A week after the US president passed the bill for unlocking mobile phones, T-Mobile took to centre stage to be the first and launch a mobile app that allows the user to unlock the phone.
The law was passed by the US house so that users are no longer bound to be tied down to a single telecom carrier. Users will now be free to unlock his / her handset and switch between carriers of thier choice.
Device Unlock is an app freely available on Google Play which allows users of T-Mobile to unlock their devices and switch their GSM SIM cards for a different carrier.
However, Device Lock is presently only unlocking the recently launched Samsung Galaxy Avant smartphones. The app allows unlocking the smartphone SIM card in two modes—one is temporary and the other is a permanent unlock.
ArsTechnica reported that ‘Confusingly, Google Play advertises the app as compatible with any T-Mobile phone in a user's account, despite the app's current Avant-only status, which leads us to believe it will eventually support other T-Mobile handsets (seeing as it does little more than report a user's phone information to the unlock department). Until that changes, the app will probably continue to be bombed with the kinds of negative reviews it's already receiving from non-Avant users.’
