Hi, I just bought an iPhone that is locked to t Mobile. The seller never finish paying of the phone so t Mobile has locked the phone so the phone says No Service, even with a new SIM card. The phone registers the SIM card so it allows me to text only via iMessage under the sim card's registered phone number. If I factory unlock the phone will I be able to have full service?
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Wouldn't it be blacklisted if the seller stopped payments on it?
There are two separate connotations for a device being "locked," and you're confusing the two.
There's a difference between a device being locked into s specific carrier and s device being locked for nonpayment.
Sounds like it's blacklisted.
Are you trying to use a tmobile sim?
How do you plan on factory unlocking it?
Even if you pay for an imei unlock it will not work on tmobile if blacklisted.
It could work on other carriers maybe but Not on tmobile.
Are you trying to use a tmobile sim?
How do you plan on factory unlocking it?
Even if you pay for an imei unlock it will not work on tmobile if blacklisted.
It could work on other carriers maybe but Not on tmobile.
That's the thing idk, how can I remove it from being blacklisted if it is so?
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Non payment, how can I fix that problem?
I was planning on using the rsim 10. So I factory unlock it will I be able to use other services?
You should never have bought it no matter how good the price.
Tough noogies.
Tough noogies.
If it has been blacklisted for nonpayment, it cannot be used.
How/where did you buy this phone?
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No.
Factory imei unlock or gevey hardware unlock will do nothing when it comes to blacklisted devices.
You don't understand the difference between factory unlock and blacklisting.
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Only after it gets imei unlocked.
It's still locked to tmobile.
Once unlocked both phones are the same right?
Functionally yes. But it shouldn't be called that any more than you'd claim your car had "factory" heated seats if it came without and you installed them after purchase. I think an online serial number check would reveal that the phone was factory locked to T-Mobile.
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But if the heated seats were installed by the manufacturer you could call it that. The phones are unlocked by Apple at the end of the day.
If that is so…then what's the point of using the term "carrier unlock"?
If it only matters that Apple unlocked the phone at the end of the day then "carrier unlock" is no longer relevant.
Or to put it in terms of the example…what if a third party installed factory OEM heated seats in your car. Is it then "Factory"?
No, I think the term "factory unlock" stems from location. I.e., it was unlocked at the factory before being shipped for commercial sale. The same as saying "factory installed" is generally accepted to mean it was installed at the factory.
That means nothing.
Once any carrier iphone is unlocked it can be used on any gsm carrier in the world.
Whether it came locked and then unlocked or came unlocked makes absolutely no difference in the end.
BTW the car seat thing is a terrible analogy
LOL! I guess we don't always agree, eh AJ?That means nothing.
Once any carrier iphone is unlocked it can be used on any gsm carrier in the world.
Whether it came locked and then unlocked or came unlocked makes absolutely no difference in the end.
BTW the car seat thing is a terrible analogy
LOL! I guess we don't always agree, eh AJ?
Lol
Carrier unlocked and factory unlocked, still makes no difference to me though as long as it's unlocked I guess.