A strange glitch is allowing users to network unlock T-Mobile Samsung phones. The glitch appears to work regardless of your phone’s status with T-Mobile, essentially allowing you to bypass network ...

Verizon has asked the Federal Communications Commission to get rid of the rule requiring it to unlock phones after 60 days. In a letter to the FCC spotted by LightReading, Verizon claims the current ...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) wants to make it easier for US mobile consumers to unlock their carrier-locked phones. The agency has proposed a new rule that requires wireless carriers to ...

The FCC is looking to force carriers to unlock users' smartphones after 60 days. Credit: GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP via Getty Images Don't like your phone carrier because of shoddy reception or literally any ...

Many people don’t realize if they buy their phone from their phone company, it will be locked to prevent it from working on the networks of any other carrier. (Jim Rossman/TNS)(Jim Rossman / TNS) If ...

Verizon petitioned the Trump administration to let it lock phones to its network for longer periods of time, making it harder for customers to switch to other carriers. The Biden-era Federal ...

Good news for anyone who's ever squinted at a 64-digit recovery key and thought, "Yeah, I'll risk it." WhatsApp is rolling ...

Citing frustration with mobile carriers enforcing different phone-unlocking policies that are bad for consumers, the Federal Communications Commission is proposing a 60-day unlocking requirement that ...

Touch ID might have paved the way for iPhone features like Apple Pay, but the fingerprint sensor is also at the center of a recent opinion by a federal judge that denied a search warrant request, ...