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Apparently some people out on the internet want to charge you $20 for the privilege of unlocking your T-Mobile G1 smartphone running the semi-desirable Google Android mobile OS. Thankfully some people have thoughtfully produced a video to show you how to unlock the G1 without spending any money and it's dead simple!

The trick in the video below is to email customer services and ask for an unlock code. And if they are kind enough, this won't be too much trouble for them to email back with the necessary details so you can ditch T-Mobile for another network provider.

It's so simple we wonder why it's taken so long.

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