(tracfone does offer a pretty good selection, from very inexpensive.

Can a tracfone be unlocked. A different carrier would find them useless. It is very easy to unlock your tracfone phone. They have custom programming that works only with tracfone infrastructure.

The first method is to directly contact tracfone to unlock your ios device. The process is fairly easy. Tracfone will provide an unlocking code to customers who request unlocking, provided they meet the following conditions:

Your phone should ask you to enter a network unlock code. All tracfone (and its subsidiaries) devices, both gsm and cdma, can now be unlocked through unlockbase. When it comes to being locked, the tracfone is like that by default.

The cs rep at tracfone stated that there. Depending on the model of your samsung phone, you can simply pry off the back cover off the phone to reveal its back side. When you buy an iphone or android phone from tracfone, the phone is locked to tracfone service and cannot be used with a different wireless.

I purchased an iphone 5s from tracfone and it was unlocked after 12 months of paid(!) service after i requested it. Insert your new sim card and turn your device on. Press the power button of your unit to shut it down.

Franko had the best answer of them all… while you can switch your sim to a compatible phone and it will call and access data, etc; The phones do not have stock programming i.e. While most tracfone devices can be unlocked by entering an unlock code, some may require updating the tracfone or manufacturer databases to unlock them.