Glad that's a law that's going to take effect for yall. It's wrong what these companies wanted people to pay to unlock a device you payed for.
On 11/29/17, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > And for the canadians on the list the good news is that as of day after > tomorrow (December 1) no carrier is allowed to sell locked phones any more, > all phones sold on any contract has to be unlocked. Of course if you have a > contract you still have to finish it or pay whatever penelty there is to get > out of it. But at least it is now going to be possible to take a new phone > on a trip out of the country and put in a SIM from a foreign service > provider without having to put up with the highway robbery charges the big 3 > carriers here charged until now. I called Telus last year to have my wife's > iPhone unlocked so she could take it to the Philippines and they wanted $45 > for this. I flat out told them that if as a customer who had a big plan with > 2 business landlines, ADSL and 3 cell phones I would be obligated to pay > this they would loose me as a customer as soon as my contract was over. The > agent put me through to a higher-level agent and the phone was unlocked for > free. Of course one shouldn't have to do this and of course most people were > made to pay. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of M. Taylor > Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2017 5:55 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: How to unlock your iPhone on any carrier | Macworld > > How to unlock your iPhone on Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Virgin > Mobile If you want to switch to a new carrier, you'll need to make sure your > iPhone is unlocked first. Here's how. > Michael Simon > Staff Writer, Macworld Nov 29, 2017 12:16 PM PT IDG Update 11/29/17: Virgin > Mobile has changed its iPhone unlocking policies. > The days of being tied to a single carrier with a locked phone for months on > end are all but over. Where we once were forced into 24-month contracts with > devices that were useless on any other network, nowadays your wireless > carrier must unlock your phone if you request it. > Seriously, they do. It's actually a law. The Unlocking Consumer Choice and > Wireless Competition Act makes it so any phone purchased after 2015 will > work with any carrier, so your provider can't keep your phone tied to their > network because they feel like it. However, there are some terms and > conditions that you'll need to follow before you can pop another SIM into > your phone, and of course they vary by carrier. > General requirements > Before you can hook up your phone to a new network, you need to meet a > series of requirements. First and foremost, it needs to be a legitimate > device. That means it can't have been reported as lost or stolen, or > associated with any sort of illegal activity. Then your account will need to > be free of any financial obligations. If you accepted a contract in exchange > for a subsidized up-front cost, you'll have to either wait until your > contract is up (usually 24 months), or if you bought your phone on a payment > plan you'll need to pay the balance. > Additionally, most carriers require accounts to have been active for a > certain number of days before they will allow devices to be unlocked. For > T-Mobile it's 40 days, Sprint 50 days, and AT&T is the longest at 60 days. > Verizon doesn't have a minimum time. And you might need to factory reset > your phone before the new network can be recognized, so make sure you're > backed up. Beyond that, the process varies slightly for each carrier: > Verizon > Stephen Lawson > Verizon's unlocking policy is surprisingly consumer friendly. > Surprisingly, Verizon has the friendliest unlocking policy for LTE phones. > Whether you purchased your iPhone from an Apple Store or a Verizon shop, Big > Red states that it does not lock any 4G LTE devices, so no code is needed to > open up your iPhone for use with another carrier. If you want to move to a > new network, simply cancel your service and start a new plan with the > carrier of your choice. > AT&T > Stephen Lawson > The unlocking process at AT&T is the most complicated of the four major > carriers. > If you're an AT&T customer, the process is slightly more complicated than > the other carriers. iPhones bought from the company will still be locked to > AT&T's network, so bringing it to another carrier isn't as simple as popping > out the SIM. The first step is to submit a request to the carrier to find > out whether it's eligible to be unlocked. To do that, log into your account, > choose the device you want to unlock, select "Unlock phone or tablet to work > with another wireless provider," and follow the prompts. If you can't get > into your account for some reason, you can use the company's Device unlock > portal to verify the phone's eligibility. > Once you submit the request, you'll get a confirmation email with an unlock > request number. Follow the link in the email to confirm the request. If the > device is deemed eligible after the two-day review period, you'll then be > able to pop out the old SIM and insert the new one. > T-Mobile > Martyn Williams > T-Mobile may be the un-carrier, but you'll still have to call them up to > unlock your iPhone. > Unlocking an iPhone bought through T-Mobile isn't too difficult. Basically, > you'll need to call customer service at (877) 746-0909 to get the Mobile > Device Unlock code for your phone. You'll find out in two days if it's > eligible, and if it is, you'll receive an email with an unlock code. Follow > the instructions, pop out your SIM, and you'll be ready to switch networks. > Sprint > If you have an iPhone from Sprint that fulfills all the criteria in the > General requirements section above, it's likely unlocked already. Sprint > states that it will automatically unlock phones as soon as they're eligible, > so you should be able to insert a new SIM and start using it with your new > carrier immediately. If that doesn't work, or if you haven't met all the > requirements, you can call customer service at (888) 211-4727 and they'll be > able to help. > Virgin Mobile > Virgin Mobile > Virgin Mobile's new Inner Circle phones can be unlocked without a problem. > Virgin Mobile is now an iPhone-only carrier, so if you're tempted to sign up > for the new Inner Circle plan at an Apple Store, the phone you get won't be > locked to their network (which is really Sprint's in disguise). That means > you can take it to any carrier as long as the criteria above is met. > However, if you buy the same phone at virginmobileusa.com, it will be locked > "for fraud-prevention reasons." Spokesperson Justin Scott breaks it down > like this: > If you bought an iPhone 6 or SE between June 21 and Sept. 28 or after Nov. > 17, you'll need to wait a year before it's unlocked. An iPhone 7, 8 or X > bought within the same time period can be unlocked after 14 days. Similarly, > if you bought a subsidized iPhone that isn't an 8 or X between Sept. 29 and > Nov. 16 you'll need to wait 12 months before it can be unlocked. > Existing Virgin Mobile customers won't get the same benefit. Any device that > was purchased under a previous plan will need to have been active for 12 > months before Virgin will unlock it. Once it has, you can give customer > service a call and they'll take care of it for you. > However, Scott says that Virgin may unlock any new iPhone if a customer "has > previously seen Virgin Mobile cite a 14-day unlock policy and wishes for us > to honor it." Customers can call customer service at (888) 322-1122 to > unlock their phones. > To comment on this article and other Macworld content, visit our Facebook > page or our Twitter feed. > Michael Simon covers all things mobile for Greenbot and Macworld. You can > usually find him with his nose buried in a screen. > . Don't Break up With Your Car. Upgrade it. 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