OGDEN — A suspect’s refusal to give his cellphone unlock code to police is protected by the 5th Amendment, the Utah Court of Appeals ruled in overturning an Ogden man’s three first-degree felony ...

SIM card swapping for travel outside of the U.S. is a snap, but give your carrier some time to get the unlock code. In a software-driven world, it's easy to forget about the nuts and bolts. Whether it ...

The way most people get their cell phones unlocked today is that they call their wireless provider and ask for an unlock code. If certain criteria are met, the carrier provides the unlock code. The ...

By entering certain strings of numbers and symbols into your phone's dialer, you can gain access to a world of hidden ...

Unlocking a cell phone has been legal for more than half a year, thanks to a change in the law. The problem is, no one carrier has quite worked out how it works in practice. Now, thanks to some hard ...

AT&T this week sued three former workers, alleging they aided in the theft of cell phone unlock codes. Kyra Evans, Nguyen Lam, and Marc Sapatin, who all worked at AT&T's Bothell, Wash., site, are ...

Without carrier permission, it is now illegal to unlock your phone. Jan. 26, 2013 — -- You likely have a cellphone that you bought from a carrier, like AT&T, Verizon or Sprint, and that phone ...