
When the service stops and restarts, these conditions are usually different. This is the reason for the fluctuating (down) success rates. Even if one is different, the service will fail. In order to find the hole and change the SIM Lock status, the other values of the database must have specific information. Unfortunately, no one can say when it will get reactivated, it might be a couple of weeks or sometimes way more

It always starts with a 100% success rate, which gradually drops until the service gets idle. Naturally, networks don’t want you to be able to use third-party unlocking services and find ways to close the loopholes in their databases. IMEI Unlock is permanent, however, not always available.

Of course, you can still use the iPhone normally with the locking carrier during this period as long as you pay the bills, however, the iPhone is still considered unpaid. It usually takes one to two years to pay off the device. These installments are added to your monthly tariff and the network will never allow you to unlock it until they are fully paid off. Going for monthly installments automatically means that the iPhone will be automatically locked to the carrier of your choice.

Most people avoid buying an unlocked iPhone because you have to pay upfront. So far so good, and yet, a phone can be considered unpaid even when all the bills are paid. Even if you use a SIM card from another network it will do nothing as long as the unpaid iPhone remains locked. You will not be able to make calls, send messages, and use mobile data until you pay. Everybody knows or finds out in the process that the locking network will block an iPhone as soon as more than 2 consecutive monthly bills are left unpaid.
