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Haven't needed to unlock an Android device for the past ten years, ummm, since Android has only been on Verizon since October 2009.  ...and I could buy an acceptable, unlockable Google phone (i.e. Galaxy Nexus) that was current in the past... Now is the first time that the latest hardware does not include an unlockable device (since the current Nexus device does not support Verizon.)  Now, are there any _real_ answers out there?