Are all Verizon iPhone 5s' factory unlocked?

I currently have an iPhone 5s for Verizon. I no longer have Verizon's service. I'm now using Metropcs on an iPhone 5c that was given to me. I was searching on how to unlock my verizon iPhone 5s and found several sources that said all LTE capable verizon phone already come factory unlocked due to FCC regulations. I tried popping my metro sim in but it still said no service. I thought it was as simple as putting another carrier sim in? Do I maybe have to go to metro and have them add the IMEI number for it to work? Or is it false info about all Verizon iPhone 5S' being factory unlocked?

Yes they are unlocked, but both Verizon & metroPCS are CDMA carriers. So the SIMs they provide concern LTE usage only, not phone service. To get that you would have to have the other carrier activate it on their network.

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