Do I need to unlock prepaid iphone4S, which was a unlocked one previously
I was on a visit to US for few months and have had Verizon Iphone4s previously which was unlocked by verizon and with that i used in my country local SIM. Now i traveled back to my country and wanted to use GSM local SIM but is not working, do I need to get this unlocked again? and what is the process since calling from my country to Verizon is very expensive. Please help with the process of unlocking my Iphone 4S.
devarabhatla, We surely know the importance of understanding your options for unlocking your iPhone 4S. Here's a link that explains the details of our Device Unlock Policy http://vz.to/11TPVJv .
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