When you buy a SIM card, what you get is a type of plastic card with detailed information about the operator, including the PIN and PUK codes. “PIN” stands for Personal Identification Number, which is needed to access the operator’s mobile network. The first time you insert the SIM card into your iPhone, you will need to enter the PIN code.
Why is my SIM card blocked? Why do I get a blocked SIM card? You will only have 3 attempts to access your mobile network, and if you waste these attempts, your SIM card will be blocked. So, what do I do now? To unlock your SIM card, the PUK number can come to your rescue, just enter the PUK and that’s it! Remember that the PUK also has a limited number of attempts, fortunately in this case there are ten.
However, most people tend to throw away the plastic card after inserting the SIM card. This is where the problem comes in: how could unlock the SIM card without a PUK code? Is the SIM card permanently locked?
There are three methods to unlock a SIM card – do you want to know them? Read on!
Call customer service
The first thing we recommend at Axarfusion is to contact customer service. Unfortunately, the wait time for customer service can be very long, but that isn’t the case with us. In addition to a phone number, we have a chat (WhatsApp) where our agents will answer your questions immediately.
Unlock the SIM card via the company’s website
You can also get the PUK code through your mobile operator’s website if you have an account (most mobile operators offer their users an online account). All you need to do is go to the official website of your mobile operator and log in with your credentials, in your profile information you should see the PUK code.
SIM unlocking tools
If you don’t manage to unlock your SIM card with the two previous methods, you can unlock it through different network unlocking tools such as iToolab SIMUnlock. This tool can be used on your device for free very quickly (it won’t take you more than 5 minutes) and you won’t lose any of your data. Another tool is Direct Unlock, which also works in a simple and fast way.
All in all, people who still have the plastic card that their SIM card came in shouldn’t have any problems accessing their SIM card. However, for those who don’t have it, all is not lost – there are other methods you can use to recover your card.
As a final tip, once you have the right PUK to unlock your SIM card, write it down somewhere where you can easily find it later. It wouldn’t be a bad idea to save it on Google Drive.
