{"id":410,"date":"2016-05-18T15:45:40","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T12:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unlockscope.com\/help\/?post_type=post&#038;p=410"},"modified":"2017-12-08T19:03:23","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T16:03:23","slug":"how-to-check-if-your-iphone-is-network-locked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unlockunit.com\/blog\/how-to-check-if-your-iphone-is-network-locked\/","title":{"rendered":"How to check if your iPhone is Network Locked"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>How can you check if your iPhone is Network Locked<\/h2>\n<p>To find this out, you will need <strong>2 different SIM Cards<\/strong>. One will be from the Mobile Provider you are <strong>currently using<\/strong> and one from the Mobile Provider that <strong>you want to use<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #00ccff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unlockunit.com\/unlock-apple\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #00ccff; text-decoration: underline;\">Unlock<\/span><span style=\"color: #00ccff; text-decoration: underline;\"> your\u00a0i<\/span><span style=\"color: #00ccff; text-decoration: underline;\">Phone<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In order to check if indeed your <strong>iPhone<\/strong> is <strong>Network Locked<\/strong> there are certain actions that you have to perform:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make a phone call using the SIM card that you <strong>previously used<\/strong>. Make sure it connects.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Power off the <strong>iPhone<\/strong>. Hold down the Sleep\/Wake button and use the Slide to Power Off option to switch off the <strong>iPhone<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use the SIM-card ejector tool (or a paperclip) to eject the <strong>SIM card<\/strong> from the <strong>iPhone<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Insert your new <strong>SIM card<\/strong> (different from the one you placed a call with).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Press the Sleep\/Wake button to wake up the <strong>iPhone<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make a <strong>phone call<\/strong>. Check that the<strong> iPhone<\/strong> can connect a call using the new <strong>SIM card<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If the phone call does not connect with the <strong>new SIM card<\/strong>, then your iPhone is <strong>Network Locked<\/strong>. Otherwise, if the call does connect with the <strong>new SIM card<\/strong>, then the iPhone does not have a\u00a0<strong>Network Lock<\/strong> installed<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>and you can use it with any Mobile Operator you desire.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unlockunit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/iPhone-is-Network-Locked.jpg\" alt=\"iPhone-is-Network-Locked\" width=\"750\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unlockunit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/iPhone-is-Network-Locked.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.unlockunit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/iPhone-is-Network-Locked-150x80.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.unlockunit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/iPhone-is-Network-Locked-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How can you check if your iPhone is Network Locked To find this out, you will need 2 different SIM Cards. One will be from the Mobile Provider you are currently using and one from the Mobile Provider that you want to use. Unlock your\u00a0iPhone In order to check if indeed your iPhone is Network [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101017,"featured_media":9511,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2406],"tags":[2419,2472],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to check if your iPhone is Network Locked | UnlockUnit<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How to check if your iPhone is Network Locked? 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