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 Unless there is a specific arrangement in place stating something to the contrary, any iPhone purchased from a shop or a network directly will be locked to that one network. For instance, an iPhone purchased from Sprint won’t work on the T-Mobile network. The reason that the carriers lock the iPhones they provide at a discounted rate to is to get some of the money back they have lost in doing so. A lot of companies temp consumers to agree to restrictive and lengthy contracts by offering them very cheap handsets. These iPhones are sometimes given away by mobile phone service providers because they know that locking a customer into a contract over a long period of time will enable them to recover their losses by charging excessively for their services. So these companies lock the cheap handsets they provide to their cellular network, stopping the owners from changing carriers. Additionally, Apple keep these carriers happy by selling their factory unlocked iPhones at a premium, sometimes as much as 500 percent more than getting it with a contract.

Picking up a cheap iPhone that fundamentally is not different from its expensive unlocked counterpart seems like a really good deal, right? But what about if you have to travel a lot for business? Everybody know that international roaming charges can bankrupt you! We've heard stories of people going on holiday and without thinking, taking photos and uploading them to Facebook to brag, only to find it has cost them hundreds of dollars because that have been charged massive data roaming rates. The sensible thing to do is use a local carrier to provide your phone and internet service while you are overseas. To take advantage of this option you will need to unlock your iPhone.

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There are a couple of methods that can be employed to unlock an iPhone, but one of which is now defunct. It used to be possible to unlock an iPhone by installing software on the phone, but Apple closed the loop hole that enabled this to happen, and the only method that can be used to unlock an iPhone now is a factory unlock.

The appeal of software unlocking was not lost on many hackers. It was cheap, often free, and with some knowledge of hacking, could be applied in 10 minutes. Despite the hackers best efforts, no sooner had they released their latest software unlock than Apple would release an iOS update to plug the exploit that enabled the unlock to work. It got to the point that by the time the iPhone unlocking software reached it final iteration there were reports of handsets completely freezing up, rendering the iPhone irreparably damaged, effectively becoming a paperweight - a state that came to be known as "bricked".

However, the best unlocking procedure is that known as the official unlock. Once unlocked using this method, and iPhone will operate just as if it had been purchased as factory unlocked from Apple. A lot of owners are under the misconception that Apple themselves offer factory unlocks, but that is not the case. If Apple did offer the ability to unlock an iPhone with them they would have to stop selling factory unlocked iPhone as no one would ever pay the massive mark-up anymore. Until recently the only way to have an iPhone IMEI unlocked was to try to convince your carrier to do it for you. The majority are understandably reluctant to do so. If you are lucky your network may agree to unlock your phone, but it's highly unlikely.

A handful of companies have recently emerged that are able to offer IMEI unlocks, but without any of the jumping through hoops required by the main service providers. As long as your iPhone hasn't been reported as lost or stolen, known as an IMEI blacklisting, they will be able to unlock it.

If you are interested in learning more about how to unlock an iPhone, if your iPhone can be unlocked, or where to get it unlocked, make sure you contact us with all your questions or enquires at iUnlox.