In general, SIM unlock is a process of enabling the SIM slot of your mobile device, where you can place in any new carrier’s SIM card (either internationally or domestically). Unlocking a mobile device will not necessarily make the device interoperable with another network carrier. In which additionally you need to unlock the device that enables some kinds of functionality of the device, but not all the devices support the data and voice services when it is activated on the different network. Not all devices are capable of having the SIM slot unlocked.
The sprint will only activate the devices that are certified to work on the sprint network because sprint cannot unlock the phones from other carriers. You won’t be having any difficulty in unlocking your iPhone as a carriers when you follow the below steps, after you successfully unlock your iPhone device then you will be able to use another carrier network SIM on your device SIM slot. The following are the instruction that helps you to unlock your sprint iPhone device on another carrier. They are.
- Step 1: In order to unlock sprint in your iPhone device first, you need to switch off your iPhone.
- Step 2: Next you need to remove the SIM card from your mobile device and insert the new SIM card in the slot.
- Step 3: After inserting the new SIM card, now restart the device go through the on-screen instructions to set up your iPhone device. Once process completes your sprint mobile device will be active with other carrier network.
There are number of ways and methods are available for unlocking your sprint iPhone device some of them includes third party services, direct unlock and unlocking using unlock police. Among these ways you need to choose a way that is suitable for you to unlock the sprint iPhone device.
Sprint iPhone unlocking requirements
The sprint is available in three types of devices namely sprint post-paid, forward device and inactive device where unlocking the sprint iPhone devices various based on the type of the mobile device. In above sprint post-paid ad forward device you will be having the guarantee that to unlock your device and the unlocked device will be working, but in the sprint inactive device there is no guarantee that the unlocked iPhone device will be working on another network carrier. In addition to this there is also no 100% assured that another carrier will be accepting the SIM and activate the device that is subject to the carrier capabilities and policies.
Additionally the sprint device which the owner has attempted to activate or reprogram to network carrier or he has altered settings or initial programming that may not be reactivated on the spring network. So it is very much important that when you make the changes in the settings or in initial programming then you need to reactivate the spring network for updating the changes in the device and network only then your unlocked Sprint iPhone device will be accepting the new carrier network.
