carrier lock

In India only unlocked iPhone are sold. I bought my iPhone 15 PM 256 Black through one of India's Official retail channels. It was dimming too aggressively on load and heating also. Demonstrated the same to Genius Bar and got it replaced with a brown box iPhone 15 PM. When the Genius handed...

I bought a new iPhone X last week, only to find out a few days later that it was locked to Bell, despite what the seller had told me. I called Bell and they said that the phone’s IMEI is linked to an active account and I cannot get it unlocked without the original buyer’s permission. I have...

Hi - I tried searching but couldn't find an answer. Is there any way to determine which carrier (or direct from apple) my iPad was originally purchased from? I picked up a used 10.5 iPad Pro and currently have a sprint sim in it but want to know if my embedded sim is locked, etc. Thanks!

I will be in the States for 3 days next month and plan on visiting an Apple store to check out and purchase one of the three new SIM-free iPhones I’m heading to Europe for 2 weeks for vacation and was thinking of using T-Mobile for the for the entire trip (US/Europe). Once again using my Claro...

im not new to iDevices having used iPads from iPad 4 to my current iPad Air 2. I’ve also repaired and unlocked many iPhones so I’m well conversant with the activation process. But today I received an iPhone 8 that baffled me. There’s a strange activation stage I have never seen where I’m...

Hello! Does anyone know whether a sprint/verizon iPhone X bought from Costco are carrier locked even if it's paid in full? Apple is telling me that any phones paid in full will come with the SIM card for that carrier but Sprint/Verizon phones are compatible with CDMA/GSM and will not be locked...