If the phone is fairly new and used on Verizon, all he has to do is put the
AT and T sim card in and he is good to go. All Verizon phone are unlocked.
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From: Kay Malmquist
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2017 2:17 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: How to unlock your iPhone on any carrier | Macworld
How do you know if your phone is locked or not? Terry has a phone with
Verizon and he thinks it is unlocked and I don't think it is. His contract
is up in January and he wants to switch it to AT&t. What is his best
option?
Kay Malmquist
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From: "Sieghard Weitzel" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2017 9:58 PM
Subject: RE: How to unlock your iPhone on any carrier | Macworld
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
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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.
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