Help/Support iPhone 6 Carrier Block without Reset

[twogurusindrag 0 iPhone 6 10.3.3]

So I'm a student that got upside down in his phone bill with Verizon about 6 months ago.

I put my phone on airplane mode before they cut my service, and have only been using airplane mode with wi-fi because I was afraid they'd send a kill code (so I couldn't use the phone) until I was caught up (never going to happen).

iTunes can't see my phone in airplane mode, so I can't load media on it.

Is it possible to block carrier access so I can take it out of airplane mode without completely resetting the phone? (Can I order a sim from somebody else and get phone service?)

Is this kill code thing just my imagination?

I am 100% ignorant of iOS capability and have never jailbroken any of my iPhones.

Thank you.

[Tgod1991 356 iPhone 14 16.6 Donor]

2 minutes ago, twogurusindrag said:

So I'm a student that got upside down in his phone bill with Verizon about 6 months ago.

I put my phone on airplane mode before they cut my service, and have only been using airplane mode with wi-fi because I was afraid they'd send a kill code (so I couldn't use the phone) until I was caught up (never going to happen).

iTunes can't see my phone in airplane mode, so I can't load media on it.

Is it possible to block carrier access so I can take it out of airplane mode without completely resetting the phone? (Can I order a sim from somebody else and get phone service?)

Is this kill code thing just my imagination?

I am 100% ignorant of iOS capability and have never jailbroken any of my iPhones.

Thank you.

Uhh? My iPhone 6s that I'm currently on, only iPhone I own. Has been disconnected for nearly a year through Cricket Wireless. I'm not sure what this kill code thing is. Never heard of it. 

Updated September 15, 2017 by Tgod1991

[twogurusindrag 0 iPhone 6 10.3.3]

As I'm continuing to dig, it seems what I called a "kill code" is the carrier "locking" the phone, which would prevent me from using the phone with another carrier.

Does that sound more correct?

[Tgod1991 356 iPhone 14 16.6 Donor]

22 minutes ago, twogurusindrag said:

As I'm continuing to dig, it seems what I called a "kill code" is the carrier "locking" the phone, which would prevent me from using the phone with another carrier.

Does that sound more correct?

I don't think they can do that. If you own the phone, they can not "lock" you out of your own phone. I have switched between 3 carriers with this one phone.