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How To Check if Your iPhone is Factory Unlocked or Not

One of the things about purchasing an iPhone from another person and not directly from vendor is that sometimes they may be locked to a network and so other network SIM card won't work on it.  Factory unlocked iPhone is more pricey than one that is locked to a network. Well, there is a easy way to check if the iPhone you want to buy is factory unlocked or not. METHOD 1 One method is to remove the current SIM in the device and out in another SIM from another network and see if it displays network bars. For example, put in a SIM from say AT&T and One from Verizon and see if network bars are displayed. METHOD 2 Another method is to use an application called iTools. On installing iTunes and iTools to your computer and connecting the iPhone to your computer, you can tell if the device is factory unlocked or not.  Launch iTools and the first page you would see will tell you that your device is activated. By click on view details, another window will come up ...

How to Activate your IMEI Unlock With iTunes Without Restoring

For so many reasons one may have an Apple iPhone that is not activated making to function like an iPod instead of the phone its suppose to function as. In order to activate it, you can request for IMEI unlock which is the best unlock solution. However, after requesting for such unlock and it becomes successful, the next thing is to connect to iTunes to activate it. For so many, they already have applications and data on their unactivated iPhone. Consequently, restoring only for activating purposes isn't a palatable idea at all. This is where this guide becomes useful. How to Activate your IMEI Unlock With iTunes without Restoring Note: Before you can even ask for IMEI unlock method, the phone should  been activated with the official carrier. Also, Internet connection is needed to successfully activate the factory unlock process. Procedures 1. If you have not jailbroken your device, its a simple process of you putting the unofficial sim in the device, plugging in yo...