(Subscriber Identity Module lock) A function in GSM cellphones that restricts the phone's use to a particular cellular carrier identified by a SIM card. SIM locks are used to ensure subscribers finish ...

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Android 17 beta 2, which rolled out last month, included strings for a new automatic SIM lock protection feature. The latest Android Canary build brings this feature, showing it off in action. This ...

Here, the user has to perform the SIM Lock procedure only once and there after, everytime phone is rebooted, SIM gets unlocked automatically without the need for the user remember the passcode.