Unlock phone

[Michlou]

I have given my old phone to a friend and she needs it unlocked. 
The old phone was on public mobile, I took my SIM card and put it in my new phone no problem. 
I can’t seem to find how to get the old phone unlocked. I try to open a help ticket and keep getting an error message. It is proving very difficult to reach an actual person with Public mobile.

[BKNS27]

@Phil_Adelphus 

It must be because the official announcement by the CRTC was on December 1/17 and carriers were not to lock.

https://www.google.com/search?q=locked+phones+canada&rlz=1CDGOYI_enCA988CA988&oq=&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbW... 

[Phil_Adelphus]

@BKNS27   There was some carry-over into 2018, I bought a 2017 phone in spring 2018 and it was locked to the carrier.  I'm guessing they didn't go back through old stock and unlock them before they sold them.  

[Yummy]

Only original provider can unlock your phone. If that was PM and you had service before 2017 then youhave to get in touch with PM agent.

To Contact CSA-agent: https://www.publicmobile.ca/en/on/get-help/articles/contact-an-agent

Ticket has to be opened through chatbot - https://widget.telus.tiia.ai/publicmobile/publicmobile.html

Just type ‘ticket’ and follow prompts. Having a ticket is preferred way to contact agent as they might respond faster then receiving personal mail.

If opening a ticket does not work very first time, contact agent directly: send a private message to the CSA - agent by clicking (Ctrl+) Here

[Phil_Adelphus]

@Michlou   Have you tried putting a sim card from another carrier in the phone to see if it is still locked?  To contact customer service send a private message using this link

https://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/notes/composepage/note-to-user-id/22437 

They'll reply at the envelope icon top right or at Messages under the avatar.  The chatbot/ticketing system has been broken since earlier this year unfortunately and doesn't always work

[BKNS27 · Accepted solution]

@Michlou 

Bring it into a Telus/Koodo/Mobile Klinik store to have unlocked but if you got the phone after December 1, 2017…it is unlocked.

[Handy1]

@Michlou  Did you get the phone from PM years ago , is only way they can help otherwise you need to get the unlock code from the carrier the phone came from originally. But here’s link for support 

send a  private message   To CS_Agents

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                          https://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/notes/composepage/note-to-user-id/22437