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Neither Google nor T-Mobile locked the phone. _Apple_ programmed it to lock _itself_ to the first carrier with which it was used.
by rahimnathwani 5y ago
Neither Google nor T-Mobile locked the phone.
_Apple_ programmed it to lock _itself_ to the first carrier with which it was used.
- elmerfud 5y agoThis is 100% the correct answer! The user can also log into his Apple account and unlock the phone. The reason T-Mobile customer service won't do it is because without a service plan they can't verify ownership.
- Nextgrid 5y agoAre you confusing the Find My iPhone feature or Activation Lock? None of these depend on the SIM besides a SIM change triggering a re-check of the activation lock status (it’ll just ask you for your Apple ID credentials). Carrier lock is not something the user has easy visibility on (until recently it wasn’t even possible to tell which carrier a phone was locked to without trying them all) and definitely no control over.