Major cellular carriers — Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and others — typically lock their networks to the iPhone you buy from their stores or pay for via an installment plan. What does that really ...

We previously speculated that Apple is somehow triggering or unlocking iPhone functionality over the EDGE network (or perhaps over any IP-based network, including WiFi connections). The reason for the ...

Efforts to unlock Apple’s iPhone continued on Monday, with hackers claiming “very significant progress.” The locked iPhone only works with AT&T’s EDGE network, and cannot be used with cellular service ...

If you’ve acquired your iPhone through a contractual agreement with a mobile carrier, there’s a likelihood that the device is locked to that specific service provider. In order to switch to a ...