r/PhoneUnlocks

I recently came across a used iPhone 13 for a fair price but it's cellular and Face ID were dysfunctional. I bought it anyway to use it as a camera only phone, but I'm gonna try anyway if I can atleast get cellular working on it. The seller said the iCloud lock had been bypassed and that is why the cellular isn't working. Is there anyway I can get it working by jailbreaking or programming it? Can I undo the bypass??

I bought a phone off of Ebay as a birthday present to myself, since I haven't had a new phone in years and my old phone's battery was giving out to the point it wouldn't stay charged for even half a day. The phone was a brand new, sealed Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ phone, that was supposed to be UNlocked. When I got it and started setting it up to my carrier (Verizon's Visible service) it wouldn't connect, saying it was locked to another carrier. So the phone came brand new, sealed, but locked to a carrier.
I tried over and over to get the seller to tell me what carrier, the account, to give me an unlock code, anything, for over a week. I have even tried the major carriers I know of to see if I could unlock it myself but no such luck. I did an IMEI checker and it says it's supposedly locked to T-Mobile, so I went to a local T-Mobile store myself in person to ask if they could unlock it but was told they can't without knowing the account the phone was connected to (despite the fact the phone is brand new and had never been opened). When the seller wouldn't cooperate with me, I demanded to return and refund and he's been skirting around that now too for a week. I'm dealing with ebay and my bank now instead of trying to fight a losing battle with someone who's dragging out taking responsibility for what they did wrong instead of owning up to it in hopes it goes past the window of time I'm allow to dispute it.
My problem still remains the same in the meantime- I have this new phone that I can't use while my old one is dying faster each day, because it's carrier locked.
Is there any way to unlock this phone without knowing for certain what carrier it is locked to? I don't trust these unlocking sites I keep seeing and I am not giving a bunch of money to scams as I was already scammed enough. I'm not downloading any software malware crap either. I'm not dumb, just completely over dishonest people and need a little help.

Edit to add:

To those responding to me, please re-read my post. Maybe this will clear some things up-

I have tried official channels.
I have tried getting my money back.
The ad stated clearly it was an unlocked phone, but I got a locked phone sent to me instead. This was the seller's fault, NOT mine. I read the entire ad from top to bottom, and was anticipating receiving an unlocked, usable phone.
I never said I wanted anything for free.
I do not want to pay for downloaded software that is just money stealing malware in disguise, or obvious SCAMS. I'm willing to pay an actual tech a reasonable amount to actually unlock the phone, but not for a scammer to promise something, take my money and bail.
I realize this phone has been on the market for 7 years but it was brand new in the box, sealed in it's packaging, and not everyone out here can afford $1000+ phones every few months when they come out. Some of us can only buy something a couple years old after the ones we have finally start to kick the bucket. I picked this one because it was twice the capacity of my old one, and I'm an artist and wanted to try the stylus pen option. It's not about the age of the phone, but more about screen size, the pen function, personal preference and what I could afford.

While I know enough to get by when it comes to tech and phones, I do admit I don't know anything about the interior processing aside from what little I used to do for a living. I worked for a small company fixing broken phones, have replaced screens, casings and charge ports for a few years so I'm not entirely cell-phone-dumb and I've already researched and tried everything I possibly could think of myself already to fix this issue before reaching out to other people after exhausting the first steps of official channels and trying to return and refund.

There is ZERO reason to be rude to or curse at me. If you can't/won't help or don't have anything useful to say, then there is no need to say anything to my post at all. God forbid you ever need help with something and have to result to asking strangers for kindness in resolving your frustrating issue after you've exhausted all other options. May they give back the same energy you give.

Please I was wondering if you could help me out with something. I have got a phone that’s locked and I can’t seem to get into it. (cricket) is not blacklisted and everything is clean i am looking for the best way to get it unlocked?I will really appreciate the help. it has really made working hard

Can anyone help me unlock my phone without paying it off? I'm currently in France and paid for an eSIM and phone plan with Free Mobile before I realized my phone was locked. I'll be here for 3 months, so Free Mobile's $30/month plan is way cheaper than paying off my phone or AT&T's international roaming.

Yoo good day! Just want to ask if someone here have ever used this service GiantUnlock()com. I'm kinda hesitant to use their service b'coz they lack costumer reviews ect, i have browsed the internet looking for something about this platform but i found nothing. Any suggestions for other paltforms that provides the same services are appreciated. I want to avail a subscription to a platform that offers a rent. Should i? or should i not with the GiantUnlocks()com platform?

i don’t mind paying, can i please have a step by step guide on what website or software to use to bypass when icloud locks me out please🙏🏼

It used to be 6 months and now is a hole year, I bought an iPhone 16e for my gf and now I'm stuck with them for 6 more months i had planned for, went to this website (the unlocking company) and paid 27.99 not really sure if they are going to do their job or not I'll keep you posted, but if not... any other idea?

Hi, I just got a resale iPhone 14 Plus. It is carrier locked due to nonpayment. I know it's essentially a brick, but is there anything I can do to make it work short term until I get a new phone? Someone on here mentioned using an eSIM from another country. Thanks

Who offer remove IMEI blacklist or block imei or unbarring service ?

My iphone 15+ is locked in recovery mode unable to unlock my phone and i forgot my apple id and password and screen lock also after accident my phone already repaired from local store....

I want to unlock my phone please any one help me

Don’t trust “Ultimate Mobile Solution” fb page he got me too out of $151.00 he was supposed to refund me my money back today like promised but didn’t because he couldn’t unlock my two iPhone and won’t respond to my messages or look at them and his Facebook profile page link is https://www.facebook.com/share/1JiRMrtHpq/?mibextid=wwXIfr spam is comment and call him a scammer and his inbox spam his inbox call him a scammer etc.

Hello everyone

I just picked up an iPhone 8 Plus which is locked to AT&T .
I tried unlocking via AT&T website by submitting requesting for unlocking but they said not eligible.

Any other way I can unlock this phone by any software or anything ? please help

My cousin recently bought a ipad from ebay that was relatively cheap but when she got it she could tell it was blocked by the icloud she still ended up taking it thinking she could bypass it , now she's giving it to me in hopes that I could unlock it do yall have any tips that could help?