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Hello,

I own a carrier locked Samsung Galaxy S7 edge with ATT. I am in India right now and am intending to use my phone using local carrier by unlocking my device Illegally.

I am a little apprehensive about it. below are my concerns.

- Will there be repercussions from a carrier stand-point once I come back to the US.
- If I go ahead and unlock my phone in India, will I receive regular security patches and OS upgrades.
- Will it permanantly damage my phone's OS in anyway?
- All they require is my IEMI # for this process, so I am not sure is it safe?

Please advice me and let me know if I can go ahead or out it on hold.

Thanks,
Noa
 
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It is no longer illegal to have your phone unlocked in the US so as far as law enforcement problems go you should be golden, at least in the US anyway it won't even void your warranty. But keep in mind the OEMs and Carriers have lots and lots of lawyers so the can deny your claim if they say the unlocking caused the problem. If you have a way to return it to the locked or unrooted state before you turn it in for repairs you're good.

I'll have to do more research on your actual concerns but I thought you'd might like to know you won't get arrested at the airport or anything.
 
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dontpanicbobby said:
It is no longer illegal to have your phone unlocked in the US so as far as law enforcement problems go you should be golden, at least in the US anyway it won't even void your warranty. But keep in mind the OEMs and Carriers have lots and lots of lawyers so the can deny your claim if they say the unlocking caused the problem. If you have a way to return it to the locked or unrooted state before you turn it in for repairs you're good.

I'll have to do more research on your actual concerns but I thought you'd might like to know you won't get arrested at the airport or anything.
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dontpanicbobby said:
It is no longer illegal to have your phone unlocked in the US so as far as law enforcement problems go you should be golden, at least in the US anyway it won't even void your warranty. But keep in mind the OEMs and Carriers have lots and lots of lawyers so the can deny your claim if they say the unlocking caused the problem. If you have a way to return it to the locked or unrooted state before you turn it in for repairs you're good.

I'll have to do more research on your actual concerns but I thought you'd might like to know you won't get arrested at the airport or anything.
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Thank you so much for you response Sir. My main concerns are on the latter part of the question. Like will I get regular patches/ OS upgrades etc,
 
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noahshines said:
- All they require is my IEMI # for this process, so I am not sure is it safe?
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And you won't be sure. Too many of the unlocking services are scams. If you are the original owner of the phone AT&T should give you the unlock code for free. If you are not the original owner, that could be a problem.

However, if we are talking about SIM unlock, then it shouldn't effect your updates at all AS LONG AS you remain with AT&T as your provider. If it's an AT&T branded device that you take to a different carrier, you may never get any more updates.
 
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