well, you can demand a copy of your contract and it's effective dates. If the phone is paid off, then it would show up as paid (or your bill would drop). As for unlocking, you will have to take the phone to a local store for that carrier.
btw, you can keep your number when you switch carriers. It's called number portability and is in the fCC regulations. btw, if you have your current carrier automatically debiting your checking account remove that permission before switching. I made the mistake of not doing so and I am still fighting with t-mobile 5 years after they stole nearly $400 out of my checking account. -eric On Feb 13, 2018, at 5:36 PM, Terri Stimmel wrote: > Hello everyone, > > > I am a bit confused about rather or not my iPhone SE is already > unlocked, or not. > > > I want to switch carriers, as I just have poor coverage with T-Mobile. > So I was thinking I would just use AT&T's pre-paid service. > > So last night I called T-Mobile. I'm not in a contract. I am just paying > off my phone. > > > I asked the man I spoke with what I would need to do, if I wanted to > switch carriers, and still keep my number. He told me that I could > switch, but that only the other carrier could tell me what they needed. > > > So then I asked him how much I still owed on my iPhone, and if it was > unlocked. > > He told me that it couldn't be unlocked from their network, until I paid > it off. > > > Can anyone tell me, is this correct? > > I only want to check, because I get told differing things with T-Mobile > sometimes. So if anyone can answer this for me, I would appreciate it. > > > Thank you, > > > Terri > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
