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Go to solution. Ya, when? In response to drax Gratton said the move is Telus's latest attempt to improve the "customer experience" and is targeted at customers who want to use their phones on long overseas trips or customers who upgrade their phones and want to sell or give away their old phones. The unlocking will be available to eligible customers regardless of whether they are contracts or have subsidized phones — those sold to customers at a discount when they sign contracts with Telus.
The unlocking service will not affect contracts. However, the service doesn't currently apply to the iPhone due to an agreement with Apple. Both Telus and Bell say they are working with Apple to make the service available in the future.
This has led to pressure from consumers and their advocates to push for phones to be available unlocked so that providers can be switched without having to buy a new phone, forcing wireless providers to compete more with one another.
Mel Fruitman, spokesman for the Consumers' Association of Canada, said Telus's move is a step in the right direction. As long as they are the same size, inserting it into your phone and rebooting it will tell you if your phone is unlocked. If it is unlocked, it should connect to the network and be able to place a call or send a text. While you could search the name of your phone, there are often variants of each phone released for various networks and regions.
Most locked phones include some sort of branding. Many have a logo on the rear or one the animations that play when the phone boots. Call them and ask them if the phone is unlocked. If you are eligible for a carrier unlock, you can save a little money compared to third-party unlocking services.
While it might take a few days to complete the process, our phone unlocking guide offers everything you need to know. Or you could check the handy table below. BANDS: 2, 4, 5. BANDS: 2, 4, 5, 7, BANDS: 2, 4, 5, 7. BANDS: 2, 4, 5, 12, 25, 26, BANDS: 4, Most of these work in a similar fashion. Always check coverage in your area using a tool like RootMetrics or use the links in our carrier summaries to view the official coverage maps.
The ability to use your phone on a different carrier can help to save you money or use your phone while traveling abroad. We hope this helped to clear up confusion about how mobile phones work and helped save you money. All information was accurate at the time of writing, but the mobile world changes fast.
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