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Phone Not Allowed
I have had to buy a second hand iPhone 12. The phone is unlocked as it states no sim restrictions but under network it’s says not available and then phone not allowed.
The sim works in another...
That would suggest that the phone may not be completely unlocked, or still fully locked to a network (or some other SIM restriction), as JJP2 suggests.
Try going back to the seller, or a "high street" phone shop to try and sort the SIM restriction problem out.
It may be worth checking what area the phone was designed for, some parts of the world use different frequencies than the UK. I know some phones would not work on Three at the start because of this.
Fair point, but it should hopefully be OK. My iPhone 13 mini works fine on Smarty, and I bought it from Apple’s store at Scottsdale Quarter in Arizona in July.
Also, RobertAm_474895 said that an 02 SIM works in the iPhone 12.
