As far as I'm concerned, unlocking the phone is an upgrade
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As much as I wish I had the time to constantly follow the latest info on the phones, I don't. I do know there are people who follow it enough to answer the question I asked. I have previously unlocked my TP w/ a custom rom, but that was a good year and a half ago.
Certainly someone on here can say.... Go to this link and DL this to unlock, then use one of these roms.....etc... I do have the MSL for the phone
Darren appearently missed what I said in the begining about post-w|-|ores bypassing this post.