Use Verizon Phones With Other Carriers
When you start a contract with a new mobile carrier, like Verizon Wireless, you're given a phone that's locked to its network. Your mobile carrier does this to offset the large discounts that you receive on the mobile phone when you sign a service contract. In the carrier's view, you don't actually own the phone until you complete the contract. Although there's been some public criticism of this practice, it's standard in the mobile phone industry. Still, you can unlock your Verizon phone, and use it on another mobile carrier's network.
Instructions
1. Turn on your Verizon phone. Go the "Settings" menu, and scroll until you see "SIM card." Click on it to get into the next screen. Type in "MEPD" (without the quotation marks) while pressing on and holding the "Shift" button. On the next screen, you'll see five locking categories.
2. Press on and hold the "Shift" key continuously with one hand, and type in "MEP2" (without the quotation marks) with the other hand. When you release the "Shift" key, you'll see a prompt to enter the unlock code.
3. Enter the unlock code carefully. You'll only have a limited amount of attempts before the phone locks you out. When you're sure that you've entered the correct unlock code, press on the "return/enter" key. Your Verizon phone is now unlocked, and you can use the phone with another mobile carrier.
4. Remove the Verizon SIM card from the phone, and insert the SIM card from your new mobile carrier. It's now ready to use on the new network.
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