Is your cellular service provider holding your phone hostage?

Surprise! If you’re a North American cell phone customer, you’re probably paying a monthly bill only to be denied functions built into your phone. Service providers put these restrictions into the phone because they want you to pay for their services rather than use the hardware to its fullest potential.

When you buy a cell phone from a provider, chances are they provide a discount proportionate to length of your service contract. That cell phone will be locked, hard coded with your account information and restricted accordingly. The lock and key are held by your provider and only unlocked if you agree to pay more.

That’s like buying a car with comfortable leather seats but your dealer covers it with sticky, uncomfortable plastic because you got your financing through your bank instead of the dealer's financing deal.

It borders on scandal to be sure. Features like removable SIM cards, ringtones, browsers, email and other features provided by your handset may be restricted because of the contract you signed with your provider. Many of these features, particularly the SIM, could potentially save you hundreds of dollars.

If you want the most from your handset, and want to free yourself from the yoke of cellular service oppression, you need to hack your cell phone. You can find recipes to hack your own handset all over the Internet, but be careful. If you break your phone, chances are your provider won’t help at all. That’s where professionals like Warlox come in. This Boston businessman and others like him across the Internet are experts who have experience with nearly every phone available. For a small fee, you can have any phone professionallly unlocked.

Warlox Wireless Hacks Your Cell Phone

One of Warlox's most common and most requested hacks is the SIM card adjustment. The SIM is a chip in your cell phone that gives you access to your provider’s network. A locked phone won’t allow any new SIM cards to get on any other provider’s network. However, if you unlock your phone you can use a SIM from any network.

Unlocking the SIM card is particularly helpful if you’re a world traveler and want to use your phone overseas. You can use a local provider’s SIM and save a bundle using your cell phone from Spain to Singapore using local networks rather than paying outrageous roaming fees.

It’s not illegal to hack your own cell phone. It’s your property and not a breach of the contract you signed with your provider. Of course, your provider doesn’t want to see you doing it and will discourage it because it will inevitably cost them money. Many people buy unlocked European phones over the Internet. Not surprisingly, your local North American service providers will gladly sell you a SIM card to use their network with your Euro-phone.