Comment on FCC proposes ending cellphone carrier locks after 60 days
RedEyeFlightControl@lemmy.world 4 months agoNot always true, I bought a tracfone for my kid and the phone was paid in full at the time of purchase. It’s still carrier locked 5 years later because they say “it wasn’t in service for x amount of time and therefore isn’t eligible”. I even reported this to the FCC, opened a case, and they did fuckall and closed the report.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 4 months ago
Did you have it active for 2 years? I’ve never had an issue before. Only done it like twice, though.
RedEyeFlightControl@lemmy.world 4 months ago
It was active for about 3 months, until she broke the screen. I replaced her device and put the phone on the shelf. I replaced the screen and digitizer a year later when I needed a spare handset and they told me “it had never been on network” and was ineligible for being unlocked. Which is bullshit because the phone was bought and paid for at the time I purchased it in a box at the store with a prepaid card. As far as I’m concerned, straight talk still owes me 200$. Even if the phone was NEVER activated, I still own it outright, making it mine to do with what I please.