would like to be seen with the 4s (never mind it looks like a 4). (I also would like this better screen and iOS 5 since I am still on iOS 3 and the better camera, coming from a 2 megapixel, and video features. Faster chip would be great too) ...
Now in order to be seen with this iPhone 4s I am willing to pay the insane amount of $650 for an unlocked iPhone with my $100 per year Prepaid plan on Tmobile for a total of $750. I am also willing to forgo the 3G features as a trade off, because just to be seen with an iPhone 4s really makes up for that!!
Agreed, makes absolutely no sense whatsoever!
That saves me, what? $200 plus about $80 per month/2 year contract minus my $850 (let's say I use $100 in Prepaid per year)... it saves me way over a grand over two years...
I know, I really should buy the iPod Touch and ducktape a cheap flip phone to it... the fact that I rather spend the extra dough to be seen with that nifty iPhone proofs your point, exposes my true agenda and I am totally embarrassed!
I also have a very very low IQ.

HT1438 i keep getting SIM locked message on my iphone 4s and I need to unlock it please please can someone help me? The voice activation is on and when I type in what I think is the code It wont even put in the numbers

I am trying to unlock my SIM from my iphone 4s, as I am getting a mesage SIM locked. How do I unlock this?Also I am typing in what I think my code is and it is not working. The voice activation wil not allow me to type in the numbers for some reason. I have turned it off and on about 7 times now. please please please can someone help me?

If you bought the iphone in the US and it is locked to a specific carrier, then you can't use a different sim (from another carrier). Is this your situation?
Otherwise I'm not sure what you mean by "trying to unlock my SIM". In which country did you buy the iphone? Who's your carrier?

Sim lock

Hi
is there anyone out there that can help this idiot. Yesterday I changed my pin number for my sim and forgot to write it down. I have forgotten this bloody number and wonder if there is anyway of unlocking my phone without locking it completely. Please help me as I'm desperate.
Sue

If you're talking about the sim pin and not the passcode lock, you will have to get the PUK code from your carrier to reset your sim pin. Some carriers will display the PUK code when you log into your account online,

What are the 'sim lock' laws? Seriously.

I really can't find any up-to-date info on the sim lock laws or if there are any. Supposedly late last year there was a law put into place where service providers are required to give you the unlock code if requested.
AT&T did this for me without hesitation but Verizon basically told me to bugger off. I thought it was due to my not having a contract but they just kept claiming that they either didn't know what I was on about or that they were not able to find the information or that they just didn't have the ability to do it. I just want to be able to call them and quote something real of what the law says. My understanding (confirmed by AT&T rep) is each service provider can supply unlock codes for ONLY their branded phones, but everyone is reqiured to do so when asked. I thought.

Nah, you thought wrong, sorry. At least there is no federal law in the US to that effect, perhaps some one or two states have passed something like that although I don't remember it -- and I do sorta keep up with stuff like this.
Anyway. Correct, a carrier 'may' give you the unlock code for a device bought from them. If they want to. If you have service with them. If your account is in good standing. If you've been a customer for 90 days. Different carriers in the US have different polices, the above is/was ATT's and Tmobile's.
Verizon has in the past provided unlock codes to customers of good standing and if asked, when buying a device at full price, off-contract. I don't think that has changed.
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SIM locked iPhone activation

Bought an iPhone 5c with simlock to British operator and then restored it. Is it enough to have any nano-SIM or do I need the one from the carrier it is locked to in order to activate the phone? The only thing I need is to get to iOS. And if i need the British SIM, what carrier should it be? iPhone said that its carrier is Three UK, while imei.info says it is T-mobile Orange UK.
Thanks for help.

If the device is locked to a carrier, as I said earlier, then you would need one of their SIM cards. I hope that is what you are intending to borrow from a friend. If the device is not unlocked, it will not work with another SIM until you get the carrier it is locked with to unlock it. It you believe it will just work with the Czech carrier after activation, it will not if it was not unlocked by the British carrier you say it is locked to.
To address your question about the SIM, it has to stay in the device until the activation is complete.

How to unlock the SIM lock o2 UK

hi there,
about 3 years ago I bought an iPhone 3Gs. it was a second hand phone from CeX in UK. my wife has been using this phone until the contract have run out. then I have sent this phone to my sister in Poland but I have forgotten to remove the SIM lock. apparently, she wasn't able to do so for her own so she requested some kind of help. today I went to O2 Shop and asked to unlock the phone. I gave them an IMEI number. unfortunately, I've been told, they're not happy to help me as I wasn't the first owner... they suggested me to call Apple instead.
so, can anybody help me, please?
cheers, Marek

Apple do not unlock iPhones
Carriers lock them ,only the carrier can unlock them
For O2 to unlock an iPhone
It needs to be active on the UK network and that means in the UK
either under contract or being used on a PAYG sim
http://www.o2.co.uk/unlockmyiphone

Just updated my old iphone4, it as no sim card in, as i use it mainly for playing music.updated it to ios7 and when i intially open it up, it asked for a sim lock code.was'nt sure of this. i put the passlock code in. now its asking for a PUK code.

***.are Apple doing? why offer an update without warning people about the consequences!
I've just updated my old iphone4 to ios7. this phone as no sim card, as i use it more like an ipod..after the update it ask for a code, i put in the passlock code.
Unbeknown to me the sim lock and the passlock codes were different! as the sim as been deactiavted by my carrier they cant give me a PUK code!
I'm now stuck with a phone i cant use
any suggestions please!

Plug your phone into the wall charger for at least 30 minutes...make sure you have a sim card in the phone...then:
Leave the USB cable connected to your computer, but NOT your phone, iTunes running, press & hold the home button while connecting the USB cable to your dock connector, continue holding the home button until you see “Connect to iTunes” on the screen. You may now release the home button. iTunes should now display that it has detected your phone in recovery mode, if not quit and reopen iTunes. If you still don’t see the recovery message repeat these steps again. iTunes will give you the option to restore from a backup or set up as new.
Make sure you have no anti-virus software running or any firewalls...turn all of that stuff off.

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I accidentally erased my phone from Find my Iphone App and I have a sim lock on my phone - now it wont let me restore. any ideas? Thanks

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With a sim lock,
you'll have to contact your carrier for the PUK code, as described here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1316

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