IPhone 5C Blacklisted

chazzie83

Hi

My Iphone 5c has been blacklisted is it still possible to get it unblocked so i can use it again i.e put a sim card in and make phone calls?

Thank you

BadBehaviour

Why has it been blacklisted?

d123

chazzie83 wrote: »

Hi

My Iphone 5c has been blacklisted is it still possible to get it unblocked so i can use it again i.e put a sim card in and make phone calls?

Thank you

If it's your phone, contact the network and ask them to lift the blacklist. They will ask you to prove it's yours, of course.

Silk

chazzie83 wrote: »

Hi

My Iphone 5c has been blacklisted is it still possible to get it unblocked so i can use it again i.e put a sim card in and make phone calls?

Thank you

If it's one you took a new contract out and then canceled I would imagine they expect you to return the phone

chazzie83

Silk wrote: »

If it's one you took a new contract out and then canceled I would imagine they expect you to return the phone

It was a cancelled contract but they never asked for the phone back so kept it and have been using it as an ipad

Nodding_Donkey

Contact the service provider, I think they are the only ones that can lift it.

Silk

chazzie83 wrote: »

It was a cancelled contract but they never asked for the phone back so kept it and have been using it as an ipad

May be worth checking your credit rating then if you've kept it and it's been blacklisted.

BadBehaviour

I doubt the network will unblock it in this case. You can try and have it unlocked from somewhere other than the network and sell it abroad, but you won't be able to use it in the UK I am afraid.

With unblock I mean unbar the iPhone; with unlock I mean removing the simlock.

chanz4

chazzie83 wrote: »

It was a cancelled contract but they never asked for the phone back so kept it and have been using it as an ipad

cant have your cake and eat it

jbainbridge

tomwilling wrote: »

Visit your nearest apple store..

Hmmm ... that'll be a wasted journey.

ste_wilko

I was under the impression that if the network blacklist the handset then it is never useable again as the blacklist database is write once only. Only temporary blocks by the network can be unblocked.

Also, if it is truly blacklisted then unlocking it won't help as all networks in the UK have a legal requirement to share data on blacklisted handsets so it won't allow you to access any network