Is the Orange Iphone 4 handset Unlocked? (UK)

Does anyone know if the orange PayG iPhone4 handset is unlocked. If it is unlocked I might have to cancel my order with apple as orange are selling the iphone4 at a cheaper price.

From what I can gather the handsets (including PAYG) bought from a network are locked to that network. For the sake of £30 difference between a 32GB bought from Apple SIM free, and a locked one on PAYG I'd rather have a SIM free one and so sticking with my order from Apple.
The difference of the 16GB is even less.

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HT5163 my iphone 4s is unlock to orange uk ileft orange gon to tesco o2 because i left will not unlock it will you ulock

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Apple does not unlock iPhones - only the carrier to which the iPhone is
locked can initiate the unlock. You will have to work with Orange UK to
get your iPhone unlocked and there is no other legitimate way to get the
iPhone unlocked.
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Iphone 3GS Factory Unlocked with Orange in France Not working.

So the story is as follows.
I was working in France for the last few months on a ship. The engineer i was working with recived an iPhone from Orange as a bonus on his plan. He did not want the phone so he gave it to me. We talked to orange and had it unlocked. I did not use it as a phone while working as i had no real need for it. Nor did i want it to go for an accidental swim.
I have now returned home to Australia. With what I thought was a factory unlocked Iphone 3Gs. I restored the iphone firmware to Iphone OS 3.1.3 placed my optus Sim Card in to the iphone and connected it to my computer.
I am greeted with the following message:
"The SIM card inserted in this iPhone does not appear to be supported.
Only compatible SIM cards from a supported Carrier may be used to activate iPhone. Please insert the SIM card that came with your iPhone or visit a supported Carrier's store to receive a replacement SIM card."
I called the apple support line and i was told that without the orginal sim card there was nothing i could do.
I can not get the SIM card of the engineer as he is in france. I can still use the shipping agent to get in contact with orange.
If anyone knows of a solution to this problem it would be much apppreciated as right now i have shiny paperweight.
How can i get the phone to work with my optus SIM card?

It sounds like it was never unlocked by Orange in the first place and without his SIM you can do nothing.
Optus cannot do anything for you as only the original carrier can unlock it and that requires the original SIM card.
Its a brick until you return to France with the SIM card and then probably pay to get it unlocked - I can't recall if they do official unlocking there but its pretty likely.

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Hi folks
I have scoured the Apple forums and contacted Orange UK, and cannot find an answer to my question, so here goes:
Basically I recently upgraded my iPhone 4 to an iPhone 5 and would now like to sell the old phone. I will probably do this on eBay, so the purchaser could be from anywhere in the world, on any network. I contacted Orange to initiate the unlock and am awaiting my code. The Orange technician I spoke to told me that I wouldn't even need a SIM in the phone to perform the unlock, though I have since discovered this to be false information. From what I gather, the procedure involves inserting a non-Orange SIM into the iPhone before connecting with iTunes in order to unlock it.
Will the newly unlocked phone instantly lock to this new network? i.e. say I borrow a friend's Vodafone SIM to perform the unlock procedure, will the unlocked phone instantly become a Vodafone UK iPhone?
I want to be able to list the item on eBay as an unlocked iPhone 4, that anyone in the world can purchase and use on their carrier. Having paid £20 for the unlock code, it would be a shame if the phone is instantly locked to the network of the temporary SIM.
Also I've seen widespread stories of people not being able to send text messages on unlocked iPhones, due to some old carrier settings being retained during the unlock process. How can I avoid this potential problem? I just want to provide someone with a fully unlocked iPhone that will work on any network.
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I too am looking for a definitive answer to the same question as the OP.
Here is what I have tentatively gleaned so far:
It appears that if you buy an unlocked iPhone from Apple then it is definitely completely unlocked i.e. you can put whatever SIM you like in it and change to SIMs from different networks whenever you wish.
However, the situation may be different for iPhones sold locked by a carrier and then unlocked by that carrier. I have seen a number of threads where people claim that when they have unlocked an iPhone using iTunes that the phone was then automatically re-locked again to the carrier of the new SIM.
For example here:
http://forum.vodafone.co.uk/t5/iPhone-4-and-4S/Locked-iPhone-4S-with-wrong-sim/t d-p/1085345
This is also what I was told by Carphone Warehouse - a major phone retailer here in the UK. An iPhone sold as locked but unlocked by a carrier will be locked to the new carrier SIM when connected to iTunes.
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I've recently purchased a second hand iPad 2 and it is locked to the Orange network. How can I get it unlocked without paying on top of what I have already done for the device?

Hi, I have recently purchased an iPad 2 and only just found out after trying to use a Giffgaff sim card that it is locked to the Orange network in the UK. I don't want to be paying any extra over and above what I have already paid so my question is, is there any way to get the iPad carrier unlocked via apple or orange. I am waiting a call back from apple today and have read on the web that orange will charge me to unlock it.
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Some iPads which were subsidized by the carriers are locked to the carrier, and in that case only the carrier can authorize an unlock. You'll need to talk to Orange, and pay their fee if necessary. They may well only unlock for the original purchaser, in which case you'll need to contact the person from whom you purchased the iPad. Apple can do nothing directly in the matter, since they can only issue the unlock when the carrier provides authorization.
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Please can you help.... I ordered an iPhone 5s in early September from the orange shop in Chamonix Mont-Blanc France. I needed a new phone as i dropped my iPhone and broke it so it thought i would upgrade. I was asked in the shop if I wanted a black or

Please can you help....
I ordered an iPhone 5s in early September from the orange shop in Chamonix Mont-Blanc France.
I needed a new phone as i dropped my iPhone and broke it so it thought i would upgrade.
I was asked in the shop if I wanted a black or white one, I asked for a Black one, as all my iPhones have all been Black as I DON'T LIKE White ones. (sorry)
I was told my phone would arrive in a week so I waited with broken phone for new one. The following week I was told it would be the following week, the following week i was told the same but the assistant in the shop told me they would ring me when it arrived. Three days later i recieved a text from the shop to say the phone would be in tomorrow, when I went in they said it had not arrived and they would call me when it was in the shop.
They called me on Thursday the 17th of October to say the phone was in the shop.
I arrived at the shop at 6:00pm after my work, the shop closes at 7:00pm. I recieved the phone, signed for it and extra unwanted insurance with I was told I could only canceled in a month. I was then told they didn't have any sim cards in the shop, i said no problem the Phone i assume will need charging so i will take it home and charge it and return for the sim tomorrow.
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Is this fair practice ? I am at a loss with this and am looking for help ?

Welcome to the Support Communities. This Apple doc may be of interest:
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Kings74 wrote:
They told my friend that the phone was not available in Black, that was the 5, and that the 5s was only available in silver and gold..
A minor point, but it may avoid a little confusion if, instead of saying "black" in reference to the iPhone 5s, say "space gray":
"iPhone 5s — Available in silver, gold, and space gray" (Source)

I purchased an iphone 4 from a friend, i called the carrier and they have unlocked it for me but the phone still needs to be activated as i have restored it. Can i activate the iphone through itunes by using a different carriers sim card?

Help Please,
I purchased an iphone 4 from a friend, i somehow cleared it and it's now at the original activation screen, i have spoken to the carrier and they have unlocked it for me. Once the carrier unlock details get sent to apple, will i be able to use any carrier sim card to activate the iphone? currently when i connect to itunes it says the sim is not the original one and i need to insert the original sim... will this happen now that it has been carrier unlocked? i have been told the unlocking can take between 5 and 72 hours, do i just keep trying with itunes or do i have to do something different?
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Matt.

scrapman26 wrote:
i was told it can take between 5 and 72 hours for the carrier unlock is done.
And have you waited that long? If not, then that's why it's not done yet.

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