Can i cancel a contract that is connected to an iphone i bought off ebay?

If I buy a used Iphone 5s on ebay, if the iphone I buy is (say for example) in a contract with EE, can I cancel the contract that the previous owner had, and set the iPhone with Vodafone?

No…

The contract is with the previous owner and they have to keep paying it until it is complete, whether they have the phone or not.

ONLY the original contract holder can request the phone be unlocked to be usable on a different network.

Some networks will allow phones to be unlocked as soon as you buy them, others only when you are eligible for an upgrade.

Basically, if a secondhand iphone is not already unlocked when you receive it, it never will be.

(Any place claiming an 'unlock' service is actually jailbreaking the phone - it's not unlocked and may re-lock - or be bricked - at any update.)

iphones are unlocked by Apple, when the service provider requests one to be unlocked.
The next time you sync it with itunes after the unlock request has been processed, the phone is re-authorised to work with any SIM rather than just the company/provider it was originally locked to.

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