Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. Unlocking your cell phone lets you switch carriers without buying a new device. All carriers are required to let you do ...

To check if your Android phone is unlocked, try swapping in another SIM card or test your network settings. If calls work, ...

Ten years after T-Mobile first introduced the “Un-carrier” marketing blitz that boosted its standing among U.S. wireless players, the company this morning unveiled a new attempt to get AT&T and ...

Gizmodo picked up on a video produced by the iPhone Dev Team demonstrating that it has gained access to the baseband processor used by Apple in the iPhone 3G. The baseband chip is what controls the ...

If you've ever struggled to get your smartphone unlocked, then you should appreciate the FCC's latest initiative. On Thursday, FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel proposed that the agency require ...

The FCC wants to make it significantly easier for consumers to unlock their phones from their carriers, proposing that all devices must be unlockable just 60 days after purchase. How this will mesh ...

T-Mobile and AT&T say US regulators should drop a plan to require unlocking of phones within 60 days of activation, claiming that locking phones to a carrier's network makes it possible to provide ...