iPad: How can I find out which carrier I am locked to?

[chouglez]

I am test riding someone's iPad(Classic). This person told me that he thinks the iPad is locked to Three hence I bought a 1GB data micro sim card. Long story short, when I connected the iPad to iTunes, iTunes splatted the message, "The SIM card inserted in this iPad does not appear to be supported".

How can I find out to which carrier is this iPad locked to?

 

[Ploddles]

I don't think iPads are locked to any network.

 

[Tinkie]

Hi,

I have an iPad 2 and it is listed on the settings page. Not sure if this is the case on the first edition; probably because i have a sim card installed though...

Cheers,

Tracey

 

[chouglez]

Hi,

I have an iPad 2 and it is listed on the settings page. Not sure if this is the case on the first edition; probably because i have a sim card installed though...

Cheers,

Tracey

Hi Tracey,

Under General --> About, I see Network as Not Available and Carrier too as Not Available

 

[tiler65]

It all depends where it was looted from.................

 

[chouglez]

It all depends where it was looted from.................

What makes you think it was looted? :shrug:

 

[Raj_p]

was it part of a free gift thing from 3mobile? if so it maybe locked to 3 sim only (the one it was activated with)

 

[neil_g]

i asked google the same question and apparently the tech guys at an apple store can find out.

also it seems that most locked ipads are orange, but id check as above.

 

[lawrenceots]

I think if you log in to Applecare where it tells you the warranty service and everything, it might tell you there?

 

[chouglez]

Apparently the 3G micro sim I bought from eBay is dodgy. I stuck in my T-Mobile micro sim and all was fine & dandy. I am happy the iPad is not locked.

Thanks for all your replies & suggestions.