https://www.tfwunlockpo
"For all cellphones Activated on the Verizon network on or after November 23, 2021, the cellphone will be remotely unlocked automatically 60 days after paid Activation and 60 days of paid active service."
Nothing in that page mentioned anything about 60 days of "continuous" service. Just "60 days of paid active service" is required.
UPDATE: New Trump FCC Ruling on 1/12/26 waived the 60 days requirement.
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attac...6-43A1.pdf
The new Verizon unlock policy has yet to publish and unknown. Any phone activated after 1/12/26 may potentially be affected.
Effective Date: January 20, 2026
- The cellphone was activated with Verizon Value service by purchasing and redeeming an airtime plan on that specific phone ("Activation")
- For all cellphones Activated on the T-Mobile or AT&T networks on or before January 19, 2026, the cellphone will be remotely unlocked upon customer request after 365 days of paid and active service.
- For all cellphones Activated on the Verizon network on or before January 19, 2026, the cellphone will be remotely unlocked automatically 60 days after paid Activation and 60 days of paid active service.
- For all cellphones Activated on or after January 20, 2026, the cellphone will be unlocked upon request after 365 days of paid and active service.
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But unless you plan on using visible or straight talk or whatever for 12 months these deals are basically dead in the water now. Or unless you plan on using them as a Wi-Fi only device which I suppose could be practical for these Motorola phones since they have headphone jacks and SD cards.
So I mean you could do worse than a Moto G stylus 2025 as a music player but. ... Just terrible he depressing anti-consumer news again from the current FCC
But boy I mean I bought that maybe 80 days ago. I don't know what happens to people that bought a phone a week ago or yesterday. I don't know if the grandfathering in of the 60 day is the date of purchase or the date of activation or the date of delivery.
The worst part is the FCC didn't give them any restrictions at all so far as I could tell in the judgment. It wasn't like 60 days isn't going to work but no more than 180 days or no more than 120 days. Just a complete placating to the telecom industry.
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According to the latest unlock policy, "Verizon Value will unlock the phone upon request...". I wonder if from now on, unlocking won't be automatic and a request has to be made explicitly (which in turn may take a couple of business days to process).
According to the latest unlock policy, "Verizon Value will unlock the phone upon request...". I wonder if from now on, unlocking won't be automatic and a request has to be made explicitly (which in turn may take a couple of business days to process).
The unlock-upon-request seems new to me.
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According to the latest unlock policy, "Verizon Value will unlock the phone upon request...". I wonder if from now on, unlocking won't be automatic and a request has to be made explicitly (which in turn may take a couple of business days to process).
Check with the free iphone - carrier on sickw.com. sickw reads from apple's central activation database. If sickw shows it's carrier locked, then tracfone hasn't informed apple yet to unlock the phone. If sickw shows it's unlocked, then apple has already unlocked in their DB and your phone hasn't reached out / refresh to the new unlock status.
Both sickw and imeicheck show it's still carrier-locked, which means Straight Talk/Tracfone hasn't informed Apple. That's why I'm curious if Tracfone has stopped automatic unlocking entirely.
Both sickw and imeicheck show it's still carrier-locked, which means Straight Talk/Tracfone hasn't informed Apple. That's why I'm curious if Tracfone has stopped automatic unlocking entirely.
As an aside, I read somewhere there is an option in developer settings to prevent system updates from automatically loading. I haven't verified that yet.
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