Unlocking the iPhone after the contract period

How does one unlock the phone legally, after the contract period is over?

if the carrier doesn't offer carrier unlock, are they're the only ones who can do if for your i-phone. or if i bring it back to the US, can one of their carriers do it? I'm in the military and am just wondering if i bought a phone that's going to be a paper weight next year.

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Unlocking my iPhone after the contract is over

I purchased my iPhone 18 months ago and my contract with O2 is running out. I am moving for a ob to different country that also have iPhones and I was wondering whether it is possible to LEGALLY unlock my iPhone after the contract it over so I can use it with other operator in other country. Any details, like procedure, prices and everything would be apprecieated.

Not sure if you can. It's down to the carrier in your country as to whether they feel like it or not.
[This list|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1937] will give you more details.

HT201407 Per the "Completing Authorized iPhone Unlock" instructions, I connected to iTunes to back up and restore so my iPhone can be unlocked! But after the restore my iPhone is stuck at the activation screen, it will not activate.

Received an authorized unlock code from apple/AT&T for my off-contract 3GS (8GB). Per the “Completing Authorized iPhone Unlock” instructions, I connected to iTunes to back up and restore so my iPhone can be unlocked! But after the restore my iPhone is stuck at the activation screen, it will not activate saying “Your iPhone cannot be activated because the activation server is temporarily unavailable”. I tried this again and again for countless times, no way! I have my old AT&T simcard and other carrier’s simcard. Both will not help. Please help me to activate and start using my phone.

Hello,
I got like the same problem, last days I get message to restore my iPhone, so I did it yesterday and it work very well. In the afternoon I saw that at top in the left corner show invaild sim card or so (only knew the german version). so I restore it again but now it won`t activate after I enter SIM-PIN and it accept it, it shows "No Service".
Anybody can help? My Carrier is o2 Germany.
Thanks!

Tell me please, is there any way to unlock my iPhone, if the contract is ended and I moved to Ukraine

Tell me please, is there any way to unlock my iPhone, if the contract is ended and I moved to Ukraine

1. Try doing a hard reset:
Press and hold both the Home button and the Sleep/wake button simultaneously for about 15 seconds and release when the Apple logo appears.
2. If that doesn't solve the issue, backup the device and restore it as new.
In that case, use: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4137
NB: set up as a NEW device because a software issue will be in the backup. If the issue persists after restoring as new, you should offer the device for service.
If you get specific error messages/codes in iTunes when updating/restoring, check this: http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3694 for causes and solutions
Good luck
Stijn

Apart from the lock button problem in iphone 5 the display brightness suddenly goes blank and becomes normal after locking and unlocking the iphone. The Apple service centre in India is denying to service the iphone as it was purchase in USA even thoug it

Apart from the lock button problem in iphone 5 the display brightness suddenly goes blank and becomes normal after locking and unlocking the iphone. The Apple service centre in India is denying to service the iphone as it was purchase in USA even though the iphone is in warranty.

iPhones do not have an international warranty. Warranty is valid only for the country of purchase. This is most likely because different countries require different iPhone models. Not reasonable to expect all countries to maintain stock for all models.

Please help me to unlock the iPhone after restore ,where required me Apple ID and I forgot

Please help me to unlock the iPhone after restore ,where required me Apple ID and I forgot
it is locked by icloud

Answered here:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6045913?tstart=0
Don't double post. You may not like the answer, but the answer will not change, no matter how many times you post.
No one here can help you.

HT4993 How can i unlock my iPhone after ending a contract?

How can i unlock my iPhone after ending a contract?

If it's locked to Sprint and you're not a Sprint customer, you're out of luck. They will not unlock it for you. Sell it to someone in the US who can use it and buy a phone you can use.

Bottom row of the keyboard is not working in a vertical orientation on the iPhone 3Gs. the "slide to unlock" and all keys on the calculator on both orientation works fine. I can use the keyboard on horizontal orientation.

Bottom row of the keyboard is not working in a vertical orientation on the iPhone 3Gs. the "slide to unlock" and all keys on the calculator on both orientation works fine. I can use the keyboard on horizontal orientation. The tabs on bottom of all apps also work fine.
I have already tried holding down the power button and home button for 10 seconds, but no difference.

I've had this problem on and off for the last few weeks (around, but not directly related, to upgrade to 6.1...can't remember if was before or after)....I'm very convinced it's a software problem (as there have been times when the bottom row works perfectly, without any need to "press" differently or anything).
However, it seems to be a rather resilient software issue, as a full restore does not consistently fix it, and it applies to more than just the keyboard; if I open a drawing app, there's definitely a row (about 4mm up from the edge of the screen closest to home button) where I cannot draw.
It's happened 4 times now. Originally it went away with a restore from backup, then worked for 2 more days. The second and third times, it went away with a full restore (although I did two full restores in between those two restores that did nothing, so restore didn't consistently fix it)....and it seemed to return in the most random of circumstances.
I paid very close attention to what apps I was using the last time it was working so that I could spot which app, if any, might be causing the issue. I deleted several apps, I stopped using the games and many other apps. I only used three apps between it working fine and starting up as a problem again: mail, safari and messages.
I was convinced it was mail, as it happened this morning when I picked up my phone off the bedside table to respond to a new email. It was working when I went to bed. I picked up the phone when it buzzed, hit the email app, hit reply and started to type....**** bottom row wasn't working again.
However, tonight I did 2 things....one of them worked because it went back to normal (sorry, I don't know which as I was exasperated and trying a number of things).
The two things I did between a broken keyboard and a working keyboard were:
1) adding a second keyboard (English(Canada)), changing to this keyboard, and changing back
2) disabling Siri...and then turning it back on...and then disabling Siri's "Raise to Speak"
In retrospect, I wonder if it actually was the "Raise to Speak" that was putting the phone into a weird state, and might explain why the phone would just "suddenly" start behaving strangely when I picked it up. Of note, the "raise to speak" hasn't actually triggered Siri to come on in months anyway.
Regardless, the keyboard is back to normal now...and I'm just going to leave "Raise to Speak" off. I've put the keyboard back to just "English" with no alternates and Siri remains on otherwise without issue.

HT201263 my iphone 4 was still locked and i updated the software, after the software completed the apple logo starts flashing slowly and the iphone didn't turn on, what can i do?

my iphone 4 was still locked and i updated the software, after the softwar

no, the backlight works. it's the display that doesn't. it had the problem even before i took it somewhere. also, it says the IMEI is invalid, because the phone isn't on it's network anymore. i was going to unlock it, but since the screen isn't working, i can't do that.

My fiance and i share 1 icloud account on 2 iphones, after the ios 7 update he can now see all my messages on his phone, how can i fix this?

my fiance and i share 1 icloud account on 2 iphones, after the ios 7 update he can now see all my text messages that I type on his phone, how can i fix this? I don't see any of his, just the other way around. The icloud account is in my name.
also, would this affect being able to facetime each other?
Thanks!!

we do what your doing... we use the same ID for "Icloud".
We do NOT use the same ID for: Face time and Imessage

How can i unlock my iphone from the us

how can i unlock my iphone from the us?? please help

If you are referring to a lock to a specific cell carrier, so you can use the iPhone with a different carrier, only the cell carrier to whom the phone is locked can authorize unlocking. You will need to contact the carrier.
Regards.

How to unlock my iphone at the apple site?

how to unlock my iphone at the apple site?

yes, but he was a master at & t, so it did. I have until I have a number,but the zip code does not match. I wonder if someone could try for me, because're difficult. I've tried to jailbreak without success

After updating to IOS 6.0.1 I cannot copy photos from the iPhoto library to the iPhone. The events appear correctly but the photo count in all the Events is 0

After updating to IOS 6.0.1 I cannot copy photos from the iPhoto library to the iPhone. The events appear correctly but the photo count in all the Events is 0

Same problem here, and it's not isolated.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/20228281#20228281
I believe you will find you can again sync Photos if you delete the "iPod Photo Cache", but predict that any subsequent attempt will fail. In my case, the enxt sync removes all the photos again - I've seen other reports of error messages upon sync. Mine just fails silently. :-)

I have purchased a eos 6d. When I use it with the iPhone app the connection dies after about five m

I have a 6d and when I use it with the iPhone app the camera turns off after about five minutes and the connection is lost. So when I am photographing wild life I keep having to break cover to reactivate the connection. Is this correct or is there a way to keep the connection alive.

You just need to go into the menu and set the camera's sleep mode to "off" or "never". It sounds as if it's currently set to 5 minutes.
Letting the camera sit active continuously, i.e. preventing it from going into sleep mode, will drain the battery(ies) a lot faster. I don't have a 6D, nor do I leave them on full time (in fact I set sleep mode to a very short duration, since tapping any button on the camera quickly re-awakens it).... so I really don't know how quickly a battery will drain. But you might be prepared with spares. If battery life is too short for you purposes, you could add a battery grip which will double the battery capacity.
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I can't synchronyze my contacts with my Iphone after the last update and I lost all my contact I can't find them I suppose they are stocked in my ICloud but I am not sure what I should do ????

I can't synchronyze my contacts with my Iphone after the last update and I lost all my contact I can't find them I suppose they are stocked in my ICloud but I am not sure what I should do ????

Hi jandroantonio,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities.
It sounds like your iPhone update may not have completed succesfully. Not to worry, we have an article with information on how to treat this symptom:
iOS: Unable to update or restore
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1808
Best,
Jeremy

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