Unlocking my iphone 5s

[andygo]

I have an iphone 5s I bought of Gumtree about 6 months ago, locked to EE, which is no problem normally. However I'm going to Hong Kong on holiday in a couple of weeks and want to buy a local sim out there with data so I can use maps as well as phone locally.

Just phoned EE who tell me they cannot unlock it as it wasn't bought from them. It could have, for instance, been bought from phones 4U.

Is there any other way of doing it apart from dodgy geezers on a market stall?

[Blib]

I posted a similar question a few months ago. Here is a link to one of the suggestions.

http://iphone-unlocker.org/

The posted wrote that he'd used the app to unloick three phones without any problems. I didn't use it as I was trading my phone in and decided not to bother having it unlocked as the extra money I would have received was not worth the effort.

[randlemarcus]

Dig out your gumtree emails, and ask the last owner to ask EE to do it (and you will pay any fees). Or use a shop hacker, but it WILL relock if you update the OS, so don't before the trip.

[andygo]

randlemarcus said:

Dig out your gumtree emails, and ask the last owner to ask EE to do it (and you will pay any fees). Or use a shop hacker, but it WILL relock if you update the OS, so don't before the trip.

I phoned the Gumtree seller by phone, not by email unfortunately. And getting someone else to do it is going to be a PITA for both parties.

I'm going to go to church, sorry, the Apple Store to see if one of their 'Geniuses' has a clue.

[andygo]

Blib said:

I posted a similar question a few months ago. Here is a link to one of the suggestions.

http://iphone-unlocker.org/

The posted wrote that he'd used the app to unlock three phones without any problems. I didn't use it as I was trading my phone in and decided not to bother having it unlocked as the extra money I would have received was not worth the effort.

Just looked at that link, it says it unlocks up to ios 8.1.2. I have just, as I typed my op, updated to ios 8.1.3! Typical, lol.

[randlemarcus]

andygo said:

I phoned the Gumtree seller by phone, not by email unfortunately. And getting someone else to do it is going to be a PITA for both parties.

I'm going to go to church, sorry, the Apple Store to see if one of their 'Geniuses' has a clue.

But the phone was locked for "someone else" and only they can ask the network to ask Apple to unlock it. One of the joys of Apple devices.

[andygo]

Just phoned EE again and the guy sent the request off to Apple no questions asked. I must have got Mr. Jobsworth 1st time! Anyway, see what happens....

[Justices]

Do it in HK. Small phone shops absolutely everywhere and it will be cheaper.

One shop I can recommend personally is just beside Wanchai mtr station (exit a4 I think, Johnson Road exit). Come out of the the station and it will be on your immediate left on the corner.

[markandspencer]

http://freeiphone-unlocker.com

The posted wrote that he'd used the app to unloick three phones without any problems. I didn't use it as I was trading my phone in and decided not to bother having it unlocked as the extra money I would have received was not worth the effort.

[justanother5tar]

This is one of my biggest pet hates of iPhones. And I'm no hater in any form, I've only recently moved back to Android from years of iPhones.

What was once a simple, quick and cheap job is made an utter ballache by Apple.

[Digitalize]

Should be no issue, it's the network making it a problem. Apple handle the unlocking, the network has to request and then it will become unlocked. This is partially due to how phones can be shipped unlocked and then be locked to a network when sold.