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Re: How to get a verizon phone unlocked
sprmankalel
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Device Unlocking Policy | Verizon Wireless

You should read all the way to the end but in case you don't I will post it here so that you don't get mad when your phone doesn't work properly on another network.

PLEASE NOTE:  Carriers typically use different frequencies and air interface technologies to provide wireless network access.  Accordingly, a device that works on one carrier’s network may not be technologically compatible with another carrier’s network.  “Unlocking” a device refers only to disabling software that would prevent a consumer from attempting to activate a device designed for one carrier’s network on another carrier’s network, even if that network is technologically compatible.  In other words, “unlocking” a device will not necessarily make a device interoperable with other networks – a device designed for one network is not made technologically compatible with another network merely by “unlocking” it.  Additionally, unlocking a device may enable some functionality of the device but not all (e.g., an unlocked device may support voice services but not data services when activated on a different network).

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