I've got an old iphone SE 2 second hand, pretty sure the seller is dead at this point. I'd like to use a new sim card, but the carrier is locked (I think Tmobile)?
Glancing online, it seems like the retailer will want proof of purchase. Is there anyway to do this easily from home, or should I start looking at jailbreaking it? (This is for a friend; I'd rather keep this as simple as possible)
Follow up for any future wanderers: This worked, but only because the seller was indeed dead. They asked me to pay the balance on the account, took a credit card payment, and then unlocked it ~5 min later. Not too painful.
Try contacting the carrier?
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254579663?sortBy=best
Will do after the holidays. Let's assume I'm unlucky and they are uncooperative, suggested things to try next?
If you happen to be in canada a law has passed and the carrier isn't allowed to be uncooperative as long as the phone was paid off.
There used to be sites online you could pay like $10 to do it for you but I don't know if that's still possible since it hasn't been necessary here anymore.
These unlocks can still be purchased on ebay.in