How to check 5s factory unlocked no sim

I just received a 5s phone off ebay that is suppose to be factory unlocked and has no sim. How can I check to see if is really unlocked.

Thanks. If I take it to an ATT dealer would they be able to tell me. This is a present for my wife who has a 4s and I wanted to make sure it is OK before I give it to her.

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    I have scrolled and searched and couldn't locate right answer to the same questions many people had
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    I bought one from private seller, and advertised as unlocked and when I checked the "About" screen it was locked to a Carrier it said carrier name 11.0, and I can;t get unlocked unless I am orginal owner which I wasn't so I have return it,
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    If you call Apple Care with the serial number, they may be able to tell you. What they will not be able to tell you is whether the phone was reported to a carrier as lost or stolen and subsequently blacklisted, meaning locked or unlocked, it will be useless.
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  • HT1937 i have iphone 5 carrier locked to sprint so how can it be factory unlocked ?

    i have iphone 5 carrier locked to sprint so how can it be factory unlocked ?
    what is a good way to unlock it as i am in UAE now

    Don't waste your time, as I've already stated, Sprint WILL NOT autrhorize the unlocking of your sim slot.
    You wasted your money. Return the phone for a refund, if you can, otherwise, sell it to someone that can use it on Sprint's network in the US.

  • How do I activate factory unlocked iphone 5 for  first time

    How do I activate factory unlocked iphone 5 for  first time?Should i connect to itunes?Or should I put the sim first and then ON the device?Pls help me

    Yes.
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  • How to activate a Factory unlocked Iphone 4s

    When I buy a Verizon IPhone 4s I am able to get a SIM unlock but this is not a unlocked Phone. I am not able to use for example
    a AT&T SIM or use is on other CDMA Carriers. It states on the Apple Web-Site if I buy a Factory unlocked phone I am not able to use it on Verizon. This makes absolute no sense. I would like to stay with Verizon (customer for over 10 Years) but since I am traveling all over the world I would like to order a real World Phone.
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    Kufi wrote:
    When I buy a Verizon IPhone 4s I am able to get a SIM unlock but this is not a unlocked Phone. I am not able to use for example
    a AT&T SIM or use is on other CDMA Carriers. It states on the Apple Web-Site if I buy a Factory unlocked phone I am not able to use it on Verizon. This makes absolute no sense. I would like to stay with Verizon (customer for over 10 Years) but since I am traveling all over the world I would like to order a real World Phone.
    Does anyone know how to activate a Factory unlocked IPhone 4s on Verizon.
    The Verizon iPhone 4s is a real World Phone...what you are wanting to do is have Verizon service and use GSM networks while in the US...or at least that what it sounds like since you state that you are having trouble using another U.S. carrier's sim card on your phone. You can't do that. But when you are overseas you can use a local carrier's simcard there if you have the Verizon sim unlocked. As far as the Apple unlocked device that can't be used with Verizon...it makes sense because that device is natively a GMS device...so it will work unlocked on other GSM networks but not on VZW's CDMA. In general, it has always been my understanding that unlocked devices (not just sim's) are for use n GSM networks and not CDMA's.

  • HT5704 How can i do factory unlock my iphone 4S?

    How can i do factory unlock my iphone 4s which i buy from usa?

    As has been explained hundreds of times on these forums already...you must contact the wireless provider to which the phone is locked to..only they can unlock it.  Search before posting, please.

  • How to identify a factory unlocked iphone 4s without taking it of the box, how to identify a factory unlocked iphone 4s without taking it of the box

    how to identify a factory unlocked iphone 4s without taking it of the box

    The model number is NOT a reliable indicator of whether or not the phone is locked. The only exception might be models originating in countries where ALL iPhones are unlocked, or where the carriers do not offer unlocking and Apple does not sell unlocked phones (e.g. India and Japan respectively).

  • IPhone 5 factory unlocked, invalid sim

    My iPhone 5 was factory unlocked by T-Mobile Austria. I've got an unlocking guidance. I've made it through, but I get Invalid SIM error all the time. I've contacted T-Mobile several times, if they completed my request.Their answer was: AL_PENDING_UNLOCK The imei'01341600574xxx' is pending unlock. Any solutions?

    If you did not get the "Congratulations, your iPhone is unlocked" message when you restored iOS, then the unlock is NOT complete. Talk to the carrier again. You may also want to call AppleCare and ask them to check the unlock status in their system via the serial number before hand just so you have some ammunition.
    Now... I'm not implying that you have done any such thing, but just for the sake of complete information, if the phone was ever hacked, jailbroken, or otherwise "unlocked" by anyone other than the carrier it was originally locked to, it may no longer be possible for it to process a legitimate unlock.
    Is it still able to activate using a T-Mobile Austria SIM? Are you the original owner of the phone?

  • How do i erase factory unlocked iPhone 4s

    I just got a 4S-32GB so Ill be selling my 20-day old 4S-16GB.  Both are factory unlocked bought from Apple shipped from Shenzhen iphones.  How do i erase the old one completely in order to sell it?
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    Remove the SIM before performing the re-set as advised by wjosten. There are reports that if you do the reset with an active SIM installed, it will tie iMessage to the phone number of the SIM that's in it at the time.
    Better yet, disable iMessage, then remove the SIM, then perform the erase all. Just to be safe.

  • Iphone 4 Factory Unlocked now Sim Locked?

    hey
    I bought factory unlocked phone from my friend. He bought it from the apple store and used his o2 sim card with it.
    I am in spain and am trying my Movistar simcard (Which works on my unlocked Iphone 3g) but says "Invalid Sim Card"
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    How can i sort this? Restore to factory settings on itunes maybe?
    Cant test on a uk network till next week when im back for a visit.
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    sylo18 wrote:
    Is it possible for a factory unlocked phone to become sim locked?
    Anything is possible, but this almost never happens to officially unlocked iPhones. I suspect your phone is in fact NOT officially unlocked.

  • How Do I Verify "Factory Unlocked"?

    How do I verify if an iPhone 3GS is truly factory unlocked? I have two that are allegedly "factory unlocked," a 3G 16GB and the 3GS 32GB. I activated the former and got the iTunes message, "Congratulations, your iPhone has been unlocked." Does this alone confirm if an iPhone is factory unlocked? I have yet to activate my 3GS because I want to check with you experts first on the matter.

    John Kilpatrick wrote:
    Which means that AT&T could unlock iPhones for a fee if they wanted to. But then won't. Another reason to hate them.
    Actually it does not mean this at all. The link referenced above shows which phones are locked to carriers, which carriers can unlock and which can not. US phones are NOT unlockable by the carrier - I suspect Apple has the means to do it, but AT&T does not.
    The table used to have model numbers so you could know right away what country your phone came from, but for some reason Apple has hidden that data.
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  • New Iphone 4 factory unlocked: "No SIM" "Insert Valid SIM with no pin lock"

    Hi, I'm new in the forum.
    I've just bought a new factory unlocked Iphone 4 from a top rated seller in USA, came back to my country, inserted my Sim in the Iphone, and got the message:
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    This Sim I was using in my old Iphone and actually in a Blackberry Storm.
    After the message I put it back again in the BB, and it works fine.
    But in the Iphone I get always this message.
    One thing: My SIM is a regular one, and I had to use a tempalte available in the net to cut it into a micro SIM.
    In the BB it keeps on working.
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    Thnak you
    Luis

    I answer your question:  I buy a lot of things from ebay, and I just looked for "an original factory unlocked" one, assuming their are original, just that.
    If I had known I could have bought it CHEAPER directly in Apple, I would have never done it in ebay! (I was told in my country that if you buy in the web, normally you get a discount, sound logic to me.
    On the other hand I saw that this seller sold over 1000 Iphones and I trusted that's all.
    I'm not dealing with phones, I sell art.
    Anyway I still trust what is written there, that they are factory unlocked, and I'll try what you say tomorrow with my carrier: I'll buy a micro sd, and if it still doesn't work, I'll write this seller to see what's going on
    Thanks for your advice
    Luis

  • IPhone 4 factory unlocked NO SIM

    Hi there,
    I got my girlfriends iPhone 4 (AT & T) factory unlocked and now want to insert the new SIM (German O2-sim) but it won't work. I followed all instructions in the AT&T unlock mail which also ended up unlocking the iPhone (notification in iTunes that said the phone was successfully unlocked) but now it still displays "No Sim" if I insert the new sim card.
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    Best
    Clemens

    Hi there,
    I have tried it with the old AT&T sim which works perfectly fine - just the new SIM (brand new) doesn't work.

  • How to activate my factory unlocked iPhone without connecting to iTunes.

    My brother just bought a factory unlocked iPhone 4 because he is moving to Italy for 3 years and he just got out there got a GSM Microsim from WIND a local carrier and after entering the sim pin it keeps saying unable to activate. He is on a wifi network as it says for him to be yet it still isn't working. I know if he plugged it in to iTunes it would work but he left his MacBook pro here in the states until he needs it in January. If anyone could help that would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

    If it's running iOS 5 it should be able to activate without the need to plug it in to iTunes. There may be an issue with the WiFi network he's on at the moment. Assuming he has a data plan, he should be able to activate it over 3G, I believe. Early on after iOS 5 was released, there were a number of reports in the US that people on AT&T were not able to activate their phones after updating over the Internet (WiFi) but WERE able to activate them while connected to the AT&T 3G network.
    If he can't do it over 3G, have him try another WiFi network. Without knowing the details of the network he's using, it's hard to offer advice. Hotels and public hotspots may not be the best place to try it as they rarely (in my experience) have things configured and working well. It may well be that the network he's on wants him to authinticate and agree to their terms (usually done in the browser) before it will allow an outside connection. That's not going to work well when he's trying to activate the phone.

  • How to get a factory unlocked iphone 4S in India

    I want to get a factory unlocked iphone 4S. I am from india and here we dont get it factory unlocked , we get these models with carrier airtel and aircel
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    ... ok .. I want to know the official sources in india , .. as i enqired its not available in apple store in india ... you get these on ebay for 46K .. they say its factory unlocked an all ... or the other option rather the only official option i see now is to enter into a contract and get it ... is there another way ...hELP!!!!!

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