As of February 11, carriers must allow consumers to unlock their phones – but there are rules and caveats. Here’s what you need to know.

You can also unlock it if it's had more than $25 in refills for basic phones or $100 in refills for smartphones. If you have an Android phone, you can use T-Mobile's Device Unlock app to request T ...

How to take your device with you to a new mobile carrier. — -- It's now a bit easier to get a mobile carrier to unlock your smartphone, thanks to a voluntary agreement that seven major ...

Some phones come factory unlocked, ... Unlocking through a carrier will be free, but this way will cost you. Shop around, get quotes, and set your phone free (again). ...

Unlocked phones are something you aren’t going to get from carriers straight away, but consumers have had the ability to unlock their devices and take their phones elsewhere if they made the ...

It is now legal, again, to unlock your cell phone, thanks to the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act. Here's everything you need to know.

Trying to unlock your smartphone on Straight Talk? Maybe you’re in a poor service area and need to use the SIM from another carrier, or you’re headed out on international travel and want to ...

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As of February 11, carriers must allow consumers to unlock their phones – but there are rules and caveats. Here’s what you need to know.

Fingerprints aren’t the only way to unlock phones though, as face unlock is another option offered by plenty of manufacturers. And then of course you have other methods like PIN/pattern unlock ...