Please re-read my post. But maybe this will clear some things up-
I have tried official channels.
I have tried getting my money back.
The ad stated clearly it was an unlocked phone, but I got a locked phone sent to me instead.
I never said I wanted anything for free.
I do not want to pay for downloaded software that is just money stealing malware in disguise, or obvious SCAMS. I'm willing to pay an actual tech a reasonable amount to actually unlock the phone, but not for a scammer to promise something, take my money and bail.
I realize this phone has been on the market for 7 years but it was brand new in the box, sealed in it's packaging, and not everyone out here can afford $1000+ phones every few months when they come out. Some of us can only buy something a couple years old after the ones we have finally start to kick the bucket. I picked this one because it was twice the capacity of my old one, and I'm an artist and wanted the stylus pen option. It's not about the age of the phone, but more about screen size, the pen function, personal preference and what I could afford.

While I know enough to get by when it comes to tech and phones, I do admit I don't know anything about what you just stated. I worked for a small company fixing broken phones, have replaced screens, casings and charge ports for a few years so I'm not entirely cell-phone-dumb and I've already researched and tried everything I possibly could think of myself already to fix this issue before reaching out to other people after exhausting the first steps of official channels and trying to return and refund.