Droid Life

T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon Device Unlock Policies

What's the SIM unlock policy for Verizon, T-Mobile or AT&T? These are each carrier's current device unlock policy as of 2026.
Droid Life

What’s Your Carrier’s Device Unlock Policy: T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T

What's the SIM unlock policy for Verizon, T-Mobile or AT&T? These are each carrier's current device unlock policy as of 2026.
Android Authority

Unlock your T-Mobile Samsung phone early if you take advantage of this rule-breaking glitch

A strange glitch is allowing users to network unlock T-Mobile Samsung phones. The glitch appears to work regardless of your phone’s status with T-Mobile, essentially allowing you to bypass network ...
TechSpot

T-Mobile and AT&T warn that FCC's proposed unlocking rule could increase phone prices

What just happened? T-Mobile has expressed strong reservations about the FCC's proposed rule that would require carriers to unlock users' phones within 60 days of activation. In a filing with the ...
VentureBeat

Sprint and T-Mobile are lagging on fulfilling phone unlocking obligations, report says (updated)

All the major wireless companies pledged in 2013 to make it reasonably easy for subscribers to unlock their smartphones after their contracts expire, but Sprint and T-Mobile forgot to actually do it.
Ars Technica

T-Mobile, AT&T oppose unlocking rule, claim locked phones are good for users

A couple years ago, I bought a second hand phone. Turns out it was carrier locked to Spectrum Mobile. I called them to try and unlock it and was told (and I’m paraphrasing here, two or three years ...