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5 Messages

Friday, September 12th, 2025

Sim unlock

I have spent WEEKS and hours on the phone and in the store to get an older iPhone sim unlocked and people at Xfinity either don’t know what to do or they submit a ticket and nothing happens. 1 have purchased a total of 12 iPhones from Xfinity 8 of which have been completely paid off and I am not allowed to do anything with the old phone because it’s SIM locked? I have been trying to help a friend out who has multiple phones on an existing carrier they use.  I was willing to just give her this old IPhone SE phone that has been sitting around for 2 years as a backup for my family and she can’t use it because of the SIM lock. To say I am frustrated is an understatement. I paid for this phone and 7 others through Xfinity. I should be able to help out a friend with something I paid for! How on earth can I get in touch with someone at Xfinity that knows what the heck they are doing? I cannot be the only person that has this problem. It seems like Xfinity would have trained their employees on how to resolve this issue! It shouldn’t take multiple attempts, numerous hours, and several weeks to resolve. It should take 5 minutes!!!!

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24 days ago

Hey there user_r.j.pullen 👋 I appreciate you coming into our community for help, and can certainly understand how you're feeling with the experience you described. You're doing a nice thing by trying to give your friend an old phone, and I'd be happy to help look further into this for you to verify it's unlock eligibility 👍

Please send us a direct chat message with your full name, the name listed on the account (if different), and the full service address associated with your account to “Xfinity Support”. To do so, click on the chat icon located at the top right of this forums page.

 

Visitor

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5 Messages

I believe I have given all pertinent information on this, any information from Xfinity on a solution? Why does this keep happening to people and why can’t Xfinity figure out how to resolve it?

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user_r.j.pullen, We will certainly do everything within power to get that device unlocked. To view all the eligibility requirements, please feel free to visit this link here. If you feel that all the eligibility requirements are met, we will be happy to look further into this on our end. To further assist over social media, please send us a direct message with your first/last name and full addres so we can ensure we pull up the correct account. You can start by clicking the "direct message" icon in the upper right page of our forum page. Once you click on that, input our shared handle Xfinity Support to send us a direct message.

 

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Visitor

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I already provided the direct (I believe) information to another agent on Monday and have not heard anything back. I have certainly met every piece of the requirements for unlocking the phone. I give Xfinity $250 a month for 5 lines and have it directly withdrawing from my account every month. This particular unit was paid off over 2 years ago! I have since paid off another phone on the impacted line. 8 phones in total have been completed paid off. 

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user_r.j.pullen, Thanks for confirming this for us. Did you send that information to our team over our forums page or over another support channel? 

 

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Visitor

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I honestly have no clue. I thought it was a direct message to the first agent that asked for this info. If there is a better way to provide information to get ANY resolution to this ongoing issue I would be happy to send it. 

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22 days ago

I spoke everyone at Xfinity. Every day for a week I speak to someone different.  They are not going to unlock it. They say they will and someone from Xfinity will reply here, but it will never get done.  Make sure you file a complaint with the FCC that does get their attention, someone will reach out to you, but the same thing will happen...nothing

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This is good advice about going to the FCC. I have yet to see a single person who can figure it out and I am feeling that it will never get resolved but it’s upsetting, I PAID for these phones, there’s no reason why I can’t use it elsewhere. If this is a repeat problem at Xfinity, they should have a solution for how to resolve it. I’ve had other iPhones with other carriers that needed sim unlock and they do it within 24 hours!!!!

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