i just bought an unlocked iPhone direct from the Apple Store, but it didn't show the "Congratulations your iPhone has been unlocked" message when I plugged it in or after a restore. Has Apple done away with this?
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No "Congratulations your iPhone has been unlocked" message
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You won't really get it anymore.
My T-Mobile 6+ was unlocked by T-Mobile this morning and all I had to do to get it on AT&T was to insert the sim and enter my iCloud ID and password.
My T-Mobile 6+ was unlocked by T-Mobile this morning and all I had to do to get it on AT&T was to insert the sim and enter my iCloud ID and password.
Okay. I'd always bought unlocked in the past and seen that message from the get go. Was just shocked when I didn't see it.
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I think they stopped doing that. I had my old iPhone 5 unlocked and didn't get the message. Worked fine.
I didnt see it either, just try using a couple of sim cards to confirm its unlocked. I would not be worried though.
I'm not certain about this, but you might want to try a chat session with Apple Customer Support and ask them if they can verify that the iPhone is in fact unlocked. I believe they could do it if you give them the phone's serial number.
The message doesn't really mean anything these days. You don't even have to restore after getting an unlock from the carrier. The phone just pings Apple's activation servers and allows/disallows the unlock now.
I didn't get that message with both an iPhone 6 or 5s bought unlocked directly from Apple in Japan. I've ised both on multiple carriers in various countries without issue.