How can we unlock / decode an iPhone bought from Orange or Vodafone

In most cases, a iPhone locked in a network Namely, it is a Affordable iPhone at a special subscription, with a sales.

In Romania, Orange and Vodafone are the only operators of mobile telephony coding / block iPhone devices in own networks.
If you buy an iPhone at a abomanet Orange and Vodafone, its price will be lower, depending on the value of the subscription (the higher the subscription, the lower the price of the iPhone will be) and the contractual period. 12 or 24 months.
You should know that after the expiration of the contractual period, when you practically have no obligation to the operator, except to pay your subscription bill, the iPhone will not be unlocked / decoded by itself. And if you want to unlock it, this process will not be done for free.

How do I unlock an iPhone locked in the Vodafone Romania network?

There are two scenarios. Unlocking an iPhone during the contract periodand release after the contract expires.
During the contract period, The release is subject to 50,42 fee euro (VAT included). This fee is valid regardless of the expired period of the contract. For example, if you purchased an iPhone coded in the Vodafone network, with a 24-month contract, and you want to unlock it 1 month before the contract expires, you will have to pay the full fee 50,42 € (VAT included).
After expiry of the contractual period, unlocking iPhone devices is a bit cheaper. The fee applied by the operator will be: 10,08 € (VAT included).

In addition to the above scenarios, there are other situations where an iPhone can be sold encrypted, however its release will be free. If you buy an iPhone "free" - without a contract - from a Vodafone store, you can request the unlocking of the terminal on the spot. The same applies to the purchase of an iPhone with a Vodafone Card, where the price will not be subsidized by the operator.

Any request to unlock an iPhone terminal will be made in a Vodafone storeand the term is 15 days. From our experience, we tell you that it did not last more than 3 days, but there are also users whose iPhone devices were unlocked after more than a week.

How do I unlock a coded iPhone in the Orange Romania network?

As with Vodafone Orange Romania mobile coding sold at subscriptions, with special prices.
The process of unlocking an iPhone coded in the Orange Romania network is somewhat simpler, faster and does not require you to go to an Orange service / store. All you have to do is access the page "Phone Service”>“unlock Phone"From"My account", enter the IMEI code of the iPhone you want to unlock, then click on "verify the series".

After the series is verified, you will be redirected to the page where you can pay online with the iPhone unlock card.
Orange, iPhone unlock fee in the contractual period is of 413.45 RON (VAT included) , and for iPhones that are no longer in the contract period, the fee is 52.26 RON (VAT included) .

Do not try to unlock iPhone devices that were purchased from operators in other countries. For example, if you have an iPhone locked in Vodafone Germany or Vodafone UKIt can not be unlocked at Vodafone Romania. And if Orange is the same.
To unlock an iPhone bought from abroad, you will need to identify the official website of the operator you bought it from and submit an online request for decoding.

Decoding the iPhone is done over the network, thus not having to travel to a representative of the operator or to a service.