Have you ever gotten a new phone only to find out it’s locked to a specific carrier? This often happens when you purchase a subsidized phone from a carrier. The carrier locks the phone so you can’t ...

This guide explains how to SIM unlock the Galaxy Note 8 for use on another carrier. There are a few different ways to unlock a phone, and a few reasons many choose to unlock their device. Whether that ...

If you want to take your Galaxy S10 and use it on any carrier network, you’ll have to do a SIM unlock first. In this guide we’ll explain how to SIM unlock the Galaxy S10 or Galaxy S10+ and why you’d ...

One common issue that some users face is their new phone not accepting their SIM card, requiring an unlock code. We will cover various methods to obtain the unlock code and troubleshoot your SIM card ...

It looks like the battle's officially over between iPhoneSIMfree and the numerous unique groups of open source hackers trying to software SIM unlock the iPhone. As we've been following in our previous ...

If you’re one of the million people who’ve purchased an iPhone since the end of June, you probably signed up with Apple’s exclusive carrier in the U.S., AT&T, when you activated your phone. That means ...

Carriers are beginning to offer more and more options and plans – probably to confuse us – and also more offerings to try and lure us away from our existing carrier. Carriers are also rounding up the ...

Several years ago, the Federal Communications Commission issued new requirements to the major wireless carriers in the US to ensure all smartphones can be unlocked. In an effort to both increase ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. American carriers are making progress in being more open and customer-friendly — particularly ...

As you may know (especially if you live in the US) unlocking your phone in the States, in other ways than going to your provider has been deemed illegal since January 26 th 2013, as stated by the ...

Update, October 19, 2018 (12:20PM EST): It’s not clear whether it’s from customer backlash or if it was always planned this way, but Verizon is apparently remotely SIM-unlocking all Google Pixel 3 ...