Major cellular carriers — Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and others — typically lock their networks to the iPhone you buy from their stores or pay for via an installment plan. What does that really ...

So you purchased a phone from Boost Mobile, whether from the store, or off the shelf. Now, you’re headed to an area where the signal on the carrier isn’t so good, or you’re looking for more affordable ...

In this guide we’ll show you how to SIM unlock the Galaxy S9 so you can use it on different carrier networks. That way if you bought the Galaxy S9+ from AT&T, you can still take it to T-Mobile if you ...

If you want to take your Galaxy S10 and use it on any carrier network, you’ll have to do a SIM unlock first. In this guide we’ll explain how to SIM unlock the Galaxy S10 or Galaxy S10+ and why you’d ...

If you have Boost Mobile, you might need to unlock your smartphone, even though locked devices are increasingly a thing of the past. Here’s how to unlock a Boost Mobile phone, and what you need to ...

The first reason is so that you can take your existing phone to another carrier. Typically, in the U.S., AT&T and T-Mobile customers will take their phones from either of these networks to use on the ...

Tired of your mobile operator’s service or plans? The Cellular Telephone Industries Association’s (CTIA) new standards on unlocking phones go into effect among all mobile service providers in the US ...

Metro by T-Mobile (formerly MetroPCS) locks every phone it sells to its network. To use your Metro phone with another carrier — whether you’re switching providers, traveling internationally, or just ...