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AT&T tries to defend why it shouldn't let you unlock your phone sooner (www.androidauthority.com)
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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I want to reiterate this. Even second hand phones. Find the carrier and call them. They legally have to oblige.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I remember trying to do this when this first became law. Bell told me no anyways.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Same! Except it was Koodo. Told me that they were “exempt” from the ruling.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I helped someone with a second hand phone last year and I think it was Bell.