You must provide the following in order to get the unlock code for metro pcs phones for use with other carrier: The phone number of the handset you are unlocking The name on the account The account billing PIN A valid email address
The unlock code is different for every SIM card. It's a security feature to prevent misuse - contact your network provider and ask them for it. You will have to answer some security questions before they release the information.
If the phone is from a GSM carrier, then you will not be able to use it on Metropcs, however, if it's from a CDMA carrier, then you might be able to but you need to flash the phone first before you can use it on Metropcs.
Metro does sell unlocked phones at some of their locations. Check with your local Metro to see if it is one of the locations which sells unlocked phones, otherwise check with Walmart or other stores in your area.
You can unlock Telstra prepaid phones from any vendors online like UnBBlock.com for blackberry phones and Simpleunlocking.com for other model phones
You don't "UNLOCK" that kind of phone,what you might want to do is flash it to another company. In this case you are already at the bottom company because usually phones from sprint get flashed to Metro but never the other way around because sprint will not have a clean ESN on the phone coming from metro.
most phones are locked to a carrier. Some phones are unlocked and can be used as long as you have the correct technology. GSM, CDMA, etc...
Metro PCS a wireless provider sells many varieties of cell phones. You can find the Blackberry Curve, the Samsung Freeform II or the LG Imprint as well as other popular models.
A Blackberry Curve on ATT is GSM-based, while Metropcs is a CDMA carrier. Even if you unlock the phone you would still not be able to use it on Metropcs or any other CDMA carriers as GSM is not compatible with CDMA or vice versa.
There are other options such as craigslist.org or amazon.com which may offer you competitve prices for unlocked cell phones.
in order to allow your phone to work in other countries you wil have to unlock it from your current carrier i unlocked mine at unlock att .com and now it works in egypt !
All SIM unlock codes are tied to the particular device IMEI and are carrier specific. The request for that code would need to be made from the carrier that the phone was originally manufactured for. Each carrier has their own guidelines as far as what requirements have to be met before that code will be given out. This is a free process in the US.
Take it to the carrier store (AT&T store, Verizon store, etc.) and ask them to unlock it for you. If you are trying to unlock a phone that does not support gsm service (most Verizon and sprint phones don't, the obvious exceptions being the blackberry bold and storm) than you will be unable to activate it on another network.
There are no inherent benefits in using a cell phone from the US, as identical models are available in other countries, however, it might be cheaper. Any benefits come from the carrier.