Is there any way to remove a lock on a phone form a Network Provider

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So my question is can I remove a lock that a Network Provider has programed into the OS of a phone for instance, I have a G2 mini which accepts only a specific network provider's SIM and does not recognize the other,is it possible to remove that?
 
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Is your phone fully paid for, or are you still under contract? If it's fully paid for, there is no reason for the service provider to refuse to unlock it. And it may in fact be illegal for them to refuse (it definitely should be illegal). If it's still under contract, you'll have to pay the early termination penalty. And then there will be no reason for them to refuse to unlock it.

Once it's unlocked, you can root it and install CyanogenMod on it. That's made using the AOSP (Android Open Source Project) builds that Google puts out. It's vanilla Android, with no carrier or handset bloatware. Unfortunately, that also means volunteers have to reverse-engineer any hardware-specific quirks to your particular handset to get it to...
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Not exactly. For example, I have the phone A and B, A was manufactured normally by LG for example, but the network provider made an OS for this device so it could only accept it's MIS card.But B does not have that OS. So A accepts only 1 company's Sim and B accepts all of them. Is there any way of making A ability to accept and at her network provider's SIM?
 
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Is your phone fully paid for, or are you still under contract? If it's fully paid for, there is no reason for the service provider to refuse to unlock it. And it may in fact be illegal for them to refuse (it definitely should be illegal). If it's still under contract, you'll have to pay the early termination penalty. And then there will be no reason for them to refuse to unlock it.

Once it's unlocked, you can root it and install CyanogenMod on it. That's made using the AOSP (Android Open Source Project) builds that Google puts out. It's vanilla Android, with no carrier or handset bloatware. Unfortunately, that also means volunteers have to reverse-engineer any hardware-specific quirks to your particular handset to get it to work. Which they do with varying degrees of success.

https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/G2m_Info

Please note that there's a bit of a learning curve to rooting and installing alternate versions of Android. If you're lost, I suggest browsing the XDA Developers forums. Here's the subforum for the G2 Mini.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/g2-mini
 
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