Unlock iPhone Hack

 If you purchase an iPhone directly from a carrier, a bricks and mortar outlet or an on-line store, it will be SIM locked so that it can only be used on one specific network. To make long term cellular contracts appear a lot more attractive, many network providers offer heavily discounted handsets as an incentive for customers to sign-up. In the case of the iPhone, the networks provide them under contract at a heavily subsidized price, sometime even below wholesale price. To add to that, Apple have agreed with the networks request, and keep the retail prices of their unlocked iPhones at a premium, making the discounted contracts iPhones appears even more appealing. It is often the case that the discounted handsets the big service providers supply are as much as five times cheaper than their unlocked Apple equivalents.

That all sound great, being able to get an iPhone at a fraction of the cost it would be if you bought it from Apple, but what if you want to use your phone on another network? You may find yourself in a position where you calls keep dropping out because of poor coverage in your area.

Unlock IMEI iPhone 4s

A while ago there were two ways in which an iPhone could be unlocked. The old method, referred to as software unlocking, and the newer, more robust method, known as official iPhone unlocking. The software unlock was a temporary method, and had to be applied every time the iPhone was rebooted, whereas the IMEI unlock is permanent.

Software unlocking initially appealed to many hackers as it was a cheap method of unlocking and was quick to apply. In time, as Apple released more and more fixes to plug the holes in the operating system that the hackers were exploiting, software unlocking became increasingly more complicated and dangerous. Before the software unlocking method ceased to work back in 2011, there were many reports of handsets freezing up, a state often referred to as being "bricked" - which was a unrecoverable crash condition caused by the software hack, rendering the iPhone useless.

The best method of iPhone unlocking is the official IMEI process. Unlocking via this route will result in your iPhone being identical to a big money factory unlocked handset, purchased directly from the Apple store. This method of unlocking is permanent (unlock software unlocking) and will allow your phone to safely be upgraded, now, or any time in the future, with the very latest iOS without the phone relocking. Despite having been around for some time, offered by the network carrier to some customer that have fulfilled their contractual obligations, recently there has been a new development. Many customers find it hard to believe that they cannot ask Apple to unlock their handsets for them. The bottom line is Apple will not, and never have, offered this service to customers.

There has been a recent change in the iPhone unlocking industry recently that makes it possible to now have your iPhone unlocked by an independent, third party organization. While this may seem a little shady, IMEI unlocking an iPhone is perfectly legal in the vast majority of the countries, ad once unlocked, an iPhone will function exactly as if it had been purchased as factory as factory unlocked directly from the Apple store, and can then be used with any SIM card on any network around the world.

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.