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SIM card locked. (What do I do?)

hstraf
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

Hello,

I just purchased a used iPhone froma friend, and I am trying to switch to use it.   However, when I put my Public Mobile SIM chip into the used iphone, it shows this message:

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SIM is locked - 1 attempt remaining

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I tried putting my iPhone unlock passcode into it, but that does not work.  (I just restored the Iphone from iTunes backup.)

I logged into my Public Mobile online account, but I don't see anywhere to set the SIM passcode.

What should I do?

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@hstraf wrote:

UPDATE:   I just put the SIM chip back into the old phone, and it still says "SIM Locked".

So now I can't use either phone any more.

How can I unlock the SIM?


The default SIM card PIN on all Public Mobile sim cards is 1234. If this doesn't work and you enter one more incorrect code, I beleive that you're going to need to ask moderators for your SIM card's PUK.

hstraf
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

UPDATE:   I just put the SIM chip back into the old phone, and it still says "SIM Locked".

So now I can't use either phone any more.

How can I unlock the SIM?

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