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Ask Jerry: Will my phone work outside of the US?

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(Image credit: Source: Samuel Contreras / Android Central) I'm taking a vacation to Turkey, Greece, and Italy for a few weeks and this is the first time I'll be travelling without my work phone. Your carrier can do this in a store with technicians and the correct software, but getting them to do so can be difficult; they would rather you pay roaming fees or buy an international plan add-on. (Image credit: Derrek Lee / Android Central)What you'll be doing is entering a " secret code" into the phone's dialer to reach a technical menu that allows you to lock and unlock radio frequencies.

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