Verizon has quietly rewritten the rules that once made it relatively painless to take your phone to another carrier. A long standing promise to unlock devices after a short period has been replaced ...

Verizon this week imposed a new roadblock for people who want to pay off device installment plans early in order to get their phones unlocked. The latest version of Verizon’s device unlocking policy ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. When the FCC cleared Verizon of its 60-day device unlock policy a week ago, we talked about how the government ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. We still haven’t heard back from Verizon after asking for an update on their supposedly incoming new device ...

Following our report last week that Verizon is forcing people to wait 35 days for phone unlocks after paying off device installment plans, Verizon is apparently trying to eliminate the inconvenient ...

After the FCC lifted a restriction on how soon carriers need to unlock devices, Verizon has extended its device unlock policy to a whopping 365 days. Effective starting today, January 20, 2026, ...

Verizon has recently changed its policy for unlocking phones bought via contract. The carrier now imposes a 35-day waiting period for people who pay off their phones via the Verizon app or authorized ...

Following FCC changes, Verizon has announced an updated device unlocking policy, with the carrier no longer automatically unlocking devices, and implementing a 365-day unlock policy on prepaid devices ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Verizon logo, as seen at a store in Washington, DC. - Credit: Kevin Carter/Getty Images A waiver issued Monday by the FCC ...

Verizon has changed its policy on unlocking devices. The old rule that said devices would be unlocked automatically after 60 days is no longer in effect. With the new requierements, postpaid devices ...

Visible, TracFone, Straight Talk, and Total Wireless customers will have to wait longer to switch to a new network. Visible, TracFone, Straight Talk, and Total Wireless customers will have to wait ...