iphone help

[Flakey]

So here's my prob. I have an iphone 5 that i purchased a year and a half ago. At the time I was living and working in Ontario. I bought the phone and my boss activated it on the company plan with a contract. Now we dont get along anymore and I decided to activate the phone as a pay-as-you-go. When i purchased a sim card and tried activate it says the phone is linked to another account. upon contacting my boss and asked him to remove the phone from his account, he refused.
So is there a way around this that would allow me to get this phone activated?

cheers
flakey

 

[617aircav]

So here's my prob. I have an iphone 5 that i purchased a year and a half ago. At the time I was living and working in Ontario. I bought the phone and my boss activated it on the company plan with a contract. Now we dont get along anymore and I decided to activate the phone as a pay-as-you-go. When i purchased a sim card and tried activate it says the phone is linked to another account. upon contacting my boss and asked him to remove the phone from his account, he refused.
So is there a way around this that would allow me to get this phone activated?

cheers
flakey

I don't understand how the phone is linked to another account? Once you put in a network compatible SIM card it should work as normal.

 

[Flakey]

Phone was with Bell, so i got a pay as you go Bell sim and when I called to activate sim the agent told me he couldnt do it because phone is linked to another account.

 

[617aircav]

Phone was with Bell, so i got a pay as you go Bell sim and when I called to activate sim the agent told me he couldnt do it because phone is linked to another account.

Gotcha. Well only the person that owns the account can help you.

 

[Crichton333]

If I understand correctly you are trying to activate a new SIM with the same network you had before and they say no go. Why not buy a SIM of another network ?

 

[Flakey]

I just assumed because the phone was through Bell that I had to use a bell sim????

 

[617aircav]

I just assumed because the phone was through Bell that I had to use a bell sim????

Yes you do, unless the phone is unlocked which I doubt since its on a contract.

 

[Applejuiced]

I dont get it at all.
Is bell a GSM or CDMA carrier?
And why cant you just take out the sim and put another sim from the same carrier and use it?
Linked to another account?
Is it activation locked by any chance? Is it asking for his apple ID and password?

 

[Flakey]

so if I get the phone unlocked everything should be fine.

And also how do I go about unlocking.

cheers

 

[hungx]

so if I get the phone unlocked everything should be fine.

And also how do I go about unlocking.

cheers

I believe Bell is mostly a GSM network. You should be able to just pop in another SIM in the iPhone without any issues. It seems like they need an IMEI of a phone to activate service on the network. Just use another phone for activation, and then put the SIM back into the iPhone.