Carriers Agree to Make Unlocking Phones Easier, Eventually
A Solution in Search of a Problem
Seriously, if people are worried about phone locks, they can buy unlocked phones, and even then it is not difficult to get the carrier to agree to unlock it for you, and you don't even need to have a particularly good reason for it....in my time working for at&t, the only time I ever flat out refused to provide the unlock code for a customer who requested it was if the customer had a past due balance or if the phone they wanted to unlocked had been reported stolen. Otherwise, provided they were an account in good standing who had had an at&t account for at least 6 months and who wanted to unlock a phone that had not been reported stolen, and we provided the code for basically any reason, even if the only reason the customer gave was 'I jus...
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Maybe because they never should have been locked in the first place.
T Bone said:...
it is not difficult to get the carrier to agree to unlock it for you, ....in my time working for at&t, the only time I ever flat out refused to provide the unlock code for a customer who requested it was if the custom
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AT&T is refusing to unlock a paid full price for device. I've used my longstanding and always active GoPhone account and I've used my fully up to date and long standing business account. This device is not available unocked.
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20yrs later!!!!!!!! I mean really, what more is there to it? Contract is fulfilled, and/or remaining subsidy is paid off, unlock the damn phone! Not complicated!
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Sprint?
I wonder if this means Sprint will fully unlock phones now and stop locking out the domestic GSM bands?
Hopefully 😳 , but I doubt it .
Aaahahahah, hahaha....
that'll never happen. I don't know why, I just don't see that happening.
that'll never happen. I don't know why, I just don't see that happening.
