Want to break your smartphone out of carrier jail? Here's a guide on how to unlock your phone so you can change carriers or use it while traveling abroad.
Now that you’ve finally paid your phone off, Apple went ahead and announced another new iPhone. This means you’ll be upgrading, so you may be thinking about selling your existing phone to put towards the purchase of your new device. We say godspeed, and urge you to remember one important nugget of information: you need to unlock your phone before it can be sold.
According to Verizon's policy, newly purchased devices are locked to Verizon’s networks for 60 days after purchase to help mitigate theft and other fraudulent activity. This rule applies to both postpaid and prepaid devices, and the lock is automatically removed after 60 days. Deployed military are exempt from this rule and can request an unlock during this period by calling Verizon’s support line at 800-922-0204.
Unlocking a T-Mobile phoneT-Mobile may well be the"un-carrier," but it has some very similar criteria for unlocking to other carriers. T-Mobile now sends you a notification when your phone is ready to be unlocked, but there are some eligibility requirements you need to be aware of. Here’s what you’ll need to keep in mind if you want to unlock your T-Mobile phone:
Unlocking a Metro by T-Mobile phoneMetro by T-Mobile, formerly known as Metro PCS, phones can be unlocked via their unlocking portal once you have completed the following checklist of prerequisites: How to unlock a U.S. Cellular phoneMost U.S. Cellular phones are sold unlocked. The rest will, generally speaking, unlock automatically after a 120-day lock period.
iPhone error message? Here’s what to doYou might see this message on your computer or on your iPhone: “The SIM card inserted in this iPhone does not appear to be supported. Only compatible SIM cards from a supported carrier may be used to activate iPhone. Please insert the SIM card that came with your iPhone or visit a supported carrier store.” If you see that message, do this:
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