XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: horatio@horatio.net   
      
   On Wed, 14 Sep 2016 18:58:38 +0100, Anthony R. Gold wrote:   
      
   > The OP wrote that using T-Mobile's app   
   > was an alternative to requesting the unlock code to be delivered by T-Mobile   
   > via email for manual entry and it appears to be exactly that.   
      
   Hi Anthony,   
   The response from nospam is classic becuase he just doesn't like anytime   
   Android has functionality that iOS doesn't - so - all his posts are just   
   sour grapes.   
      
   Anyway, I called T-Mobile today to ask for details about the app from their   
   second-level support team, and it turns out that there is a caveat which   
   you should be aware of.   
      
   This is hard to swallow, but this is what they told me:   
      
   1. You can no longer ask for an unlock code to be sent to you by email if   
   your phone is eligable for the app.   
      
   2. The only phones eligiable for the Android unlocking app are the Samsung   
   Galaxy S5 and above, and the LG phones V10 and above and a few smaller   
   manufacturers.   
      
   3. If you have one of those phones, you *must* use the app, they say - and   
   - you will be faced with two choices - one of which may be grayed out:   
   a. Unlock for 30 days only   
   b. Unlock permanently   
      
   4. Whether or not a permanent unlock is available will only depend on   
   whether the phone is paid off or not, according to T-Mobile.   
      
   5. However, interestingly, if you have *any other phone* (iOS or Android),   
   then after 40 days of use on their service, they *will* unlock it   
   permanently "if" you say you're going overseas.   
      
   Given that, notice that you have *more functionality* if you *don't* have   
   the phones which quality for the Android app - in that you can permenantly   
   unlock any phone when going overseas after 40 days *except* those listed   
   phones, even if you still *owe* a balance on the phone!   
      
   Bear in mind, I was *extremely clear* with T-Mobile when I asked them these   
   questions, as I explicitly mentioned that I plan on giving the phone to   
   another person once I trade it in, and they said that as long as I stayed   
   on the T-Mobile service for 2 years, they don't care what I do with the   
   phone.   
      
   3.   
      
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