How To Unlock iPhone That You Bought From Craigslist?

How To Unlock iPhone That You Bought From Craigslist?

That is a question you should have asked BEFORE you handed over your money.

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Craigslist without a shadow of the doubt lists some of the best prices for iPhones. Just like the site eBay. However, most phones listed on the site are locked ones, but still people buy them because of the extremely low price.

However, a locked iPhone can't be used on any other carrier apart from the carrier it was locked to when it was bought. So for example if you bought an iPhone that is locked to the AT&T carrier, you can only use it on AT&T, and it won't catch network signals when you attempt to use the SIM card of another carrier.

So for example if you insert a Verizon SIM card in a handset that is locked to AT&T, it is not going to work. The only way to make a locked iPhone bought from Craigslist to work on other GSM carriers is to make the device SIM free with the IMEI unlock solution.

However, before you take advantage of such a solution, you have to make sure that the device you bought has a clean IMEI and it is activated on a particular carrier. This is the main requirement of the unlocking services. Though there are some websites that are going to provide a solution for inactivated iPhones and those which have a bad IMEI, you are likely to pay more money for such a service and even then you may find it difficult to get the unlock done.

But if your Craigslist bought iPhone is locked to a particular carrier, has a clean IMEI, you can submit it for unlocking. You are only required to find the 15-digit IMEI code of the handset and the service provider will take care of the rest. It may take 24 hours to several days for the unlock to be processed, and the time frame is going to depend on the carrier your device is locked to.

After the processing is done, you are going to receive unlocking instructions that will tell you how to get the unlock done. It is actually easy to follow the steps; you just need to connect the device to iTunes and read the email to complete the job. After the unlock is done, the iPhone you bought from Craigslist will work on any GSM carrier in any country. Your IMEI will also be whitelisted forever in the database that is Apple's and there won't be any worry of getting your device locked again if you update to new firmware and basebands in the future.