How to unlock my iPhone 6?

[DinoF]

Can someone point me in the right direction on how to unlock my iPhone 6? 

My 2 year contract naturally expired yesterday and the phone plan of my contract is now all paid off in full. I did Google this but it said I can only do this via the My O2 part of the website (I'm not even sure how I would do this ?!) and by connecting my iPhone to iTunes with a different sim inside??

im sure I've seen a link somewhere on here where you can request this? 

[MI5 · Accepted solution]

In your MyO2 there is an unlock request under your device details.
You shouldn't need to connect to iTunes anymore once the request is processed you just put a non o2 network sim in it.

[MI5]

[Anonymous]

This seems a much simpler way to do it

[DinoF]

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@MI5 wrote:
In your MyO2 there is an unlock request under your device details.
You shouldn't need to connect to iTunes anymore once the request is processed you just put a non o2 network sim in it.

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Is this within the My O2 app on my phone or are you talking about on the web?

And will I get some kind of confirmation that my phone has indeed been unlocked? 

Can I carry on using an O2 sim in it once it's been unlocked?! 

[Anonymous]

Yes it's in the app itself. Once it's unlocked you can use any sim you want 

[MI5]

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@DinoF wrote:

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@MI5 wrote:
In your MyO2 there is an unlock request under your device details.
You shouldn't need to connect to iTunes anymore once the request is processed you just put a non o2 network sim in it.

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Is this within the My O2 app on my phone or are you talking about on the web? Both

And will I get some kind of confirmation that my phone has indeed been unlocked?  Yes, an email.

Can I carry on using an O2 sim in it once it's been unlocked?!  Yes

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[DinoF]

Perfect, cheers guys. Will look inside the app and see what I can find!!! 

EDIT - Well that was simple! Hit the request button and now I just gotta wait! It said it should take 24 hours but could take up to 7 days. I guess I just now wait for the email to confirm unlock! 

So what exactly happens when I put a new sim in? How does my iPhone grab the new sim's settings for data etc?! 

[Anonymous]

Once you insert the sim it will recognise the carrier of the sim you put in. If not then do manual selection & find the right one. The APN's for the right sim should be easily found online

[MI5]

It will ask you if you want to accept a new carrier update which will include the correct settings for the new network.