Unlocking iPhone 4 to all networks

[Anonymous]

Wonder if someone could give me some advice as I'm unsure if I'm doing it right.
So I'm now due for an upgrade going for the iPhone 5s so the mother in law Is going to have my old iphone 4 so I filled in the online request for to unlock my phone got a reply 2 days later saying its been granted and to plug my iphone 4 into a computer start up iTunes with a different network sim in so did this with a Virgin sim and all I got was iphone has failed activation please try again and my phone basically reset it's self as if it were brand new (which scared the hell out of me because I have loads of photos of my kids on it and never back up lol) so I pop my old sim in it booted back up and thank god everything went back to normal so what's the deal I'm I doing something wrong?
Thanks for your time

[Anonymous]

I will give that a go. Thanks

[Anonymous]

You're welcome.

Let us know how you get on.

[MI5]

Phone can't be blacklisted if you are able to make calls.... It either works or it doesn't !
Anyway, usually after 24 hours the IMEI updates - You can check in your "My O2" and see what phone is listed in there - This will tell you that the IMEI is on the database and tied to your number.

[Anonymous]

I checked "my o2" and it was showing the imei and iphone in use but the message from o2 kept saying imei not registered. Not sure what customer service did, but they eventually sorted it out for me! Thanks guys.

[Anonymous]

You're very welcome.

[jonsie]

Got there in the end:smileyhappy: