XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   In article , Horace Algier   
    wrote:   
      
   > This is just FYI as I just got off the phone with USA T-Mobile because they   
   > lied (four times) telling me that they lock *all* their phones when there   
   > is a balance due on the phone (which just isn't true).   
      
   you're so in over your head.   
      
   > However, if your phone from T-Mobile is carrier locked, and if 40 days have   
   > passed (even if you owe money for the phone) but your service is paid up   
   > and not past due and your account isn't suspended, then T-Mobile *will*   
   > unlock your phone.   
   >   
   > There are TWO ways to T-mobile suggests you unlock your phone:   
   > 1. Ask them to email you an unlock code email (which you knew about)   
   > 2. Use the App Store unlock app (which is news to me as of today)   
   >   
   > HERE IS THE IOS UNLOCK APP:   
   > https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-14011   
      
   did you even *read* what's on that page???   
      
   namely this part, which is at the *top*:   
     Device Unlock is an Android app that allows you to request and apply   
     a mobile device unlock directly from the device.   
      
   > HERE IS THE ANDROID UNLOCK APP:   
   > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tmobile.simlock&hl=en   
   >   
   > This unlock topic came up when I asked T-Mobile (multiple times) if the new   
   > "free" iPhone6-to-iPhone7 trade in will be locked, to which they said   
   > (i.e., they lied) that "all T-mobile phones are carrier locked if you owe   
   > money on the phone".   
   >   
   > I knew that wasn't true, but they insisted it was true, so I told them to   
   > just send me the unlock code for the Nexus 5 that I financed from them for   
   > two years, and this came back during the phone call, proving the Nexus 5   
   > device was unlocked from the start (even though I owed money on it for two   
   > years):   
   > http://i.cubeupload.com/HpZFzy.jpg   
   >   
   > My main point of this message is just informative:   
      
   then you failed.   
      
   you're *so* fucking lost.   
      
   > a. Not all phones (even from the carrier & even if you owe money on them)   
   > are locked from the outset.   
   >   
   > b. If they are locked, T-Mobile will unlock them after 40 days, even if you   
   > owe money on them (as long as your *service* contract is paid up at the   
   > time).   
   >   
   > There are two ways to unlock that phone at the 40-day mark:   
   > 1. The old way (with the email)   
   > 2. The new way (with the app)   
   >   
   > HERE IS THE IOS UNLOCK APP:   
   > https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-14011   
   >   
   > HERE IS THE ANDROID UNLOCK APP:   
   > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tmobile.simlock&hl=en   
   >   
   > This is fyi.   
      
   and wrong.   
      
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