Hello Nightfox!
Og>> Didn't the FCC make it manadatory for all mobile devices to be unlocked
N> I hadn't heard about that.. But even then, a lot of the cell phones sold by
N> those budget phone carriers don't even have a place for a SIM card. They're
N> locked to the carrier and there's nothing you can really do about it, so
N> even if there was a way to unlock those phones, I doubt it would really be
N> useful if you can't put a different SIM card in it.
Sorry, I hadn't heard of the mobile devices without SIM cards.
I have no experience with "throw away cellphones". Maybe those
are what you speak of?
I just know that early on, the devices were locked to the
seller. But there was always the ability to change the SIM.
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