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Hi
I bought a locked iphone 5 from ebay (japan softbank carrier )ios8.1.2 pre-installed
Phone shows the welcome screen and gives an error to insert valid sim card :(((
I bought r-sim air to unlock but no reactions ;(((
Q: Will the phone be unlocked on ios8.1.2 & r-sim?
Thanks for any help

P.s
I realized the owner placed a r-sim( like r-sim 9 or 8) INSIDE THE IPHONE!!!!!!! Sounds impossible but its true (soldiered gevey with wires to board & one of the wires is separated )he couldn't unlock it
so i have to remove it and place new gevey normally ,right?