Android Authority

Verizon wants to lock your phones for 6 months or longer, instead of 60 days

Verizon has petitioned the FCC to waive its 60-day phone unlocking requirements. The company has proposed waiving the unlocking rule because it encourages bad actors to exploit unlocked devices and ...
The Verge

Ultraloq adds Android tap-to-unlock to its Apple Home Key smart lock

The Ultraloq Bolt NFC now supports NFC unlocking on both iPhone and Android phones. The Ultraloq Bolt NFC now supports NFC unlocking on both iPhone and Android phones. The Ultraloq Bolt NFC smart lock ...
Liliputing

Revolutionary: New tool for unlocking bootloader on most HTC Android phones

Unrevoked and AlphaRev, the development teams behind two popular Android hacking tools have teamed up to release a new tool called Revolutionary. It’s an S-OFF Tool that lets you flash a custom ...
BGR

3 Ways To Check If Your Android Phone Is Carrier-Locked

It's not always easy to tell if an Android device is locked to a cellular/wireless provider, but there are methods to retrieve this information. If your device is locked, it will only take SIM cards ...