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A SIM lock, simlock, network lock, carrier lock or (master) subsidy lock is a technical restriction built into GSM and CDMA [1] mobile phones by mobile phone manufacturers for use by service providers to restrict the use of these phones to specific countries and/or networks.
When Motorola released a bootloader unlocking tool for the Droid Razr, Verizon removed the tool from their models. [10] In 2011, Sony Ericsson released an online bootloader unlocking tool. [11] Sony requires the IMEI number to be filled in on their website. [12] For the Asus Transformer Prime TF201, Asus has released a special bootloader unlock ...
If the wrong PIN is entered more than three times, the SIM card will become locked. It can be unlocked by entering the PUK code provided by the mobile service provider, [1] which may be available on the SIM card's packaging, the contract, or provided by customer service after identity verification. After the PUK code is entered, the PIN must be ...
S. 517 would repeal a rule published in October 2012 by the Librarian of Congress (LOC) that limited the ability of certain owners of wireless telephone handsets to "unlock" their phones, that is, to circumvent software protections that prevent the owner from connecting to a different wireless network. The bill would reinstate an earlier rule ...
T-Mobile's been stirring the pot in recent months, launching an ambitious "Un-carrier" initiative and touting its new unsubsidized strategy. Contrary to popular belief, T-Mobile hasn't been able ...
The US variants also force a reboot each time the user switches eSIMs, while other models do not, because the CSC codes correspond to a single carrier. If a phone is bought directly from a carrier with a SIM lock, the phone can only add eSIMs from the same carrier as the one on the physical SIM card, even after a carrier unlock.
This isn't the case with other CDMA carriers like Verizon which only used allowlists for 3G (which was a requirement for CDMA) and T-Mobile does not use an allowlist but instead a blocklist, including for former Sprint customers. AT&T [32] and Telus [33] also use an allowlist for VoLTE access, but does not require IMEI registration by customers ...
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