Android Authority

Google Fi users now have a handy tool to fight illegal SIM swaps

Google Fi has implemented a Number Lock feature to fight illegal SIM swaps. This feature blocks your number from being transferred to another phone or to a new network. The FCC announced new rules to ...
Android Authority

Verizon Google Pixel 3 is SIM-locked, even from Best Buy (Update: VZW unlocking all)

Update, October 19, 2018 (12:20PM EST): It’s not clear whether it’s from customer backlash or if it was always planned this way, but Verizon is apparently remotely SIM-unlocking all Google Pixel 3 ...

Android Phone Has A SIM Not Provisioned Error Message? Here's What's Happening

Fixing the SIM Not Provisioned error involves toggling Airplane mode on and off, restarting your phone, and even reinserting ...
Lifehacker

How to Use Android 10's Dual SIM Feature on Your Pixel 3a or Pixel 3a XL

With Android 10 rolling out, users are finding some unexpected surprises included in the update. For example, an upgrade to the Pixel 3a and 3a XL’s Dual SIM Dual Standby (DSDS) feature that (finally) ...
Android Police

[Update x2: Statement] The Pixel 3 is the first Verizon LTE Android phone to be SIM locked in a decade, and that'll be a problem for some

Legible in direct sunlight, but not the brightest. Back in 2008, Verizon agreed to the FCC that it wouldn't lock its LTE phones in exchange for winning the 700MHz Upper Block C spectrum. Earlier this ...