For years, he reportedly used several tactics to acquire the T-Mobile employee credentials needed to unlock phones, including phishing, social engineering, and even getting the carrier’s IT ...

A former cellphone store owner made an estimated $25M by unlocking T-Mobile phones using stolen credentials. He now faces a possible prison sentence of up to 165 years … The Department of ...

For postpaid users, T-Mobile says it allows unlocking of fully paid-off phones that have been active for at least 40 days. But given the 365-day lock on prepaid users, T-Mobile's overall policy is ...

Phone unlocking requirements for major USA carriers: AT&T; T-Mobile; Verizon; Of the three, Verizon is the only carrier that doesn’t lock phones even if contracts and payment plans aren’t ...

A former owner of a T-Mobile retail store in California has been found guilty of a $25 million scheme where he illegally accessed T-Mobile's internal systems to unlock and unblock cell phones.

You can also have your phone unlocked by calling 611 from your T-Mobile phone or 800-937-8997. Keep in mind that T-Mobile restricts how many devices you can unlock in a 12-month period, which can ...

A glitch in T-Mobile's system allows some Samsung phones to be SIM-unlocked when they're not supposed to, and it's really easy.

FCC blasts T-Mobile’s 365-day phone locking, proposes 60-day unlock rule T-Mobile raised lock period for prepaid Metro brand from 180 to 365 days. Jon Brodkin – Jul 19, 2024 1:10 pm | 144 ...

The FCC wants all phones to be unlocked after 60 days. Two major mobile carriers do not, but Verizon isn't one of them. Here are their arguments.

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