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[Mark J Dulcey]

On 2/22/2011 11:42 AM, Kent Borg wrote:

> I have heard that T-Mobile is good about unlocking phones they sell.
> Once someone has been a customer for awhile and they think you aren't
> going to walk and refuse to honor the contract, if you go in and say
> "I'll be traveling to Europe and want to use a foreign SIM..." they will
> unlock it. I have not verified this myself, but I have read such things...

I have a prepaid T-Mobile phone and they cheerfully supplied the unlock 
code. (And I still have the T-Mobile service for it; I wanted the unlock 
for international travel.) T-Mobile's official policy from their web site:

SIM Unlock Code
For information on the SIM Unlock Code, refer to the following:

     If you purchased a wireless phone from T-Mobile, your phone has 
been programmed with a SIM lock which will prevent the phone from 
operating with other compatible wireless telephone carrier’s services. 
If you wish to use the phone with the service of another wireless 
telephone carrier, you must enter a numeric SIM Unlock Code to unlock 
the phone.
     For customers with a T-Mobile Postpaid Plan, T-Mobile will provide 
the SIM Unlock Code upon request to eligible customers, provided the 
requesting customer has a minimum of 40 days of active service with 
T-Mobile.
     For customers with a T-Mobile Prepaid Plan, T-Mobile will provide 
the SIM Unlock Code upon request to eligible customers, provided the 
requesting customer has a minimum of 60 days of active service with 
T-Mobile and either a Prepaid Plan account balance of at least $10.00 or 
a prior refill within the last 30 days.
     T-Mobile will provide the SIM Unlock Code upon request to eligible 
former customers, provided that T-Mobile has such code or can obtain it 
from the manufacturer.

     You may request the SIM Unlock Code for your phone, together with 
instructions for entering the code, by calling T-Mobile customer care at 
1-800-937-8997.