Two separate companies that made a business out of offering AT&T iPhone 4 owners a way to unlock their phones to work on other carriers have closed up shop within days of each other. Josh Lowensohn ...

A unique service offering to unlock any GSM iPhone, no jailbreaks required, has suddenly shut down, leaving many customers awaiting refunds. Increased scrutiny from Apple may very well be responsible… ...

Learn how to unlock an iPhone without a passcode before you're stuck. You never know when these methods will come in handy.

You don’t really own the iPhone when buying a new iPhone directly from a carrier like Straight Talk. The iPhone is still partially owned by the company. So, if you want to leave the carrier for a ...

The good folks on Capitol Hill cannot muster the wherewithal to steer us away from fiscal slaughter, but they sure as hell can make unlocking your smartphone legal again. Brenden Sasso at The Hill ...

If you buy an iPhone from a carrier with an active plan, you don’t really own the iPhone. The carrier partially owns the iPhone. This means the iPhone on your hand is locked to the carrier or a locked ...

Changing wireless providers can sometimes save you big money. It can also help if you are traveling abroad or if you want to get the most value when selling your old phone. But before you make the ...

Major cellular carriers — Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and others — typically lock their networks to the iPhone you buy from their stores or pay for via an installment plan. What does that really ...

In what appears to be a major breakthrough for law enforcement, and a possible privacy problem for Apple customers, a major U.S. government contractor claims to have found a way to unlock pretty much ...

With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and Android features, privacy and security settings, and more. Jason Cipriani is based out of beautiful ...