unlocking your phone will be illegal. Jan 27, 2013. When your contract is out and you own the phone AT T will gladly unlock it for you. d. I am an AT T employee and the postings on this site are . Feb 26, 2014. Because yes, it s 2013 and still illegal to unlock your cell phone without your. It s not yet known what the bill s fate will be in the Senate. Unlocking Your Phone Will Soon Be Illegal. For a time, there was an exemption to this law regarding unlocking smartphones, but it its no longer in place. Sep 10, 2014. Unlocking your mobile phone lets you use it on any network so you can. Pay monthly customers can unlock their phone at any time during. The better option would be making locking handsets illegal for contract phones. Aug 3, 2014. President Barack Obama believes that mobile phone unlocking will give. of Congress decision that made unlocking cell phones illegal in this . Mar 5, 2013. Why It s Suddenly Illegal to Unlock Your New Cell Phone. If I buy an online movie from Amazon, I can watch it on my Kindle Fire forever – but . Most mobile phones can be unlocked to work with any GSM network provider, but the. Contact your customer service center for the unlock code”. 2012, it will be illegal to unlock phones purchased 90 days after this date or later without the . Cell phone unlocking will be legal again. Summary In 2012, the Library of Congress ruled that you couldn t unlock your cell phone from your carrier without their.
Jul 28, 2014. A We the People petition asking that unlocking cell phones be made legal. This is terrific news.it will still keep the technology itself.illegal. Jul 25, 2014. Unlocking your smart phone to run on a different carrier, without your. or not you can currently go to jail for unlocking a friggin cell phone.