Metro Phoenix Verizon customers are reporting problems with mobile data and SOS mode. One user offered a potential solution.

A phone purchased from Verizon is locked for 60 days after its purchase date. After that period, the lock is removed and you are able to insert a new SIM card and change your wireless carrier.

Verizon, Chase, the police — they were all ... In a SIM swap, the hacker doesn't need to physically steal your SIM card — the thing in your phone that identifies it as your phone.