Can someone use my phone on their T-Mobile service?
Hey, I have an LG Spectrum 2 and a friend of mine has a broken T-Mobile phone and wants to use it. Apparently, the Spectrums are already unlocked and he is going to put his SIM card in my phone. I don't need the phone, so I don't mind him using it, but he's saying he is going to "unlock" it and use it under his T-Mobile plan. Will this terminate my contract with Verizon?
It should be unlocked since it is a 4G LTE phone. However it might not be carrier unlocked for the USA. It might have the GSM frequencies for a global ready device, but that's doesn't mean it will work on another US carrier.
You will need to activate a different phone on your line before your friend could even try to activate it on T-Mobile.
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Click on Security and Password. It'll ask you two security questions that you orginal answered.
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O2 locked the iPhone as they subsidised the original price
when sold new
Therefore ONLY O2 can unlock the iPhone
it is NOTHING to do with Apple they have no authority
to unlock an iPhone
Apple do NOT lock iPhones ,carriers do
simple no debate
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