How to unlock an iPhone SE easy, fast and 100% legal? step by step guide

While it is true, the iPhone SE is the smallest smartphone in the iPhone range, especially because It has a 4-inch screen.. But even so, it exhibits the same power as the iPhone 6s and has inherited its internal components and most of its functions. Taking into account that, users have chosen the iPhone SE as the most satisfactory mobile compared to the rest of Apple models.

In this sense, there are many people who use an iPhone of this type, today. Therefore, they look for different solutions to optimize your user experience from said mobile phone and that way, get a lot more customization. One of them refers to the mechanisms that exist to unlock an apple se.

Therefore, either because the device is locked by iCloudbecause you want to use another telephone operator or for any reason, it is valuable to know how to unlock such an iPhone, easily and quickly. Next, we show you this and much more.

What are the reasons why I should unlock my iPhone SE phone?

5-step guide to using the tool

• Step 1: Select the model of your mobile device
• Step 2: Choose your country (Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia…)
• Step 3: Select your company (Vodafone, Orange, Yoigo, Movistar…) and press “Release“
• Step 4: Enter your IMEI number (You can find out by dialing on your phone *#06#)
• Step 5: Click on “Unlock Now“and…. Done!

Before mentioning and explaining the main tactics that can be used to unlock an iPhone SE device, it is very important to detail What are the most common reasons why a procedure of this type is required?.

Here we explain the most substantial, so far:

If you have forgotten the code or password

Undoubtedly, one of the most common reasons why you should unlock an iPhone SE, it is because the user has forgotten his code or password completely. Well of course so it will be very difficult to access it. In this sense, the most effective solution for this lies in unlock the smartphone immediately. Since, due to its age, this equipment does not support fingerprint unlock.

If you’re locked by iCloud

This type of lock, despite belonging to the iCloud platform because everything travels through the cloud, is called “Find My iPhone Activation Lock”, specifically. That being so, a feature that users can enable to prevent anyone else from using their iPhone, if you have lost it or have been the victim of a robbery.

Therefore, another of the most common reasons for requiring the unlocking of an iPhone SE arises when the user you manage to recover your mobile device and want to access it again. Even these situations also arise when a person buy a second hand iPhone and since before, it is blocked by iCloud.

To use it with another telephone operator

If you have bought your iPhone SE in a store belonging to a specific telephone operator, it is likely that you will have certain inconveniences when you want to change carrier. Taking into account that the company providing the service could brick your iPhone easily, whenever such a circumstance arises.

Consequently, to use said Apple mobile with a line from another telephone operator, you will have to proceed to unlock your iPhone and, in this way, you will enjoy the freedom of choose any other operator you prefer at the time.

If it’s a lost or stolen iPhone and it’s locked

As we mentioned before, the majority of users who have lost their iPhone or have been victims of a theft proceed to activate the iCloud utility called “Find My iPhone Activation Lock”in order to ensure that no other subject can access the information contained in the equipment in question.

Therefore, if you are using a lost or stolen iPhone SE, chances are that is restricted and so, you will need to resort to the unlocking process that best suits your situation. This being another of the most frequent reasons why some jailbreak method is used for said iPhone model.

Methods to unlock any iPhone SE model phone

Now, we have reached the section of the post in which we will mention and explain each of the existing procedures that can be carried out to unlock and/or unlock any iPhone SE without any complications.

Next, we will reveal what they are and what steps they require to be executed:

Using iCloud account

You can make use of your iCloud account to unlock your iPhone SE model in a simple way. Here we indicate the steps to follow:

• First of all, if you have previously paired your Apple Watch with your iPhone, you must unpair the Apple Watch. Additionally, it is important that back up your iOS device.
• Next, access the Settings menu of your Apple mobile and enter the “iCloud” option.
• Now head down to the bottom and click on “Close session”. But, if it is an iOS 7 or some older version, you have to click on “Delete account”.
• Once you confirm the action to log out, tap on “Delete from iPhone” and entered the password correctly.
• At this point, it’s time to go back to Settings and access the General option. There, click on “Restore” for now press on “Erase contents and settings”.
• In case you have “Find my iPhone” activated, you must enter your Apple ID along with the password. Also, if you are asked for the Restrictions or device code, you will have to enter it too.
• After that, tap on “Delete [dispositivo]” and contact your carrier to transfer service to a new owner, even if you don’t use a SIM card with the device.

With your iTunes account

Another of the most effective and practical tricks to use to unlock your iPhone SE is based on make use of your itunes account. But, the speed of the procedure will depend on whether or not iTunes recognizes the device.

To start, we show you the steps to follow if iTunes recognizes your iPhone:

• Start by signing in to your iTunes account and select the option that indicates “Restore” so that the same system decides the version of the firmware to install on the smartphone.
• If If you prefer iTunes to ask you for the location where the IPSW installation file will be located, you should choose the selection “Restore” hold down the Shift key on your computer at the same time.

But, in many cases, iTunes is likely do not recognize the equipment and therefore it will be necessary to place it in restore mode. To do this, the procedure to be carried out is as follows:

• Through your computer connect the iPhone SE model turned off and proceed to press the Start and Power buttons simultaneously (for about 10 seconds).
• With the above, on the screen of the mobile device, the iPhone cable should appear asking you to connect it to iTunes. Therefore, you will have to access your iTunes account and follow the same steps that we taught you in the previous case to unlock the device.

However, in the worst cases, neither of the above two methods may work, because iTunes does not recognize the iPhone and restore mode does not work.

Consequently, you must do the following:

• First of all, turn off your iPhone and connect it to the computer. So, press the Home and Power buttons simultaneously for 10 consecutive seconds.
• Once the indicated time has elapsed, release the Power button and leave the Start button pressed for another 10 seconds.
• Once you release the Home button, Sign in to your iTunes account and in this way, it will recognize it (although the iPhone is obviously still off).
• Finally, follow the steps of the first option to be able to select the option “Restore”.

As you will see, the key aspect is that iTunes recognizes your device and thus, proceed to carry out the detailed procedure first to unlock iPhone SE using your iTunes account.

With Find my iPhone

If you have activated the function on your Apple device “Find my iPhone” or, in Spanish, “Search my Iphone”, you will be able to unlock it from said utility. Taking into account that, using this method, the iPhone will be completely restored and will remain as factory. However, it will be possible to recover all the information later, if you have an iCloud backup.

Next, We show you the step by step to execute to unlock your iPhone SE model with this utility provided by iCloud:

• To start, you will have to enter the iCloud website from the browser of your choice and there, enter your Apple ID along with your password to be able to log in.
• In second place, click on the section that says “Search”.
• Now, it’s time to search for your iPhone selecting the writing “All Devices” at the top of the page to click on the name of your iPhone from the displayed menu.
• Later, from the box that appears on the right, click on “Erase iPhone” either “Initialize iPhone” and with it, by providing the password for your Apple ID and choosing if you want to receive a message at the end of the operation, the iPhone will return to the factory state.

No password using recovery mode

In case you didn’t already know, the “recovery mode” of iOS, refers to a special mode that can be used on both iPhone and iPad to recover the system from a serious error that, as a consequence, render the device virtually unusable. Therefore, it is possible to use it to unlock an iPhone SE easily and quickly, without requiring the password.

Before specifying the steps that must be carried out for this, it should be noted that this is a process that will erase all data on the computer and install the latest version of the operating system automatically. Now, we show you the process, below:

• you have to start with connect your iPhone to a computer and turn off the smartphone immediately.
• Now it’s time to start press the power button (or Power) for about 3 seconds and without releasing said button, press the Start (or home) button together with the power button for 10 consecutive seconds.
• After that time, proceed to release only the Power button and continue pressing the Start button until you see the iTunes logo with the cable on the screen of your iPhone SE. That way, you will have unlocked it.

Without a computer using the IMEI

To conclude, we will emphasize this method that is based on jailbreaking an iPhone via your IMEI and, for which, you will not have to use a computer as it happens in several of the methods we recommend throughout the post.

For its part, it is worth noting that an iPhone can be unlocked in this way anytime and regardless of whether you have any commitment to stay with an operator and, apart from that, it is presumed that it’s a safe tactic thanks to the fact that the hardware of the equipment is not modified or extra applications are installed.

Here we specify each of the steps to use for that:

5-step guide to using the tool

• Step 1: Select the model of your mobile device
• Step 2: Choose your country (Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia…)
• Step 3: Select your company (Vodafone, Orange, Yoigo, Movistar…) and press “Release“
• Step 4: Enter your IMEI number (You can find out by dialing on your phone *#06#)
• Step 5: Click on “Unlock Now“and…. Done!

Unlock by IMEI may become effective within 24 or 48 hours, in case there are server delays. On the contrary, will be automatically.

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