How do you unlock an iphone 5s

Just bought my iphone 5s and it says it's locked thru a carrier how do I take the lock off

Hmyers48 wrote:
It says us cellular but when I call and give them the imei number they say it's not in their system
Doesn't matter what they say about it being in their system. US Cellular does not offer unlocking. Either sign up for service with US Cellular and use it on their network, or sell it to someone who can use it and buy a phone you can actually use.

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    ?

    Robbieeeee wrote:
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  • HT4623 how do you unlock your iphone

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