If you’ve had a smartphone for any amount of time, you’ve no doubt heard of the term “unlocking” your phone. And we’re not talking about your phone’s passcode to access the home screen — we’re talking ...

Unlike popular opinion, Straight Talk phones come locked, not unlocked. The confusion is that since Straight Talk is owned by Verizon, who ships phones as unlocked, Straight Talk phones would be ...

Verizon this week imposed a new roadblock for people who want to pay off device installment plans early in order to get their ...

LG provides a myriad of phones for several different service carriers. However, not all phones can be unlocked, and not all LG phones can be unlocked. The only types of phones that can be unlocked are ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- Switching cell phone providers is supposed to be a lot easier since a new law passed in 2014. A digital lock on our smart phones makes the process difficult, but a law signed ...

Major cellular carriers — Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and others — typically lock their networks to the iPhone you buy from their stores or pay for via an installment plan. What does that really ...

To unlock a Boost Mobile phone, you'll need to call the Boost Mobile Customer Care line at 1-888-266-7848. Before you can unlock your phone, it needs to have been connected to your Boost Mobile ...

In a change spotted by Ars Technica, Verizon's postpaid customers now face a 35-day delay if they pay off a device installment plan through the My ...

Can any Vodafone phone be unlocked? The good news is that any Vodafone U.K. customer can unlock their phones. In fact, you may find your device already unlocked in some cases. What is Voxi? Vodafone's ...