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An unlocked iPhone means it can use any cellular network, so long

as you have a compatible carrier SIM card. Due to this, unlocked
iPhones are more valuable and highly desired for both local and
international users, because it allows you to use any GSM carrier
whether at home or abroad just by swapping out SIM cards. But how
do you know if an iPhone is unlocked or not? You usually can’t tell
just by looking at it, but we’ll show you how to find out if the device is
factory unlocked or not using one of three methods. If you plan on
doing some international travel, you’ll want to check before you leave. Similarly, if you plan
on buying or selling an iPhone, you’ll want to check if its unlocked or not before completing
the transaction.

First, here are a few safe assumptions: if an iPhone was bought on contract, it will probably
remain locked to that carrier. Exceptions to this are if an iPhone has been manually
unlocked by a provider (many CDMA carriers will unlock the SIM card slot on iPhone
models even while in contract, you just have to ask), or if an iPhone has ended its contract
and the device has been unlocked per request, such as you can do with AT&T. On the other
hand, if you know that the iPhone was bought unlocked from Apple by paying full price,
then you don’t need to do anything other than swap in whatever carrier SIM card you want
to use.

Let’s get on with three easy ways to

check the unlock status of any iPhone:
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unlocked simply by borrowing a T-Mobile SIM card, placing it in the iPhone, and seeing if
the device gets service. Either use a friends SIM card or visit a T-Mobile store and they’ll be
able to check for you. If you don’t have access to alternative provider SIM cards, you can
also check through the web using the next method.
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Method 2: Checking iPhone Unlock Status via Web Service

Don’t have an alternate carrier SIM card available? No big deal, you can use a free web
service called IMEI Info to check an iPhone’s unlock status, but there’s a catch; you have to
use a Facebook account and click a “Like” button to actually determine if the device is
locked or unlocked. If you’re OK with that, the service is extremely easy to use:

Find the iPhone IMEI number by dialing *#06# on the phone – you do not need cell
service to dial that number, the iPhone just has to be turned on. If the *#06# trick
doesn’t work, you can also find the IMEI from iTunes, on the back of iPhone 5, on the
devices SIM card slot, or through the iPhone itself as described here

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After you click the “SIMLOCK” button, you’ll have to “Like” the IMEI service on Facebook to How to Find an
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IMEI.info does have a limitation in place for checking up to three IMEI numbers per day, that
limit is IP based and not cookie based, so you’ll need to use a proxy or VPN if you want to
go beyond that limit for some reason or another. And yes, IMEI Info will also find unlock
statuses of Android phones and other devices as well, even the antiquated dumb phones of
yesteryear.

Method 3. Checking
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iTunes by connecting the device to a
PC, if you see the familiar
“Congratulations, the iPhone is
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This message is what you’ll see if you went through the free unlocking methods offered by
AT&T after a contract is over, or if you requested a SIM unlock through Verizon or Sprint
while still on contract.

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