[TorUser827PlsNoBan]

What phone are you thinking of? Highly dependent on device. If it's Android, your odds are better as some devices are easily rooted/unlocked.

Some of the services offering this are scams, but there are plenty of legitimate ways of accomplishing what you're after.

I'm just want to learn about it in general. It seems completely fake to me, but I would have said the same about a lot of legit things on this site.

I saw one service saying they can un-contract lock a new Iphone 16 and all they need is the IMEI. Can you really do that with just an IMEI?