Unlocking your cell phone lets you switch carriers without buying a new device. Consumer Reports explains how to do it.

Sprint devices are probably the most difficult to unlock, requiring you to get on the phone with a Customer Service Representative.

Verdict Here we’ve shown you how you can unlock a Verizon phone without the code; however, some phones on Verizon just require a code — there’s not much way to get around it without one.

Unlocking allowed the phones to be removed from AT&T’s network, even if customers had not finished paying for the expensive devices or their service contracts had not expired.(Tom Fox / Staff ...

U.S. phone unlocking services face the biggest legal risk from mobile operators keen to enforce a change in copyright law that now makes it illegal to modify a mobile device to work on another ...

Under the new rule suggested by FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, mobile service providers would be required to unlock phones within 60 days of activation.

Unlocking a mobile phone from a single U.S. carrier has caused consumers headaches in recent years, but seven major carriers on Wednesday met a voluntary, industry-created deadline to set ...

Fahd sold the illegal phone-unlocking service through online retailers, raking in millions. His extravagant lifestyle included frequent trips abroad, $1,000-a-night hotel stays in Dubai and a ...

The employees were bribed to use their AT&T credentials to unlock cell phones for ineligible customers. "Unlocking a phone effectively removes it from AT&T’s network, thereby allowing the account ...