IPhone 5 Software Unlock

In countries such as North America, Australia or the UK, it is possible to purchase an iPhone directly from the Apple store or Apple on-line, that is factory unlocked, meaning it can be used on any network in any country, without restriction. But the vast majority of iPhone customers opt for the much cheaper version of Apple's flagship smart phone, a carrier locked iPhone handset. Unbelievably a factory unlocked iPhone, purchased directly from Apple, can cost as much as five times more than its network locked cousin.

Saving yourself a whole heap of money buying a heavily discounted iPhone from a service supplier may initially seem like a good idea, say you get fed up of paying the high prices your current provider charges? You could find yourself in a cellular black spot where coverage is poor to non-existent.

iphone factory unlock There are a couple of methods that can be employed to unlock an iPhone, but one of which is now defunct. You may have heard a lot of talk about iPhone software unlocking - a method of unlocking that used software to fool a device into thinking it was unlocked. Apple didn't let the ability to do this for very long and eventually were able to completely block the software unlock from working.

Not only did the software unlock become obsolete back in July 2011 when Apple successfully closed the loophole in the iOS that hackers had exploited to make it work, but many people that used this method of unlocking didn't realize that in doing so they had invalidated their iPhones warranty. Although there are still some devises out there that can be unlocked using this method (i.e. running iOS 5.1.1 or below), they are limited to certain models, namely the iPhone 4s and its predecessors.

In our opinion, by far the best method of unlocking an iPhone is the IMEI route. If you were to compare a factory unlocked iPhone purchased from the Apple store with an IMEI unlocked handset, it would be impossible to tell them apart. It wouldn't be unreasonable to assume Apple would offer customers the options to have their iPhones unlocked by them. Unfortunately they don't. Apple have never offered a factory unlocking service and are highly unlikely to in the future. I you have tried to get you iPhone IMEI unlocked in the past you will know the only way to do so would be to request it from your carrier. Some will (under certain conditions) other flatly refuse.

Recent developments mean that it is now possible to have a third party (someone other than your service provider) factory unlock your iPhone. What’s better still, unlike the big networks, these new third party unlocking service providers don't require any complicated requirements in order to unlock. The service offered is identical in every way to the official method provided by the main carriers, so the handset can be updated in iTunes at any time, and once unlocked, the phone can be used on any network, anywhere in the world.

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