Originally Posted by
knotsure I thought there is a new law requiring cell companies to unlock all phones. Is that just after the contract or payment period are finished? Thought I heard that somewhere.
That refers to devices outside of contract aside from Verizon devices (their agreement is somewhat obscure and unique)...before, carriers were preventing people who were NOT under contract from unlocking their devices, while at the same time making it almost impossible to do it via 3rd party unlocking service. Essentially, they were taking people's contract free phones and holding them hostage for any number of BS reasons (I remember one of them being the initial 14 day "return" period, stating that they could not unlock a device until the phone was outside of that grace period.
Now, if you buy a device that is not contracted in any way, or you have a device that is outside of the original contract it was under, they have to unlock them without question or wait time (outside of the typical processing time of 24-48 hours).