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by Sgt Churba - Rational Response Squad on June 11th, 2007
A phone that is not "Locked" so that you can't use any other SIM Cards with it - most Companies, when you're on a contract where you get a "free" phone, lock your phone so that you can only use that company's SIM cards with it, but then Unlock the phone when the contract is finished or bought out.
by zwatcher on August 1st, 2009
to unlock a phone is to make it availible for use with service providers other that the original one that locked the phone.
see most companies offer their phones free or greatly discounted with a contract for service, you actually pay for your phone in little extra fees during the time of the contract.
locking is to prevent you from getting the phone free then refusing to honor the contract and instead going to another service provider. sure they can sue you but that takes time and money, with the phone locked it is harder for you to jump ship before they recover the price of the phone .
i just bought an unlocked droid off of ebay and i want to know if i can use it with my at&t sim card?
by corey07 on April 24th, 2010
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what phones will a virgin mobile sim work in?
by Rube_P on August 22nd, 2010
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how can i activate my prepaid t-mobile sim card??
by AdiCT0 on July 9th, 2010
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can i switch my tmoble service to my sprint blackberry?
by aliciabowens on May 14th, 2010
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I need an unlock code for a Sony Ericsson W580i IMEI code 01127100-663434-3-69. C J Trickler at yahoo dot com
by trickler on May 6th, 2010
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