How to unlock a phone locked to Verizon, AT&T, Sprint. Sprint will let you know that you're eligible for an unlock either via text message or in your bill. I'm traveling to Europe next week. I called Verizon and asked them to unlock my iPhone 4S so that I can use it overseas with a foreign SIM. Tell them you will be travelling and need your phone unlocked. They send you the emails on how to unlock it. You just have to backup & restore your phone which takes a little time.
Credit: Sashkin/Shutterstock • • • After you’ve finished up with a two-year smartphone contract, one of the easiest ways to save money is to keep your old device and bring it to a compatible carrier with a lower monthly cost. Powerpoint Keygen 2016. But if your device is carrier locked — and if you bought it on contract from one of the big four carriers, it probably is — you’ll need to unlock it first. Congress passed a bill that requires carriers to unlock eligible devices, although the carriers were already in some situations. On Friday, August 1, Barack Obama.