My iPhone got locked again

I bought an iPhone 4, two years ago, and it was locked by vodafone spain. As i needed to use a portuguese sim card, I unlocked it sucessfully. But now I was going to sell it and I restored it, and it got locked again... how can I reverse this?

Rodrigo9723 wrote:
I unlocked it sucessfully.
How did you unlock it? Had you requested an unlock from the carrier Vodafone and they complied, the phone would not be locked again. Sounds as if you hacked it to unlock, and now that you restored it, it has relocked to Vodafone. If it is locked to them, you have to find out if they offer unlocking services. If they do, see if you qualify. If you do not, there is no way to unlock the phone.

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