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Unable to unlock Iphone 13 purchased from BB, contacted TMobile 4 Times!
Hello, I'm running out of options to unlock my iPhone that I paid in full through Best Buy. I have contacted Tmobile 4 times and its still locked. They said it's fully unlocked but its still showing...
did you meet all the requirements needed in order for them to request the unlock from Apple?
Apple iPhone- If you have a locked iPhone that's eligible, Contáctanos so we can submit the unlock.
- Cuando aparezca como desbloqueado en tu cuenta T-Mobile, inserta tu nueva tarjeta SIM o activa la eSIM.
Requisitos de elegibilidad para un desbloqueo
Desbloqueamos sin cargo los dispositivos móviles que cumplen con los siguientes criterios de elegibilidad.
La elegibilidad del dispositivo se determina de la siguiente manera:
- El dispositivo debe ser vendido por T-Mobile.
- El dispositivo no puede estar denunciado como perdido, robado o bloqueado.
- La cuenta asociada con el dispositivo debe estar al día.
- The device must also satisfy all the Postpaid or Prepaid unlocking requirements outlined below.
Elegibilidad para desbloqueo para dispositivos móviles con planes pospagados
- El dispositivo debe haber estado activo en la red T-Mobile por al menos 40 días en la línea que solicita el desbloqueo.
- Si el dispositivo se financió o arrendó a través de T-Mobile, deben haberse hecho todos los pagos y el dispositivo tiene que estar totalmente saldado.
- Si el dispositivo está asociado con una cuenta cancelada, el saldo de la cuenta debe ser cero.
- T-Mobile puede solicitar el comprobante de compra o información adicional a su criterio y es posible que se apliquen otras excepciones.
Elegibilidad para desbloqueo para dispositivos móviles con planes prepagados
- Deben haber pasado al menos 365 días desde la activación del dispositivo en la red T-Mobile.
- Si el dispositivo se activó hace menos de 365 días, entonces la cuenta prepagada asociada al dispositivo debe haber tenido más de $100 en recargas durante ese período por cada línea activa en la cuenta. Además, deben haber pasado más de 14 días desde que se compró el dispositivo.
- No se deben haber completado más de 2 desbloqueos de dispositivos por línea de servicio en los últimos 12 meses.
- T-Mobile puede solicitar el comprobante de compra o información adicional a su criterio y es posible que se apliquen otras excepciones.
Tl:Dr: Give t-mobile 2 business days, check on the status of it and if there is no update file an FCC complaint here:https://consumercomplaints.fcc.gov/hc/en-us/articles/360001201223
meanwhile, be kind to the customer service reps. They are not t-mobile or samsung or google etc and they don't control company policy. The situation we're all in isn't their fault. They know we're frustrated because they hear about it all day every day. I was in remote customer service for years and I would bend over backwards for nice reasonable people and make sure to follow up on their issues as soon as I could. Not so much for frustrated angry people.
The long version:
CTIA policy is that T-Mobile has 2 días hábiles to either unlock the device, request that the OEM unlock the device, explain why the device is ineligible to unlock or explain why the OEM needs more time to process the unlock request.
This is under section 12 here: https://www.t-mobile.com/responsibility/consumer-info/policies/consumer-code
and on the FCC FAQ here: https://www.fcc.gov/general/cell-phone-unlocking
I have had issues with carriers in the past and when you keep getting the issue kicked down the road "we'll tell you in X business days" contacting the FCC is by far the fastest way to get a resolution. Sometimes you get in a situation where a rep can't do anything directly, and don't have a break in call volume a week later to follow up on the response from the OEM. Going through the FCC just ensures that it gets in front of someone that can make sure t-mobile and the OEM coordinate and do what needs to be done.
I'm going through this now. Apple replaced my phone so in my account under unlock status it just says "unknown" and I've been paying the phone off for 30 months while living in an area with no t-mobile service.
I contacted T-mobile about it and they said it would 5-7 business days for them to get a response from Apple regarding the unlock. There's clearly a disconnect between what T-mobile agreed to with CTIA and what it's actually able to do. They said on the chat they were making the request at that moment and didn't say it was ineligible so 2 days seems pretty reasonable for the remaining possibilities: either Apple unlocks it or Apple says it needs more time. I'll check with T-Mobile in 2 business days and if neither of those responses are on the ticket I know it's an issue that I need the FCC to help with.
