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iPhone SE (2016) Unlock iPhone se

Brandonjr36

Brandonjr36

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Hey guys my little niece has a iPhone se for family mobile we’re looking to unlock it. Not sure if there going to or not. But it’s on 11.2.6 so it should have a jailbreak in a week or so. My question is if I can’t get it unlocked from T-Mobile. Is there away to unlock it through jailbreak?
 
Brandonjr36 said:
My question is if I can’t get it unlocked from T-Mobile. Is there away to unlock it through jailbreak?
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Nope.

Software unlocks (which this is) died in 2011. The reason they died is because around that time and for a few years the market for $1-3 third party unlocks was very hot. Pay a dollar (back then) and get the phone permanently unlocked versus jailbreaking and software unlocking.

If you restore after a software unlock the phone relocks as well. And that's why they died. No one does this any more.
 
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eyoungren said:
Nope.

Software unlocks (which this is) died in 2011. The reason they died is because around that time and for a few years the market for $1-3 third party unlocks was very hot. Pay a dollar (back then) and get the phone permanently unlocked versus jailbreaking and software unlocking.

If you restore after a software unlock the phone relocks as well. And that's why they died. No one does this any more.
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O ok well dang. Is there any other thing we can do? The phone is a T-Mobile version so it would be gsm going to cdma sprint/boost mobile
 
Brandonjr36 said:
O ok well dang. Is there any other thing we can do? The phone is a T-Mobile version so it would be gsm going to cdma sprint/boost mobile
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You shouldn't have any problems USING it on Sprint. It's just getting it unlocked.

Have you asked for an unlock from T-Mob yet?
 
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