What is an Unlocked Phone?

The necessary way to enable your phone

Unlock

(Glossary)

The necessary way to enable your phone

Chinese name

Unlock

Software or hardware means to remove restrictions on operating networks for mobile communication equipment (English: unlock French: déblocage).

In order to protect their own interests, some mobile communication equipment operators bind certain specific products with their own networks, so that users who purchase this product through themselves can only use their own networks, which is invalid for other networks.

Take the iPhone as an example. The SoftBank version of Japan and the ATT version of the United States do not support the networks of other operators. This is not to say that the iPhone device does not support other networks, but to block other networks through technical means.

Once your phone is unlocked, you can use any carrier s

Soft solution: unlock by non-physical means. (Official software or tools developed by enthusiasts)

Hard solution: Use an external device or other means to change the unlock of the phone hardware settings. For example, I PHONE device stickers.

[Several unlocking software common on the market]

In order to prevent misoperation in the sleep state, the mobile communication device will enter the locked state, and the operation can only be performed after unlocking.

method

The keypad unlocking is mostly completed by pressing the call key (or other) + "well" or "", while the current smart phones are completed by the lock screen key and unlocking software.