XPost: comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   In article , Arlen Holder   
    wrote:   
      
   > At some point, years ago, you could get the unlock codes directly from the   
   > carrier, and then you punched the sequence into the keypad (which is, as I   
   > recall, how I unlocked my S3).   
      
   for at&t, you don't even need to be a customer. fill out the form on   
   their web site and it will take as little as a few minutes to complete   
   (assuming it's not blacklisted). for iphones, they update it server   
   side and you just need to reset the phone. other phones usually require   
   a code to be emailed, which can take a day or two.   
      
   verizon is legally prohibited from locking lte phones in exchange for   
   using the 700mhz spectrum (see below), however, they recently decided   
   laws no longer applies to them and announced plans that they will be   
   locking phones, then paid off ¼ to look the other way.   
      
   sprint can be a pain, but they'll usually unlock phones.   
      
   you already dealt with t-mobile.   
      
      
     § 27.16 Network access requirements for Block C in the 746-757 and   
     776-787 MHz bands.   
   ...   
     (e)Handset locking prohibited. No licensee may disable features on   
     handsets it provides to customers, to the extent such features are   
     compliant with the licensee's standards pursuant to paragraph (b)of   
     this section, nor configure handsets it provides to prohibit use of   
     such handsets on other providers' networks.   
      
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