Or perhaps you can’t afford to purchase a new one? There’s no need to worry — here’s all you need to know on how to unlock a Verizon phone. The process varies from carrier to carrier ...

Written by Ron Lyons, Jr. If you're a Verizon customer and you're thinking of switching to a new carrier or moving abroad, unlocking your phone from its contract can be a simple task. The process ...

T-Mobile and AT&T this week responded to the FCC’s proposed rule requiring providers unlock phones within 60 days of activation—even if they’re under contract and not paid off yet.

here’s how to unlock Verizon and T-Mobile devices. If you’ve taken the steps to ensure that your AT&T phone is ready to be unlocked, you’ve already done the hard part. Now it’s time to ...

That means you’ll have to activate your handset with Verizon, if that’s where you got it from, before unlocking it for use on a different network. Verizon confirmed to The Verge that Pixel 3 ...

When the FCC proposed the 60-day unlocking rule in July 2024, the agency criticized T-Mobile for locking prepaid phones for a year. The NPRM pointed out that "T-Mobile recently increased its locking ...

To use your phone with another carrier, you’ll need to make sure the phone is unlocked, which usually doesn’t happen automatically (see the Verizon section below). On my iPhone, I can go to ...

Verizon, which already faces unlocking rules because of requirements imposed on spectrum licenses it owns, automatically unlocks phones after 60 days for prepaid and postpaid users. Among the ...

While the best unlocked phones almost certainly support GSM carriers like AT&T and T-Mobile, it’s best to look for devices that work with all the major U.S. providers, including Verizon.