Inserted a SIM card from another network into your iPhone 5, but haven't got a signal or a service? Chances are your phone’s locked to another network.
Unless you want to buy a new phone, the only solution is to get the network lock removed. Mobile Unlocked can help using just your phone’s IMEI.
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Please select the original carrier your iPhone 5 / 5C / 5S is locked.
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Select the carrier your iPhone's locked to. Then enter your IMEI.
Finding your IMEI number or Don’t know your carrier?
Immediately after payment, we connect to your manufacturer database to process the unlock. Your warranty isn’t affected. And most iPhone carriers are unlocked within 24 hours.
Your iPhone's unlocked easily over the air! You’ll receive confirmation of this via email.
The mobile market’s vast and packed with choice. But if your phone’s locked to a specific network, your options are limited. With an unlocked iPhone, you get flexibility, freedom and choice. The process is quick, secure, straightforward and 100% legal.
Stay in control of your phone’s network, not the other way around.
Source a package that’s right for you, not a generic deal you’re tied into.
Switch to local networks when going abroad and avoid costly roaming charges.
Choose a carrier with the strongest signal where you are.
Make more money if you choose to sell your phone on.
Save money by scouring the market for the cheapest deal.
Save money by scouring the market for the cheapest deal. Learn more about how to unlock iPhone handsets online with Mobile Unlocked.
An IMEI performs an important role in unlocking your phone. It’s a unique 15-digit number that links a phone with the SIM card inside the device. Your IMEI functions much like your fingerprint. It’s part of your phone’s DNA and can’t be transferred from one phone to another.
Stored in a central database, it's used by the operating systems of mobile providers and manufacturers to find out information about your phone. And this includes whether or not it’s got a carrier lock in place.
You don’t need any sophisticated software to locate your IMEI. It’s right there in your phone ready to find. Just type *#06# into your iPhone screen using your cell phone keypad. Or find it in the ‘Settings’ menu.
Software provides a solution to most things. And your locked iPhone 5’s no exception. If you’re looking for a fast, permanent way to change your locked iPhone into and unlocked iPhone, the best solution is to let technology do the hard work for you.
Mobile Unlocked’s specialist software streamlines and simplifies the unlocking process, leaving you little to do other than perform a couple of clicks.
Unlike other methods, an online network unlocking tool like Mobile Unlocked doesn’t need lots of information for it to work.
It just needs one piece of data - the IMEI number of your device.
Fuelled by that one important number, our authorized whitelisted software can perform your iPhone 5 SIM unlock remotely. Scanning the Apple phone manufacturing databases, it works at speed, behind-the-scenes to pinpoint the information needed to erase the lock on your phone.
There’s no unlock code. Because Apple devices can be unlocked automatically “over-the-air” using a wifi or internet connection to hook up directly with the Apple servers.
All you need to do, once this is complete, is take out your old SIM card and replace it with your new provider’s SIM card.
And the good news is, our service works for phones registered with both GSM and CDMA networks, including mobile carriers like: Rogers, Virgin Canada, Bell and Koodo.
Check Apple.com for technical specifications.
Don’t know the network? Use an iPhone 5 IMEI carrier check.
Variations of the iPhone 5 , including the iPhone 5C and iPhone 5S can all be unlocked using our unlocking software. The process is the same for each one. Mobile Unlocked will also work with a new iPhone or secondhand phones. It also supports the following Apple devices and iPhone models:
iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus , iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone Xr, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone X, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 3, iPhone 3GS, and iPads.
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Getting rid of the carrier lock on your phone is a winner because it saves you money instantly and long into the future. But there are other types of phone locking challenges you might face too. The biggest of these is the iPhone screen lock.
Time now to explore another familiar phone locking problem: The dreaded dilemma posed by a forgotten passcode.
It happens to us all.
But, however common it is, it never gets easier. If you’re locked out of your phone because you don't know the passcode or pin code, your life’s pretty much on hold.
Unless you know where to go for help. Fortunately, help’s not far away because, as well as providing a network unlock tool, Mobile Unlocked has a tool that can get you back into your iPhone 5 if you’ve disabled it or are stuck at the lock screen stage.
Ready for better news? It also works for other phone locking scenarios such as problems with your Apple ID login, your MDM lock and Screen Time password.
Let’s look at the process:
Go to iPhone disabled how to unlock 5 without passcode unlocking tool guide.
Select unlocking mode: Screen lock.
Other options include: Apple ID, MDM, Screen Time passcode.
Connect device.
Use a USB cable to connect your phone to a PC or laptop.
Click ‘Remove lock’.
Your unlock will take place immediately and be complete in seconds.
Apple, being Apple, has obviously created its own screen lock workarounds. One of which is its iTunes app.
As well as functioning as a media player, media library, mobile device management utility, and the client app for the iTunes Store, iTunes has another super power. This iPhone feature can also be used to bypass the screen passcode lock.
It’s an ok option. And if you’ve got time to work your way through the various stages, should you give you back access to your phone.
But the steps are a bit fiddly. And it has one major drawback.
It requires you to perform a factory settings reset which erases all of the data from your phone at the same time as it erases the passcode. We’re talking photos, messages, files, settings, apps and passwords.
That said, if you’ve remembered to do a backup, you should be able to recover them afterwards.
Again, using an online tool like Mobile Unlocked takes all of the uncertainty and process-heavy approach away from you.
But here’s how it work if this approach works for you:
NOTE: This method also works for an iPhone 6. But if you’re trying to unlock an iPhone 7 you need to press and hold the top (or side) and volume down buttons at the same time.
This method will only work if you’re using macOS Mojave or earlier. For those running the operating system macOS Catalina 10.15 or later, the Finder tool should be applied instead. The same process applies.
Did you know, Apple’s ‘Find My’ app can also be used to wipe the passcode from your iPhone 5 and other iPhone models?
It's just one of its many functions, which range from being able to track its location, play a sound, lock it down and flag it up as lost or reported stolen. But it’s the ability to remotely erase data we’re interested in here.
‘Find My’ can remotely erase all of the data on the phone, even if you haven’t physically got the device. This global erase includes the screen lock passcode, which means it’s ideal for you if you’ve forgotten your passcode or didn’t know it in the first place.
On the surface, it appears a simple and effective solution. But there’s a downside. Because, similar to the iTunes unlocking method, this method also requires a factory reset. And this means the end of all the data, settings, photos, messages and other passwords and logins on your device.
If you’re prepared for this, it’s an effective approach which works as follows:
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Amazing really easy and I love how this works and I don't have to go to the store just to unlock! Really cheap too 10/10 must recommend.
Favian M
2023-05-30 8:55:58 PM
Nice service, I tried so hard to get at&t to unlock my phone which I purchased from them and its impossible. You unlocked my first phone so fast, it was great and simple. I first thought the money was a little high but it so much better than spending another grand on a new phone.
Terry S
2023-05-30 8:55:58 PM
Nice service, I tried so hard to get at&t to unlock my phone which I purchased from them and its impossible. You unlocked my first phone so fast, it was great and simple. I first thought the money was a little high but it so much better than spending another grand on a new phone.
Terry S
2023-05-30 8:55:58 PM
Was trying to put a phone for my mother on Mint Mobile. ($15.00 month) They said phones was not compatible because of IMEI number. Really relieved that it was so easy to get unlocked.
Brandon P
2023-05-30 8:55:58 PM
Was trying to put a phone for my mother on Mint Mobile. ($15.00 month) They said phones was not compatible because of IMEI number. Really relieved that it was so easy to get unlocked.
Brandon P
2023-05-30 8:55:58 PM
Mobile Unlock got my phone unlocked in a little more than 1 day. Thanks.
Keith L
2023-05-30 8:55:58 PM
Please note: this will take you to our carrier check service which is not an unlock. If you already know which carrier your phone is locked to, then please use our unlocking service and select your carrier in the dropdown.