It doesn’t take much to set your phone free so that you can bring it along with you. Here’s how to unlock an AT&T phone by yourself. To unlock your AT&T phone, the company has a few ...

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.

The FCC wants to require all mobile carriers to unlock mobile phones within 60 days of activation. But neither AT&T nor T-Mobile are on board with that idea. In June, FCC Chairwoman Jessica ...

unlocked after the requisite time period without any additional actions of the consumer." Carriers should not be allowed to lock phones for longer than 60 days even when a phone is on a financing ...

Luckily, AT&T makes unlocking your phone easy. When you unlock a phone, you become its full owner, no strings attached. This means you can then switch cell phone providers without losing your phone.

T-Mobile will currently unlock phones on postpaid plans after 40 days if it's paid in full, but those on prepaid plans must wait a year. AT&T will unlock postpaid phones after 60 days if they're ...

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 ...

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