Factory Unlock Successful however I can't seem to unlock it

[JayLenochiniMac]

Really? I didn't think that was possible. But that's cook you didn't restore.

Restoring hasn't been necessary since iOS7. Carriers suggest restoring anyway because some people might still be on older iOS.

 

[bertopl]

Really? I didn't think that was possible. But that's cook you didn't restore.

I never did an unlock before so I didn't know what to expect. after I got an email from swift, I tried hooking the phone up to iTunes but couldn't really go through all their instructions since I didn't have a different sim. I emailed their support and they said to just put another sim in there. I just borrowed a buddy's sim the next day at work, powered down the phone, swapped sims and powered back up. worked a treat!

 

[Allthings-I]

Restoring hasn't been necessary since iOS7. Carriers suggest restoring anyway because some people might still be on older iOS.

Restoring is still required for iPhone 4 and older.

4S = Sometimes
5 = very rarely
5C/5S and newer = Never required

 

[titans1127]

Really? I didn't think that was possible. But that's cook you didn't restore.

It's been a while since having to restore was necessary. All you have to do is pop in the new SIM and the phone will bring itself back to the activation screen and I believe ask for your account info and then you're good.

 

[617aircav]

The phone is clearly not unlocked.

 

[lordofthereef]

It's been a while since having to restore was necessary. All you have to do is pop in the new SIM and the phone will bring itself back to the activation screen and I believe ask for your account info and then you're good.

Thank you. This was explained to me a few posts above. Apparently ios 7 was what changed this. I hadn't had to unlock anything since an iPhone 5, so that makes perfect sense!